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PostPosted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 11:45 pm 
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hi @ all

I am looking for a brake upgrade for my ST185.
The plan is to upgrade to ~400 hp, so I'll start with the brakes :D

I thought the rear brake of the ST205 would be fine. With yellow stuff pads and drilled and slotted discs.
The only question is, what do I do with the front brake?

Best for me, would be the system from René (Meurz) :P
But new, they are expensive and used never offered.
My limit would be 800 €

So what should I do?
Brembo / Porsche 6 pot??
4 Pot enough?? ST205ers??

What would you recommend :D


Greetings from austria
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 1:17 am 
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Blue Dragon wrote:
What would you recommend :D

Save up and go AP. :wink:

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:37 am 
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330mm or 356mm K-Sport setup could be an option :wink:

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I'd go for 205 setup front and rear, standard discs and carbotech pads, not cheap, noisy and dusty, will stop like nothing else though :)


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Audi tt disc and ferrodo ds2500 pads front, 205 rears.

Not noisy, minimal dust, and work from cold plus not very expensive.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 9:36 am 
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wilwood superlites on custom brackets $1400 - $1600NZ
www.mrpltd.co.nz

check my project thread
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 11:48 am 
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Tahnks for all the tips.
disks larger than 330 I don´t want to go because I want to keep my 17" 8)

can it be that AP, Wilwood, D2 and K-sport use the same pads??? that would be great. than i could use the brakes that i wanted, only a different brand :D



greets Thomas


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PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:27 pm 
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oh - you'll have to email Barry@MRP about the brakes. It's custom and he doesn't list custom items like the ST185 brakes. He would have kept patterns and notes on how to create the adaptor plates though :)

From what I remember, the AP and K-Sport use the same brake pads, but not the Wilwood.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 12:51 am 
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Muddy Water wrote:
330mm or 356mm K-Sport setup could be an option :wink:


The K-Sport setup is crap. Talked to a guy who got it on his ST185 tracktool he is using for the Nürburgring. He say he needs two set of rotors every year as they overheating and warp very fast.

I´ve got the AP setup on my CS and it works perfect ! No fading, no warp even on harsh use on mountain roads or the Nürburgring. Definitely worth the money !


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 11:19 am 
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i know where you got it Eric :D


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PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:25 am 
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What do you think of these sets:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/320782572418?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
Sounds interesting or not :roll:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tarox-Toyota-Celica-ST205-94-99-Front-Brake-Kit-340mm-10-Pot-/120927775567?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1c27db6b4f
But why 10pot??? :?:
and its too expensive too :P


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PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 1:29 pm 
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Don´t search for upgrade kits made for the ST205 .They will not fit bolt on to the ST185 as the offset of the brake discs is different.

The D2 kit is the same crap as the K-Sport. Came out of the same production. Just the colour differs.


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PostPosted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:28 pm 
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i have the D2 8pots on mine and have for the last 3 year i do a lot of track work and competing, im using the ebx yello pads and iv not had any problem with at all

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