Wilwood brake setup 4-sale. Was Re: [urq] Brake Upgrades

[John Karasaki]

I'm resending this with appropriate subject title.

At 08:58 PM 2/7/05 -0800, John Karasaki wrote:
>All,
>
>I have the Wilwood setup I purchased off Audifans a couple of years 
>back.  It is the kit I believe Ron's Parts in Canada was selling at one 
>time.  They are designed to work under 15" wheels, especially the 
>Fuchs.  As I don't plan on owning another urq any time soon (no money), I 
>might as well sell the kit.
>
>The kit has the used calipers and mounting brackets, a bunch of used track 
>brake pads with some life left, and a set of new rotors.
>
>I'd sell the calipers and brackets with a bunch of used racing brake pads 
>for $350 plus shipping.  I have a couple of sets of rotors for this 
>kit.  One set is used and one set is new.  Add $100 to the price for the 
>new rotors and $50 to the price for the used rotors.
>
>The rotors are heavy to ship; the calipers, brackets and pads are fairly 
>light.
>
>Just to let you know, last fall, Tony Lum and John Stone asked me about 
>this kit.  Either I flaked out, or otherwise didn't pursue them enough, 
>but I still have the kit!  The first to reply that they definitely want 
>it, and pays me, gets it.
>
>Thanks again.
>
>Best regards,
>
>John
>
>At 08:08 AM 2/7/05 -0700, Thatcher Hubbard wrote:
>>The guys at quattro-nut (I think it's www.quattro-nut.org, but you may
>>have to Google it) had a setup where they'd take SQ rotors and then
>>machine a bit off the face of a pair of 944 turbo calipers.  I talked
>>to them about it for a bit.  They may have been working on getting a
>>pair of Monoblocks under a 15" wheel at the same time.
>>
>>If you don't mind removing your calipers every year and cleaning them
>>out, you could put a pair of Wilwoods on it.
>>
>>
>>On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 21:08:10 -0500, Eric Renneisen
>><racingiron at comcast.net> wrote:
>> > My brake problems (see previous email) remind me that I really want to
>> > ditch the G60 setup.  I want something better and lighter, but it simply
>> > MUST fit beneath the 8x15 Ronals, and preferably my spare set of Fuchs,
>> > too.
>> >
>> > I know the SportQ stuff is one option, but that sounds like big $ and
>> > probably not much lighter.  There were Wilwood and AP kits back when I
>> > looked at this for my '85, but I think both of those were race calipers
>> > without dust boots.
>> >
>> > Ideally, I'd like a nice light caliper and two brackets.  One bracket
>> > would be for use with the 15" wheels and either stock or A4 rotor (or
>> > aftermarket AL hat 2-piece).  A second bracket that allowed a bigger
>> > rotor (A8?) when using larger wheels would make a nifty track setup.
>> >
>> > I seem to recall someone mentioning a guy in the UK making brackets for
>> > using Boxster calipers under stock urq wheels.  Anyone have that info,
>> > or am I mistaken?
>> >
>> > Eric Renneisen
>> > '94 S4
>> > '90 CQ
>> > '86 urq
>> > '85 urq
>> > Chattanooga, TN
>> >
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