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Re: Brakes on XKR (archive)
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Posted by Peter on April 20, 2002 at 12:13:04:

In Reply to: Re: Brakes on XKR posted by Digi on April 03, 2002 at 08:47:53:


The XKR has more competition brakes. I think they are Brembo, who makes fine brakes -- probably some of the best. They probably have more metallic composition, which would make them need to warm up to be truly effective. Also, there may be a surface rust deposit on the rotors after several days, and the rotors need to be scrubbed by the pads for a stop or 2 for the pads to seat completely onto the rotors. This is probably what you are experiencing. I don't think it would be a problem that I would correct.

You're right, Brembo are the best.
They come as standard equipment on the XKR Silverstone and XKR/100.
The two piece are the best, you save around 15Lbs of unsprung weight, they have floating rotors, plus, being a two piece design, the rotors stay a lot cooler, the nice thing is, they can cut your stopping distance down by a huge margin...
Cheers,
Peter


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