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by **d_andrews78** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:28 pm

Hi,
My set of willwood upgrade has just arrived, but sad to say they won't be going on the car, as she is to be sold too at a later stage.
So if any of you guys are interested let me know.
The reason for not putting them on is, these will not add value to the sale price of the car, so going to offer to you guys first.
Paid £475 sterling plus £30 P&P for them.

by **Kace** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:22 pm

What is a WillWood upgrade then ?

by **gas-man** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:59 pm

So what ya looking for em then :wink:

by **Myfeckin FTO** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:05 pm

Kace wrote:What is a WillWood upgrade then ?

Set of 4 pot calipers + 298mm disks (doesn't inc braided hoses which you'll need) - I believe Kevinod bought a set as part of the group buy so he's prob best placed to answer - did you get them fitted yet Kev?

by **d_andrews78** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:17 pm

Myfeckin FTO wrote:Set of 4 pot calipers + 298mm disks (doesn't inc braided hoses which you'll need) - I believe Kevinod bought a set as part of the group buy so he's prob best placed to answer - did you get them fitted yet Kev?

Thanks Myfeckin FTO, this was in the same group buy as Kevinod, comes with braided hoses for the front.

Selling them at cost price to me, £475.

For those with an account on the Ftooc here's a direct link - http://www.ftooc.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=70692

by **kevinod** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:46 am

Myfeckin FTO wrote:
Kace wrote:What is a WillWood upgrade then ?

Set of 4 pot calipers + 298mm disks (doesn't inc braided hoses which you'll need) - I believe Kevinod bought a set as part of the group buy so he's prob best placed to answer - did you get them fitted yet Kev?

Mine haven't arrived yet, hopefully get them on over the weekend assuming they do get here.

Compared to AP or Brembo upgrades they're cheaper and lighter. The disks are bigger and thus heavier than the GPX ones, but the calipers are a lot lighter, supposedly 9.5KG lighter overall. Here's a quote from one of the guys who just got them on:

just a little update been on a 150 mile round trip today brakes are bedded in abit more and F@*$ Me there good

There's a fitting guide that was put together for it here (click). The guy painted his silver, they're black out of the box, but at least you can see what they look like there.

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:03 am

WOW that sure looks like a nice piece of kit! Almost sorry I didn't go the extra mile when I got my new discs.. Not 200gbp worth of sorry though.. ;-)

by **d_andrews78** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:21 am

I just wish I could use them now that they've arrived :cry:

The car is to go too, but havn't really advertised that too well at the mo, the wife's surprised by the lack of interest in the car. :wink:

Trying to hold on to her for as long as possible.(The car)

by **kevinod** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:39 pm

Got mine installed and have had a couple of days to drive on them. They have yet to bed in but are impressive so far!

It was a pretty straight forward install, just took a bit of time but no real problems. Just a little bit of know-how (tip from one of the ftooc guys who put them on really helped with getting the discs on straight) and it was fairly well plain sailing.

Brakes are definately a lot better, and have a nice progressive braking feel, as in no sudden bite, its nice and predicatable exactly how strong it'll brake depending on how far you push the pedal. (does that make any sense)

I've been taking it easy on them so far, let them bed in, but giving the occasional harder push just 'cos they're so good! :wink:

Must take pics if there's a break in the rain over the weekend.

by **d_andrews78** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:30 pm

Still available if anyone is interested. £400 ono.

by **d_andrews78** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 3:42 pm

Anyone interested in these? Car is in Auto Trader now

and Never fitted.
Will consider sensible offers

by **belfastman** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:10 pm

d-andrews,why you selling your fto? or am i being rude to ask. lol.

by **d_andrews78** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:47 pm

Wee lad is getting too big for the back seat and no where big enough for a booster seat. so will have to let it go for now. Wife is not happy with him kicking the back of her seat, and don't fancy sitting in the back either.
I've been meaning to sell her for a few months now but managed to get away with it until now.

by **Daz** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:35 am

d_andrews78 wrote:Still available if anyone is interested. £400 ono.

Pm sent.

Daz...

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