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Originally Posted by bullitt5897 Mike has personally used the product on his 350z so he speaks from experience. Cool! I would assume Mike is 'battlewagon'.. I would also assume people

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Old 02-08-2010, 11:23 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Mike has personally used the product on his 350z so he speaks from experience.
Cool! I would assume Mike is 'battlewagon'.. I would also assume people would get more out of his experience than making statements of throwing down paychecks as a testament..

The reason that people can look to brands like AP Racing (yes, we develop kits with AP products, and brought Brembo to the aftermarket brake market originally) and Brembo is the established, timeless professional racing pedigree where money is no option, and performance is crucial.

Other brands pop up all the time.. and unfortunately not always to the quality needed to perform when pushed.. Especially when the country of origin can come into play. (general statement, not about a particular brand)

Anyone going to the track looks at pedigree, and technology into the development of brake products.. much beyond the looks involved with a kit, which was Chris' original statement.
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Other brands pop up all the time.. and unfortunately not always to the quality needed to perform when pushed.. Especially when the country of origin can come into play.
I agree, one just has to walk down the aisles at SEMA and AAPEX to see all the no name cheap caliper companies and the foreign manufacturers who will make your own brand for you on the cheap with no testing at all.
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Other brands pop up all the time.. and unfortunately not always to the quality needed to perform when pushed.. Especially when the country of origin can come into play.
I agree, one just has to walk down the aisles at SEMA and AAPEX to see all the no name cheap caliper companies and the foreign manufacturers who will make your own brand for you on the cheap with no testing at all.

I just powdercoated a set of calipers called WP Pro for a guy. These were the worst things I have ever seen. Machine screws holding a finishing plate around the tiny pistons and shrink wrap tubing to insulate the crossover tube!


Not knocking Alliance, I know nothing about them.
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I agree, one just has to walk down the aisles at SEMA and AAPEX to see all the no name cheap caliper companies and the foreign manufacturers who will make your own brand for you on the cheap with no testing at all.

I just powdercoated a set of calipers called WP Pro for a guy. These were the worst things I have ever seen. Machine screws holding a finishing plate around the tiny pistons and shrink wrap tubing to insulate the crossover tube!
I see them every year as well. Now, due to the struggling economy, they are desperate enough to offer any tuner a 10 car set deal to get their own logo on the calipers right out of Taiwan or India. The Chinese just copy the big names logo and all! So now almost anyone can be in the "brake business" overnight. Let's just hope they are all keeping current on their product liability insurance payments...
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Anyone going to the track looks at pedigree, and technology into the development of brake products.. much beyond the looks involved with a kit, which was Chris' original statement.
Thank you Josh, that was the general point I was trying to make. When you go to the track you want a company with reputation to stand behind you. Alliance is essentially unknown here in the US (seem to be from somewhere in Asia). Maybe they will be able to build a reputation at the track, and hopefully for them they do, but so far there isn't any reliable data other than a couple of enthusiasts doing a single track day. Much more data would be required before I would be willing to invest in such a critical component.
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