Looking into a big brake kit..

Originally Posted by Chuck33079 Are you okay with no real increase in performance over the sport brakes? On the street big brake kits are aesthetic items. Not necessarily a bad

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Looking into a big brake kit..

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Are you okay with no real increase in performance over the sport brakes? On the street big brake kits are aesthetic items. Not necessarily a bad thing (they do look awesome), but the performance difference over sport brakes will never be noticed on the street.

I used to think the same thing until I got my Alcons. They definitely perform better than the akebonos. I will say the cost of entry is not worth it based just on the performance difference for street driving but there is definitely an improvement.

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