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Originally Posted by cossie1600 at least you can say it is $2000 well spent, not just some $2000 ricer parts that add nothing Expensive, but not that expensive. For the

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Old 09-22-2011, 07:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Expensive, but not that expensive. For the sport brakes the fronts are about $320 and the rears are around $270. An extra few bucks for mine as the AP pad shape isn't as common.
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Expensive, but not that expensive. For the sport brakes the fronts are about $320 and the rears are around $270. An extra few bucks for mine as the AP pad shape isn't as common.
thats not too bad. Pretty close to what I pay for Carbotechs.

However, when I got my Stoptechs and put them on 2 days before a track day, we found out that Stoptech used a different rear caliper than we were expecting with the small rotor kit, and the Carbotech pads I had for the rear were useless.

I called Carbotech on a friday morning, and they stopped normal production to make a set just for me. Not only that, they hand delivered them to a friend that afternoon so he could bring them to me at the track the next day.

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thats not too bad. Pretty close to what I pay for Carbotechs.

However, when I got my Stoptechs and put them on 2 days before a track day, we found out that Stoptech used a different rear caliper than we were expecting with the small rotor kit, and the Carbotech pads I had for the rear were useless.

I called Carbotech on a friday morning, and they stopped normal production to make a set just for me. Not only that, they hand delivered them to a friend that afternoon so he could bring them to me at the track the next day.

They have my business for life now.
I've heard several Carbotech stories very similar to that, they definitely go the extra mile and a half. I would probably give them a go but when I was talking to them last Winter they couldn't figure out my AP pad shape. I guess I could just send them some used pads and go from there.
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