Rear Wilwood Brake Alignment

[Frank818]

What I think, Chad? Couple of things.

First, we now know they sell 100 per year of these kits. loll

Second, I totally understand their decision and it makes sense, sometimes in R&D you hit a wall for which AT THAT TIME no solution is a winner and compromises arise. Add 2 points to Wilwood.
That being said, they SHOULD have at least written that info on their installation sheets. To at least advise the buyers of that problem and why. Even better, to advise before buying, saying the kit is not a perfect fit and blahblahblah. Deduct 10 points to Wilwood.

Third, yes I'd pay an extra $200 to get an application specific caliper, IF I cannot easily remove the pad material myself to prevent any noise. I do not want noise anymore on my brakes of any of my cars, sick of that.

I will mail them about my choice.

[metros]

Wow, that's incredibly disappointing. I don't understand why they couldn't use the same caliper mount with different bolt position for the caliper mount side. We're already grinding the ears off the tabs to fit the caliper as is. A little more would make a big difference as 1/8" that I'm getting is too much.

I too would have purchased another kit had I known. Sure it would cost a little more but I'm a perfectionist. I installed/removed the fronts probably 5x to get the perfect fit with the shims.

I will also be emailing.

[C.Plavan]

After one track day you can see the grooves from Wilwoods bad math..... (stock pads suck- I went with a racing compound now)

[Hobby Racer]

Chad - what compound pads are you running now?

[C.Plavan]

Chad - what compound pads are you running now?

Raybestos racing compound ST45

[Hobby Racer]

Raybestos racing compound ST45

Have you ever tried Essex RC6 sintered pads? I run them on my Lotus Elise and love them!

[DMC7492]

Here's what belt sander massaging produces. Just like the rest of the project, custom engineering to "my liking"
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[RetroRacing]

We made custom mounting brackets to get the pads in the right place.

[Frank818]

I wonder if a bench grinder with a 60 or 90-grit wheel would do it too?

Pretty nice what you did!

[metros]

We made custom mounting brackets to get the pads in the right place.

Pics? Maybe you could sell the design to wilwood and spend some time educating them.

[DSR-3]

Are you willing to share drawings, dimensions, ? I would rather make my own too, but I don't have any of the rear brake .parts to measure, etc.

We made custom mounting brackets to get the pads in the right place.

[metros]

Craig should create a bracket on wilwoods behalf. Clearly their team can't hack it.

[RetroRacing]

I will take some pics and measurements when I get back from Palm Springs in a week. It was not to tough to do, but does require welding.