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Old May 14, 2024 | 09:06 AM
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Long time no see....

it has been a long time since I post on here, but want to see if anyone had ever figure out a different car BBK would fit on the paceman?

 
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Old May 14, 2024 | 09:08 AM
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Old May 14, 2024 | 09:09 AM
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Old May 14, 2024 | 12:09 PM
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That car looks great!

The GP2 / 135i Sport brakes can be made to fit, just needs some rework of the caliper brackets:
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...e-upgrade.html
 
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Old May 14, 2024 | 12:16 PM
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thank you!!! hmmm.. that's another options. kind of wondering if that would fit with the 18's?
 
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Old May 14, 2024 | 01:37 PM
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Yep. can fit with 17" also it will be tight. Might need spacers. Nice Paceman.
 
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Old May 19, 2024 | 04:05 PM
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thank you!!! so they just need rework the bracket to fit? I wonder if there's any spec to that??
 
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Old May 20, 2024 | 01:32 PM
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This car looks sickkkk!! I'm hopefully going to get my Paceman S to look something as nice as yours! What size wheels/tires and suspension are you currently running?? The stance looks perfect.
 
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Old May 20, 2024 | 07:46 PM
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This car looks sickkkk!! I'm hopefully going to get my Paceman S to look something as nice as yours! What size wheels/tires and suspension are you currently running?? The stance looks perfect.

Thank you!!! currently im running 18x8.5 with +35 offset, and those wheels are super light!! only weight like 18lb each. using ISC coilover, so far not too bad, but just wish I can access the rear adjustment easier. but gonna drill a hole later for easy access. oh and the tire size are 225/45/18
 
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Old May 21, 2024 | 06:52 PM
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We've built a handful of R60 and R61s over the years and we actually had a custom Wilwood kit that we used on those builds that used some nice 6 piston red wilwood calipers. I believe we actually still have one kit left as we never sold enough to make a second run of brackets and hats for the R60
https://www.waymotorworks.com/wilwoo...n-paceman.html

then in the rear we did the simple larger rotors with the caliper brackets to fit as this keeps the factory parking brake working correctly, and still used the stock pads while filling in the look in the wheel.
https://www.waymotorworks.com/big-re...n-paceman.html

Otherwise the number of owners that modified R60s never came close to the number of R56s so there was never enough demand for companies to invest in the development of other options.
 
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Old Feb 10, 2026 | 10:08 PM
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Wow! Not sure if you still have this (madmax88) but that looks great! Very tastefully done!
I had a 2015 R60 JCW manual in red but unfortunately it was written off parked in front of our home…sad day. Couldn’t find a replacement but found a manual 2018 F60 JCW in red, so bought that. Very different car…we like it but are now looking at a low mileage 2015 R61 JCW…in red of course….I saved lots of bolt on bits/mods from the R60….so hope to build up the Paceman. I like a lot of what you did to yours!
 
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