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Feb 9, 2005 | 11:58 PM

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mini d

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I imagine you could be correct...

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Originally Posted by RallyMINI

Be careful. Brembo makes all sorts of calipers, they do in fact make smaller ones and ones not as agressive as the BBK offered for our cars now. They easily could be brembo. Heck, brembo even offers OEM-style rotors which look JUST like our stock rotors

Not all of their stuff looks as impressive as their BBK

but that doesnt mean it cant be brembo

The way she described them I was thinking BBK, maybe it should be called the JCW NSBBK (not so Big brake kit

) and I know you are correct regarding the OEM rotors. The rear rotors on my car are OEM sized drilled rotors from Brembo to match the looks of the fronts.

Feb 10, 2005 | 05:21 AM

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polmear

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From: SE Michigan

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Originally Posted by mini d

The parts gal at the MINI dealer I go to here in So Cal told me yesterday that the calipers were Brembos. I have Brembos on my car and I have seen the pictures on the JCW website. The calipers they show on the website are definitely NOT Brembos! If you look at the English JCW website (www.johncooper.co.uk , I believe that is it) their MOTORSPORTS calipers look like they may be Brembos, but the little tiny things they are passing off on us are definitely not!

You are correct, sir. bing,bing,bing...give that man a ceegar! nope, NOT Brembo...TRW (out of a former Lucas plant in Pontypool, GB)
The caliper may look small, but the pad is gargantuan, and it is a 57mm dia. piston (not small by any means) the rotor is 294mm dia x 22mm thick, with an enormous thermal area and mass. I have found out tons of info on the kit...except who manufactures the rotor.