Build me a brake package. - United Bimmer Community

**Spieluhr** · 07-20-2005, 02:00 PM

Ok, I need some suggestions as to where to buy my future brake system.

I want:
OEM rotors
Stainless Steel Lines
Performance Pads
Super Blue Brake Fluid

Turner Motorsport has a great brake package that has everything except the stainless lines (their lines don't fit the 328).

and UUC sells some stainless lines that will fit.

Are there any other suggestions?

**billycuth** · 07-20-2005, 02:05 PM

I went with a bavauto ultimate rotor and pagid sport pads set. I am extremely happy with it's perfomance thus far.

no upgrades to the lines or fluid yet.

**B_w.** · 07-20-2005, 04:54 PM

why not get e46 330 brakes? they are supposed to be a direct bolt on.

**catalyst** · 07-20-2005, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by B_w.

why not get e46 330 brakes? they are supposed to be a direct bolt on.

Hes not talking new calipers.

If i could find 330 calipers (and had the money) i would do that mod myself.

**Rooz** · 07-20-2005, 07:02 PM

where and how much do E46 330 calipers go for?

**cainchapman** · 07-20-2005, 07:41 PM

Unless you are planning to do a number of track days per year, it would not be sensible to go to bigger calipers and rotors. Your car isn't heavy enough to need them. Nor in reality fast enough to require them. Your first post is a great package for a normal car to have much better braking performance.

Tyres are also a massive contributor to this. Don't buy crap ones to go with the brakes.

**Spieluhr** · 07-21-2005, 02:41 AM

ok, I will go with the package I said.

I am not interested in the 330 calipers yet, but thank you for the good suggestion. like cainchapman said, there is no real need for them.

**B_w.** · 07-23-2005, 09:17 PM

"ok, I will go with the package I said.

I am not interested in the 330 calipers yet, but thank you for the good suggestion. like cainchapman said, there is no real need for them."

but they do look better if you have bigger wheels because they fill up much more of the wheel well.

**Spieluhr** · 07-24-2005, 03:01 AM

^^^
I know and I totally agree with you, but I don't have the cash or necessity for them. And I am not to the point where I care about brakes cosmetically yet. I don't even have smoked tails yet, heh.

**komodo** · 07-24-2005, 10:19 AM

For what it's worth I have Hawk HPS pads and they're great. They stop my car on a dime, probably 50% harder stopping than oem, and WAY smoother. I can stop from 60 to 0 in almost no time, and while you're pressed forward, it feels so smooth you'd hardly know you're braking... if that makes any sense. I love them. The only side effect though is they sometimes have a squeek that can get annoying.