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Steve1968LS2 10-20-2009 08:38 PM

New caliper finish from Baer...
 
It seems they had a hard time getting a consitent result from thier old annodizing process, so they came up with a new industrial coating for those that are really going to punish their brakes.

I do believe it's a type of nickle finish and I think this is one of the first sets. Now I just need to get them on the car...

Photography by David Pozzi :)

http://i36.tinypic.com/24fjp6q.jpg

ItDoRun 10-20-2009 08:44 PM

Those look great. What systems are they offered on?

Steve1968LS2 10-20-2009 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ItDoRun (Post 242317)
Those look great. What systems are they offered on?

I think all the six series calipers.. the rotors are 14-inch. We ditched the parking brake system to save on unsprung and rotational weight..

Cris@JCG 10-20-2009 09:10 PM

These calipers look great!! You gonna have clearence on the front wheels?

Steve1968LS2 10-20-2009 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Gonzo (Post 242327)
These calipers look great!! You gonna have clearence on the front wheels?

We might have to run an 1/8th inch spacer.. it's mostly because of the 14-inch rotors, not the all because of the deeper calipers.

More rotor mass will be a good thing.

Vegas69 10-20-2009 11:23 PM

Sick.....way better than the red. :_paranoid I always thought it was called an "Emergency" brake. LOL

Steve1968LS2 10-20-2009 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Vegas69 (Post 242394)
Sick.....way better than the red. :_paranoid I always thought it was called an "Emergency" brake. LOL

Actually no.. I've had several brake companies tell me SPECIFICALLY NOT to call it an emergency brake.. but rather a parking brake.

Why? because if you loose you brakes in an emergency that dinky system is just gonna fry and fail under hard load.

ccracin 10-21-2009 06:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve1968LS2 (Post 242409)
Actually no.. I've had several brake companies tell me SPECIFICALLY NOT to call it an emergency brake.. but rather a parking brake.

Why? because if you loose you brakes in an emergency that dinky system is just gonna fry and fail under hard load.

Yeah, actually the "E" Brake name was used when we all had drums on the rear. This basically just added a mechanical actuation method to the existing hydraulic brake package. Therefore you had equally poor (lol) braking on the rear either hydraulically or mechanically in the case of a hydraulic failure.

Looks great Steve. Did David do a solvent test on the back side to see how well the new finish stands up to cleaning? That looks like a great improvement.

Cris@JCG 10-21-2009 08:40 AM

Cant wait to see what they look like installed on the car!!:thumbsup:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve1968LS2 (Post 242391)
We might have to run an 1/8th inch spacer.. it's mostly because of the 14-inch rotors, not the all because of the deeper calipers.

More rotor mass will be a good thing.


Steve1968LS2 10-21-2009 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ccracin (Post 242436)
Yeah, actually the "E" Brake name was used when we all had drums on the rear. This basically just added a mechanical actuation method to the existing hydraulic brake package. Therefore you had equally poor (lol) braking on the rear either hydraulically or mechanically in the case of a hydraulic failure.

Looks great Steve. Did David do a solvent test on the back side to see how well the new finish stands up to cleaning? That looks like a great improvement.

That's a good idea.. but I'm chicken! just kiddin.. when I'm up there tomorrow we will test s few things on an unseen area of the caliper.


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