About Wilwood Brakes?

[tyoneal]

To All:

Why are the top end Brakes of Wilwood generally less expensive than the Bear, Alcon and other 4 and 6 piston Brakes w/ 13 and 14 inch two piece rotors?

Thanks,

tyoneal

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

so we low buck guys can afford it..

[chicane]

The high end Wilwood's are not cheap by any means... considering that the STR caliper runs about $3800.00 a piece.

The cheaper stuff is what is packaged in kit form for the general populus. What you are actually "seeing" is their bottom end products.

[tyoneal]

FWIW: I was thinking about the 6 front 4 piston rear calipers.

ty

[TLWiltman]

Originally Posted by tyoneal

FWIW: I was thinking about the 6 front 4 piston rear calipers.

ty

To add to what Chicane said. The Superlite 4 piston IS (I think) the top-of-the-line Wilwood rear caliper, pricewise. I would guess it is pretty comparable with whatever anybody else has to offer (you can only put so much brake on the rear anyway).
Where things get a bit cloudy is the 6-piston front calipers. The Superlite 6 is almost the bottom of the Wilwood 6-piston line (I think the GN6 is cheaper, but I don't know if they still offer it anymore). Above that, you have the TC caliper (~$750/piece), Integra 6R (~$1800/piece), the Prolite (~$2700/piece), and the STR (~$3800/piece). So, basically, Wilwood is using one of thier cheapest 6-piston calipers to make their kits from (not saying they're a bad caliper at all, in fact, that's what I'll be using).

The others
Baer: I don't have any tech here (I don't know their price for just the calipers)
Alcon: Imported (very expensive just for that reson)
Brembo: Imported (same here)
AP: Imported

[Silver69Camaro]

They're also not of a monobloc design which reduces the price considerably.