NQSBBK really cost effective?

[Lucastheone92]

Gradually ticking off the stuff to buy for fitting my NQSBBK and i've just finished painting the calipers.

I've recently just started doing some number crunching and the total comes to almost £900!

There's currently refurbished 6 pot brembo's on ebay for £600 which seem more cost effective.

Am i doing something wrong?

Calipers=£300
10mm H&R hubcentric spacers x 4 = £178
Porsche anti vibration dampers= £47 Cheaper from Porsche?
New pads brembo=£60
10mm h&r spacers=£160
Porsche to vw braided brake lines HEL= £50
caliper adapters and bolts=£100

=£895

[rich83]

Gradually ticking off the stuff to buy for fitting my NQSBBK and i've just finished painting the calipers.

I've recently just started doing some number crunching and the total comes to almost £900!

There's currently refurbished 6 pot brembo's on ebay for £600 which seem more cost effective.

Am i doing something wrong?

Calipers=£300
10mm H&R hubcentric spacers x 4 = £178
Porsche anti vibration dampers= £47 Cheaper from Porsche?
New pads brembo=£60
10mm h&r spacers=£160
Porsche to vw braided brake lines HEL= £50
caliper adapters and bolts=£100

=£895

£600.... plus discs, plus pads, plus adapters, plus spacers, plus new HEL hoses etc.....

[Lucastheone92]

Gradually ticking off the stuff to buy for fitting my NQSBBK and i've just finished painting the calipers.

I've recently just started doing some number crunching and the total comes to almost £900!

There's currently refurbished 6 pot brembo's on ebay for £600 which seem more cost effective.

Am i doing something wrong?

Calipers=£300
10mm H&R hubcentric spacers x 4 = £178
Porsche anti vibration dampers= £47 Cheaper from Porsche?
New pads brembo=£60
10mm h&r spacers=£160
Porsche to vw braided brake lines HEL= £50
caliper adapters and bolts=£100

=£895

£600.... plus discs, plus pads, plus adapters, plus spacers, plus new HEL hoses etc.....

There are some on ebay for £650 and says that all is needed is 350mm discs and braided hoses

[Shoduchi]

Gradually ticking off the stuff to buy for fitting my NQSBBK and i've just finished painting the calipers.

I've recently just started doing some number crunching and the total comes to almost £900!

There's currently refurbished 6 pot brembo's on ebay for £600 which seem more cost effective.

Am i doing something wrong?

Calipers=£300
10mm H&R hubcentric spacers x 4 = £178
Porsche anti vibration dampers= £47 Cheaper from Porsche?
New pads brembo=£60
10mm h&r spacers=£160
Porsche to vw braided brake lines HEL= £50
caliper adapters and bolts=£100

=£895

£600.... plus discs, plus pads, plus adapters, plus spacers, plus new HEL hoses etc.....

There are some on ebay for £650 and says that all is needed is 350mm discs and braided hoses

The NQSBBK uses stock 312 mm discs. The kits that use 350 mm discs are from the Porsche 996 Turbo (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=42137.0) or from the Porsche Cayenne/Touareg/Q7 (Brembo 18Z).

[Lucastheone92]

Gradually ticking off the stuff to buy for fitting my NQSBBK and i've just finished painting the calipers.

I've recently just started doing some number crunching and the total comes to almost £900!

There's currently refurbished 6 pot brembo's on ebay for £600 which seem more cost effective.

Am i doing something wrong?

Calipers=£300
10mm H&R hubcentric spacers x 4 = £178
Porsche anti vibration dampers= £47 Cheaper from Porsche?
New pads brembo=£60
10mm h&r spacers=£160
Porsche to vw braided brake lines HEL= £50
caliper adapters and bolts=£100

=£895

£600.... plus discs, plus pads, plus adapters, plus spacers, plus new HEL hoses etc.....

There are some on ebay for £650 and says that all is needed is 350mm discs and braided hoses

The NQSBBK uses stock 312 mm discs. The kits that use 350 mm discs are from the Porsche 996 Turbo or from the Porsche Cayenne/Touareg/Q7 (Brembo 18Z).

Ok thanks.

I've also just realised I had the H&R spacers on my list twice.

I've managed to bring the price down a little too as I think I only need 5mm spacers.

Can anyone recommend some good pads for this kit?

[The Red Warrior]

I've just fitted the NQSBBK to my GTI a few weeks ago. I needed new rear pads too (also got new rotors all round too) so got pads the same front and rear. Went with Ferodo DS2500 as many people on this forum seem to rate them highly. Plus Addiction Motorsport sell a version of them that are modified Boxster S pads that fit the standard Boxster caliper (which is what the NQSBBK caliper is from) that sweep the whole width of the standard GTI rotors.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vw-Audi-BBK-Converted-Ferodo-DS2500-Front-Pads-for-Porsche-Boxster-Calipers-/111067243808?hash=item19dc1fa520:g:ZbEAAMXQY8JRhWeL

[Paradox1]

for the cost of the NQSBBK you can have a bigger brake setup with a bigger disk

[The Red Warrior]

for the cost of the NQSBBK you can have a bigger brake setup with a bigger disk

I know, but I'm running the original 17" Denver wheels on my car, so my options were limited with what I could fit.

Also, here in New Zealand we have strict rules on car mods. When researching brake upgrades I found that as long as I kept the rotor size original I didn't need to get my brake upgrade certified (about an extra 300 pounds) so the NQSBBK seemed ideal. Since buying and fitting it I've found the law has changed and any caliper change now requires a certification too.

Dunno what wheels the OP is running though.

[pudding]

How is the pedal with the NQSBBK?   We used to use Boxster rear calipers (I can't remember the Brembo model/part no.) on Corrado VR6s back in the day (23.1mm MC) and the pedal was terrible. 

[Paradox1]

Year rear calipers are scary on the fronts. i think even stock are better tbh

[pudding]

Yeah, they are rear calipers on the Porsche for a reason.... but I've never been a fan of mixing and matching bits when it comes to brakes.  I'd rather buy a purpose made kit for the car, such as AP, Stasis or Revo.  You'll get the power and the pedal won't change.   Even the much praised MK7 PP with 340mm kit has a longer pedal, and that's OEM parts.  I really can't be doing with soggy brake pedals!

[pudding]

Actually, the p/ns 986.351.421 & ..422 show as front calipers on Google?

[firesafetydave]

i had this set up on my car when i bought it - very good on the road but not so good on track. Just purchased a Reyland 355 kit with Ap 9040 6 pot calipers.
If anyone is interested i am selling the complete NQSBBK with discs, lines , brackets and calipers etc.

[pudding]

£1750 is really good value for that.  Lovely calipers too 

[The Red Warrior]

How is the pedal with the NQSBBK?   We used to use Boxster rear calipers (I can't remember the Brembo model/part no.) on Corrado VR6s back in the day (23.1mm MC) and the pedal was terrible.

My pedal is basically exactly the same. Just more bite and better feel to the brakes. My car has the 23mm master cylinder. I believe some later mk5 have a smaller one.