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I picked up a Brembo front brake kit for my FD. I bought it off yahoo auctions. When i first saw the kit i was kind of wary of it since i had never seen a Brembo monobloc caliper kit for the FD before. So i did some research on the brakes and found out that the calipers in the kit were actually Brembo race calipers which are sold only to professional race teams and isn't available commercially for retail purchase. After doing a little more research, i took a chance and placed a bid. Unsurprisingly, i won the auction after 1 day and a half. What was surprising was that the kit had been sitting on the auction house for quite a few weeks with no interest. I admit, i was a little nervous about whether i made the right choice or not, especially since the quality of the pictures weren't great and the kit looked pretty worn out. I received the kit last week and immediately began to tear it down to what the exact condition of the kit was. This is basically what it came down to:

1. The calipers seemed to be in good condition (no cracks) but they were extremely dirty.
2. The brake rotors were completely shot and needed to be replaced.
3. The brake pads were also in need of replacement.

The first order of business was to clean up the calipers. Luckily, the dremel was able to remove most of the bakes on brake dust fairly easily. The brake calipers look almost new! ヽ(○´∀`)ﾉ♪





As i was disassembling the calipers, i found the pistons needed quite of bit of cleaning as well. I pulled out the pressure seals and found a few of the seals to be slightly warped so i decided to just order all new seals just to be safe.



With the calipers out of the way, i moved on to disassembling the rotors. I ordered new rotor rings since the ones that i got were completely used up.



The rotors were supposed to be slotted but one of the rotor face was so used that the slots were no longer visible! （／_＼）I decided that i need to repaint the rotors and also the bobbins that hold the rotor to the rotor hat. My plan is to paint the rotor hat yellow and the bobbins blue...i wonder how it'll turn out. While i wait to receive the new rotor rings, pressure seals, and paint, i'm just going to continue cleaning.



On a side note, i saw my first Mclaren MP4-12C down the street from my house on the way to work!