Rotora 12 Piston BBK Installed... :)
06-26-10, 05:09 AM
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Well I got the car back this afternoon. I must say the stopping power is incredible. Albeit this is my first BBK on any of my cars and I dont have anything else to compare it to besides stock.
The brake pedal feels like I have the stock wheels and stock brakes on which isnt what I was expecting. For those of your OC people I was on the 55 and got off the Katella exit at about 65 and the car came to a complete stop with no jerking or anything very quickly.
So far no complaints. Ill take some close up pics here in a little bit and post them later.
Thanks
Tony
The brake pedal feels like I have the stock wheels and stock brakes on which isnt what I was expecting. For those of your OC people I was on the 55 and got off the Katella exit at about 65 and the car came to a complete stop with no jerking or anything very quickly.
So far no complaints. Ill take some close up pics here in a little bit and post them later.
Thanks
Tony
I might get them for my CL 63 AMG.The majority of the stopping power comes from the front brakes. With the more powerful (and usually larger and more heavy) AMG models, you do need more powerful brakes than the smaller, lighter, less powerful models. The higher number of pistons used in the front brakes of the higher end models probably equates to more clamping pressure on the rotors (although I'm not entirely sure about that, as BMW continues to use a very simple braking setup and gets equally good, if not superior stopping distances for their M cars).
Having said all that, I'm sure another reason is "marketing". There is a huge price difference between the C55 AMG (4 piston in the front and 2 piston in the rear) and the ultimate SL65 or S65 AMG, and I'm sure they want to make sure the potential buyer of an SL65 or S65 feel like he is getting the absolute best brakes possible. Another factor is cosmetics. Larger, more fancy brakes LOOK better visually and is another part of the "bling" factor.
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06-29-10, 11:56 AM
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Looks Great! I personally have the 12 pots on one of my cars (350z) as well. Looking forward to getting them on my others. The stopping power was greatly improved over the Brembo BBK's I had before on 19' wheels. Keep up the good work!
06-30-10, 06:00 PM
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Looks great...definitely makes a statement. For the record, my Rotora 6 Pots are working great on my LS after a few months of "wear and tear" 
06-30-10, 10:00 PM
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Thanks synergy. Yes now that I've had the car back for a week now I love them more and more. Definitely a great set of brakes. I highly recommend them.
07-02-10, 04:08 PM
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Synergy, yours were our 8 Pot fronts and 4 pot rear with both 380mm (15") x 34mm drilled & slotted 2-piece rotors.
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