Was the Racing Brake kit any more durable than the stock pistons, seals, and dust boots?
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Originally Posted by OminouSS
I had a rude awakening when I was scrambling to get tires ordered and put on the car in less than 48 hours for a prepaid track day. The previous tires were only 6 sessions and zero street miles old, so to find them corded and unusable by session 2 of day 2 was a bit of a bummer. But that wasn't the real surprise. When I finally got the tires mounted, I went to put them on the car and found burned dust seals on both front calipers. Bummer.
A quick look into replacing all the seals within the calipers through OEM means was not only crazy expensive, but I couldn't even get the parts quickly.
Since I had been bailed out of a bind by RB on the pads when I couldn't get OEM replacements in a timely manner, I gave them a call again. Low & behold they had a full rebuild kit. Not only did it come with the seals & rings, but they were a special high temp composition that should handle hard track braking better than OEM (to be seen). But the goodies didn't stop there. It also had stainless steal cups that I hope will further defend against heat.
You'd think that I paid extra for the bronze caliper to match my wheels but that was free thanks to some pretty insane heat on the track. I'll report back with a performance review after the weekends' event.
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