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I do also need to comment on the statement that Ant made about the AP being superior to Wilwood, as I have had this discussion more times than I care to remember.
AP makes an excellent product, they work as they should.
However, the cost of a cast, aluminum body, 6 piston AP caliper kit is more than twice the cost of a Wilwood billet aluminum bodied kit. (You can get a billet bodied AP caliper it just comes in a whole different catalogue! And they are a whole lot more expensive. Not that cast doesn’t work, its just has more flex.)
The question I was always asked was:
“Why is the Wilwood so much cheaper than Brand X”
To that I would respond:
“We make money, at the price we sell at, your question should be”
“Why is brand X so expensive?” “what am I getting for my dollars?”
Are they good? Yes. Are they worth twice or three times the money?
That’s your call.
Ant say’s “yes! Because he likes the Yellow logo”
Fyi,
Wilwood does in fact have calipers with dust boots, if you place value on them.
Those are calipers targeted at the “street market” because somebody said “you need them” You will find that in a high temp applications, the boots will burn and fall apart. I have seen it many times in classes where you must use a stock caliper. The guys that must use PBR calipers routinely take them out because they catch fire. They do nothing when it comes to keeping the true enemy out of your brake system, moister. No seal can keep that out completely, that why the fluid must be changed regularly.
By the way, the AP replacement parts make the kit prices seem reasonable
JASON
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