Materials to Maintain Your ZHP IIIII Hand Protection IIIII Tools to Maintain Your ZHP
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  1. #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by jonnyd330 View Post
    I just ordered the UUC kit today with the 15% off. Front and rear setup, I'm pretty excited.
    You're gonna LOVE the kit.
    Every day I think to myself "DAMN my brakes feel nice!"
    Makes heel and toe much easier, not having to push the brake pedal down as much.
    BP
    2005 330i ZHP / 6MT
    Imolarot / Naturbraun
    2003 330iT / 6MT
    Orientblau / Naturbraun




    It's not the car you drive, it's how you drive it.

  2. #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by az3579 View Post
    You're gonna LOVE the kit.
    Every day I think to myself "DAMN my brakes feel nice!"
    Makes heel and toe much easier, not having to push the brake pedal down as much.
    Oh wow I'm so glad you said that because you are so right about heel toe with the factory brakes and it has bothered me. That was one of the reasons I wanted the new brakes. I heel toe in my VW without any issues, its got the perfect balance.

    Did you install the kit yourself or have a shop do it? I have done rotor and pad swaps before but never a caliper swap. One of my buddies said he would help but I just don't want to get in over my head.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jonnyd330 View Post
    Oh wow I'm so glad you said that because you are so right about heel toe with the factory brakes and it has bothered me. That was one of the reasons I wanted the new brakes. I heel toe in my VW without any issues, its got the perfect balance.

    Did you install the kit yourself or have a shop do it? I have done rotor and pad swaps before but never a caliper swap. One of my buddies said he would help but I just don't want to get in over my head.
    I did it myself. Doing calipers isn't necessarily hard, but it is messy and you do have to bleed them properly afterwards. Bleeding them sometimes is an excercise in patience, but isn't a hard thing to do.

    Just be careful with the brake lines when you're removing them from the hard lines on the body. The nuts strip very easily as it's a soft metal, so make sure you get the proper flare wrenches for the job and do not use regular wrenches. The flares wrap around the nut head and grab it better than standard open ended wrenches.
    BP
    2005 330i ZHP / 6MT
    Imolarot / Naturbraun
    2003 330iT / 6MT
    Orientblau / Naturbraun




    It's not the car you drive, it's how you drive it.

  4. #24
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    Good point BP, I made that mistake on my first brake job. I learn the hard way how valuable flare nut wrench are. Heres a good value set imho:
    http://www.amazon.com/Williams-11692...are+Nut+Wrench

    Jonny if you tackle this job don't cheap out on these as crappy flare nut whrench will flex and strip the nut which kind of defeat the purpose.

    Also this tool makes bleeding brakes real easy:
    http://www.mityvac.com/pages/products_bcbe.asp

  5. #25
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    agreed on the points above - proper tools make every job easier.

    i have a motive pressure bleeder that makes 1-man bleeding possible - great for me as i'm usually working on stuff really late at night.
    peter

    2004 330i ZHP
    2005 330iT ZHP
    2010 328iT M Sport

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    +1 on the motive pressure bleeder. They're ~$50 on Amazon with the BMW/German adapter, and worth every penny. I've also used a Mityvac to do my Miata track brakes (bleed every event, flush every 6 months - so LOTS of brake work). I like the Motive a lot better. It introduces positive pressure into the system rather than pulling a vacuum. That means much less chance of air infiltrating through a fitting. I could never get the bleed nipple to seal well enough that it wouldn't let a bit of air in while I bled. The result is that you can't actually tell when all the air bubbles are out because more are constantly coming in right at the fitting. This isn't an issue with the motive. Also with the motive, you can fill the thing with a whole pint or quart of brake fluid and not worry about the reservoir running dry and ruining your flush. With the Mityvac, you have to habitually check the reservoir fluid level.

    +1,000,000 on proper flare wrenches for a brake line change.

    Blake - 2005 330i ZHP 6-sp

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    BP, I'm curous how hard do you track your? The rotors are up to the task? How many track days can you do before you need to change them?What pad are you running? I have pretty much researched every single option and I think it is definitely the cheapest one to own (cost of ownership which includes cost of consumable was the most important factor for me). Pads are about 40/50% cheaper than the brembo/ST. Rotors are dirt cheap 55$ on amazon for high carbon centric (i have had good experience with them on other platforms) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

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    Quote Originally Posted by AggieBlake View Post
    It introduces positive pressure into the system rather than pulling a vacuum. That means much less chance of air infiltrating through a fitting. I could never get the bleed nipple to seal well enough that it wouldn't let a bit of air in while I bled. The result is that you can't actually tell when all the air bubbles are out because more are constantly coming in right at the fitting. This isn't an issue with the motive.
    totally. i actually had an issue when bleeding my brakes a few months ago (with the motive bleeder), one of the rear bleeder valves somehow did not fit the threaded hole very well, and even at 1/4 turn open, it was introducing air into the system - enough that i was seeing small bubbles. it was confusing the heck out of me one night as i probably pumped 200ml of fluid through that caliper, and the bubbles persisted! i then deduced it was the bleeder valve, and replaced it, and it bled fine after that. weird.
    peter

    2004 330i ZHP
    2005 330iT ZHP
    2010 328iT M Sport

  9. #29
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    Quote Originally Posted by Guillaumenl View Post
    Good point BP, I made that mistake on my first brake job. I learn the hard way how valuable flare nut wrench are. Heres a good value set imho:
    http://www.amazon.com/Williams-11692...are+Nut+Wrench
    So you are saying these are a good set to tackle the job and I should order them?

    Thanks everyone for the advice, my buddy who is going to help me has a pressure bleeder not sure what brand it is.

  10. #30
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    To be honnest i have only tried HF junk and these, and there is a big difference!!! As far as I know, Williams are snap-on idustrial brand made outside of the US (Taiwan) so instead of paying 225$ for the kit, you pay arround 65$ for a well made/design tools. http://www.snaponindustrialbrands.co...CAT3%20197.pdf

    The other option, that might be even better is to buy individual snap-on whrench with the size that you need the most often (9mm-11mm and/or 10mm-12mm). I honnestly rarely/never use the bigger wrenches in the kit.

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