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Old 11-15-2008 | 10:05 PM
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Cueball,I have the front BSP brace and it's very well made and rigid,I'm pretty sure the rear brace is the same too.
Old 11-16-2008 | 05:03 AM
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Savington, please discuss street-ability. I'm not opposed to a separate pad for the street and track. Sport brakes?
Stock 1.8s, no ducting. The XP12s are totally streetable. Cold bite is excellent, mabye a touch less than my HP+s but those were street pads and these are upper-level track pads (Carbotech doesn't even recommend the XP8 for street use).

There are some downsides; they are dusty *************, they squeal like a freight train when they are semi-warm, and they throw sparks when you stop from highway speeds at night. If Emilio is right, though, and they don't eat rotors, I'll never use any other pad again.
Old 11-16-2008 | 02:10 PM
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Went ahead and ordered the braces. I looked at the old reviews on M.net and everyone really liked what they did. Some bitched about install, some didn't. We'll see. I've got the FM frame rails but not the butterfly. We'll see if this tightens up my floppy old beotch a little more.
Old 11-16-2008 | 03:05 PM
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ordered the braces too. My Miata is turning into a BSP car..will see if the braces makes a difference.
Old 11-17-2008 | 04:04 AM
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can u sell me just the rear kit?
Old 11-17-2008 | 11:46 AM
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For now, selling as a pair only.
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Old 11-24-2008 | 02:25 AM
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Just tracked the XP12/XP10 combo and since I can't hype them at M.net I'll hype them here. Stock 1.8 brakes, no ducting.

******* phenomenal.

I was at California Speedway running the Roval. There are two hard braking zones; one after the infield straight where you go from about 110 to 60, and the one after turn 1 where I was going from 135 to 60. The brakes never even skipped a beat. They were dead firm every time I hammered them, without fail. They are easy to modulate, and you can just press so damn hard on them and they will keep stopping and stopping and stopping. I NEVER felt like I wanted more brakes, or firmer brakes, or anything.

Seriously, XP12/10s in 1.8 brakes obsoletes the BBK. Stops me in every situation from my first cold stop in 40 degree weather all the way up to repeated 135-60 stops, and doesn't eat rotors? What more do you want?
Old 11-24-2008 | 10:51 AM
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it's 30 degrees here today. can they stop in that? I'm almost sold except for the price tag and spare pads I already have at home. the car wont see the track for a while. I'm po'
Old 11-27-2008 | 07:53 AM
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Emilio, can you hook me up with XP8's front and rear pads for a '94 1.8, shipped to holland?
Old 11-27-2008 | 01:55 PM
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Always contact me directly to order. I don't use forums for transactions.
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Old 11-27-2008 | 02:40 PM
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done, thanks man
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will these fit on an early 1.6 car? My triangle brace didn't fit because I don't have the old rear subframe.
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Originally Posted by hustler
will these fit on an early 1.6 car? My triangle brace didn't fit because i don't have the old rear subframe.
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Old 12-04-2008 | 07:28 PM
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I got mine. Haven't installed yet. Just two bolt positions. Heavily built and nicely finished. Simple, straight forward. Look forward to seeing if they make a detectible difference in the car.
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Originally Posted by emilio700
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Ok, are you familiar with the concept that some 1.6 cars didn't have some flanges on the subframe where people bolt bracing? I'm just asking because I ordered some **** where someone gave me the same answer, and I'm tired of hemorrhaging money.

When are you going to get more lugnuts? I'd like to put on my 6uls.

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Old 12-08-2008 | 02:51 PM
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949 has the install instructions on the website. You can check which flanges it uses and if your car has them.

http://www.949racing.com/server/f_su..._inst_comp.pdf

http://www.949racing.com/server/r_su...e_instcomp.pdf
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Originally Posted by hustler
Ok, are you familiar with the concept that some 1.6 cars didn't have some flanges on the subframe where people bolt bracing? I'm just asking because I ordered some **** where someone gave me the same answer, and I'm tired of hemorrhaging money.

Does it mount to those flanges???? Doesn't look like it
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Does it mount to those flanges???? Doesn't look like it
All years. Doesn't mount to the OE brace locations.
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thanks, sorry to be a pain in the ***.
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Originally Posted by hustler
thanks, sorry to be a pain in the ***.
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