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hi-spec big rear brake kit for mgf/tf

17K views 57 replies 17 participants last post by  MGFMania 
#1 ·
just looking to see if anyone has bought this kit and wether they are happy with it before i fork out the readies, also would be grateful if anyone knows of alternatives (checked out the vhs kit but i think £340+vat is abit pricey). If some of the members kits are close to fruition i could hold off and buy one of them.
 
#2 · (Edited)
I'd been waiting for a year for someone to actually be able to deliver a big brake kit.

The V.H.S. offering is expensive

Jon Norris has made some in the past but has not been able to deliver.

Those sold on eBay have dissapeared.

When we serviced the F we simply fitted another set of standard - I sold to a hood customer my dimpled & grooved set - of discs & EBC pads.
 
#3 ·
Jon Norris has made some in the past but has not been able to deliver.
It wasn't a case of not being able to deliver more a case of legal questions being asked about the legal side in the event of a failure so I decided to give it a miss rather than get involved with future issues of blame

The set on my own car have been declared to my insurance and have now passed at least two MOT's with exceptional braking results over the standard set-up however they will not be produced for sale or the specification given out just encase this could also come back as liability of fault
 
#9 ·
Where is Neil of the surrey when you need him?
He was developing a brake kit for standard wheels and callipers, but that seems to have gone quiet.

Peter, why did you go standard, from dimple and grooved with ebc's?
Customer drove from South of France (Honestly!) for a Glass Screened hood, MGFMania price is less than HALF the price in France.

He wanted/needed some dimple & grooved brakes - Simon fitted them, and some SS underfloor pipes, to save him carrying them back to France.

As I already had some standard discs we fitted them; MAY still buy BIG BRAKES but my old ones were corroded on the inner side and needed replacing.
 
#14 ·
Having tried a reasonably crude brake upgrade, the increase in braking power is unbelievable.

The TF160 is severely underbraked at the rear and the calipers also don't help as they just degrade over time and either don't brake enough or bind on.

I think with 4 pots at the rear, APs at the front and properly set up, it will be like throwing an anchor out the back.

I am a firm believer that you don't need all that braking power day to day, if ever. But, if there is ever one time you need it then it is an investment worth paying.

I would rather look back at the wasted money rather than the broken body of a child wondering why I hadn't done it.

You don't have to be doing daft speeds for you, or others, to benefit from upgraded braking.

If a lorry pulled out 30ft in front of me, I would rather stop in 25ft than 50ft. :dunno:
 
#46 ·
That’s not difficult is it? And not to costly either. Go Jap. The brakes will pull your face off and the boost will put it back on again.

This worries me though, Is the MG that unsafe that it needs better bakes and a front splitter to be stable at speed. That said maybe it was aimed at Hairdressers. Still like mine though..
 
#20 ·
I'm toying with making up some brackets to be able to use ZS 180 rear calipers on the back with standard F front discs , my main problem is finding a set Of Zs calipers to play with ( I've had a goof look at the pair I have but there attached to the rear of my Zs :lol:)
 
#35 ·
big rear brakes

i have contacted all of the companies mentioned in this thread, some havn't replied, tarox replied stating they do not currently do a kit for the rear of the mgf so it looks like hi-spec or vhs, as the kits are very similar i am opting for the cheaper hi-spec 280mm kit and soon as i've got it fitted i will post my thought's. I have ap's up front, ebc slotted and dimpled discs back and front with mintex pads, braided hoses and dot 5.1 fluid my tf also has anti-lock brakes, i don't think there's much wrong with the stopping power but looking for better balance.
 
#36 ·
i have contacted all of the companies mentioned in this thread, some havn't replied, tarox replied stating they do not currently do a kit for the rear of the mgf so it looks like hi-spec or vhs, as the kits are very similar i am opting for the cheaper hi-spec 280mm kit and soon as i've got it fitted i will post my thought's. I have ap's up front, ebc slotted and dimpled discs back and front with mintex pads, braided hoses and dot 5.1 fluid my tf also has anti-lock brakes, i don't think there's much wrong with the stopping power but looking for better balance.
Whats the price of the Hispec kit please
 
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