Just to clarify here. They did send out new 75mm bolts but that is the stock length. They should be 80mm to accommodate the new rotor size. In the picture where I talk about the spacers you can see I purchased 80mm bolts myself. RB also sells 80mm caliper bolts on their website so I don't...
I haven't driven much other than to bed the pads in but my initial feedback is they don't have the odd bite the stock pads did at a certain point. The stock pads would always surprise me because they would go from easy to aggressive without much difference in pedal pressure. These feel much...
Onto the rear! Much the same as the front other than the parking brake and the brake pad anti-rattle spring points down.
The parking brake has an electrical connection at the top and two bolts in the rear. To remove the electrical connector you pull the gray tab in the connector down then...
Alignment pins arrived and worked as expected. Starting where we left off...
The front rotors come with spacers to push the caliper out 5mm to accommodate the 10mm larger rotors. One side has paper that needs to be removed so the spacers will stick in place. What I did was to peel the paper...
A quick update. The team at RB confirmed the issue due (hole was made to fit Porsche 5x112 vs Emira 5x114.3). They suggested for me to enlarge the hole with a Dremel but not to replace the hats. I'm not happy with that suggestion so I'm curious to hear from others who purchased the setup...
Yes, that’s exactly what’s happening. I know I can ignore it but want to give RB a chance to investigate. I have an I4 so maybe the hub is different (that would be weird). I haven’t checked the rear yet.
Next is essentially time to do everything in reverse order. Here's where I've run into an issue and I'm waiting to hear back from the RB team for how they want to proceed. The set screw (what we removed in the last step) hole in the new rotor hat is misaligned and you cannot re-install the...
I decided to start with the front left rotor. The rotors themselves are directional so be sure to confirm you have the correct one. They are marked as you shown below.
From the factory one of the bolts is keyed and you need to use the adapter included with the car to remove it. Once the...
Hi All,
Starting this thread to document my experience with the RB rotor conversion as well as a how-to for anyone as annoyed by brake dust as I.
Before beginning do yourself a favor and register at the service portal and pay for a subscription so you can view and download the service manual...