Who is running the Whoosh big brake kit? Thoughts/opinions?

[razr_m3]

Bit the bullet and ordered the 285mm kit. Let's see how this goes...

 

[dhminer]

Bit the bullet and ordered the 285mm kit. Let's see how this goes...

It’ll work! I have a couple sets of spacers if you end up needing them.

 

[jtsimaras]

Bit the bullet and ordered the 285mm kit. Let's see how this goes...

Installed yet, what wheels and any feedback on the brakes? Thanks

 

[razr_m3]

Perfect timing, they arrived and were installed yesterday afternoon. Re-bled them this morning and went out to bed the brakes. I'm running Rota Slipstreams 15" x 8" ET30 and I have plenty of clearance on all sides without a spacer. In the picture they look much closer to the cyan I was hoping for, but in person it's a bit more of a baby blue. Though I don't really care too much since a) I only gave a color name (or at least my closes guess) with no reference picture and b) you'll never see my front crash bar and the brake calipers at the same time to compare haha

EDIT: copied from my build thread: First thoughts, they're big, which duh it's one of the "B"s, but still... Build quality looks great, I checked everything over as I was installing them. There are two bleeder nipples per caliper, so be sure to bleed them both. No instructions in the box, but the kit is pretty basic plug n' play. Torque specs would have been nice though since I just have them torqued to "gudentite". To bed them, I did several 50, 60 and 80 MPH to 20 MPH harder stops. Haven't been able to push the brakes super hard since it's on the street/curvy back roads and I just finished bedding them in, but they bit hard and instilled a lot more confidence at higher speeds compared to the stock kit. I have the ducting which I think helped a bit I only smelled pad when I did immediate back to back hard braking. The braking was a little soft at first when bedding them, but grab hard now as the pads got worn in. It isn't like "hard" hard, but more of a consistent, hard braking. I'm excited to see how the handle when I take it out for a drive next.

 

[jtsimaras]

Perfect timing, they arrived and were installed yesterday afternoon. Re-bled them this morning and went out to bed the brakes. I'm running Rota Slipstreams 15" x 8" ET30 and I have plenty of clearance on all sides without a spacer. In the picture they look much closer to the cyan I was hoping for, but in person it's a bit more of a baby blue. Though I don't really care too much since a) I only gave a color name (or at least my closes guess) with no reference picture and b) you'll never see my front crash bar and the brake calipers at the same time to compare haha

EDIT: copied from my build thread: First thoughts, they're big, which duh it's one of the "B"s, but still... Build quality looks great, I checked everything over as I was installing them. There are two bleeder nipples per caliper, so be sure to bleed them both. No instructions in the box, but the kit is pretty basic plug n' play. Torque specs would have been nice though since I just have them torqued to "gudentite". To bed them, I did several 50, 60 and 80 MPH to 20 MPH harder stops. Haven't been able to push the brakes super hard since it's on the street/curvy back roads and I just finished bedding them in, but they bit hard and instilled a lot more confidence at higher speeds compared to the stock kit. I have the ducting which I think helped a bit I only smelled pad when I did immediate back to back hard braking. The braking was a little soft at first when bedding them, but grab hard now as the pads got worn in. It isn't like "hard" hard, but more of a consistent, hard braking. I'm excited to see how the handle when I take it out for a drive next.

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That is awesome thanks for the great reply!