That red cover is BALLIN! SOO sick! Really interested on results from the coating.

That silver vein looks damn good!

I'm going to revive this to showcase some work I had done by Rob.

The photographic story of my calipers;

Looking good Jay! Did Brightside rebuild them for you also?

Yes, we did the were COMPLETELY disassembled. degreased, sandblasted, powder coated and reassembled reconditioning some parts. In Jay's case his seals and boots were in good condition so they were reused.

I saw these in person, amazing work as usual by the crew at Brightside!

Do you stock rebuild Brembo parts or they were provided by Jay? I found a nice used Brembo calipers for around 500 on eBay. Just want to know if i need anything extra before shipping to you for rebuild. PM/post aprx price for rebuild. Thanks Mike

Brightside is a Girodisc supplier so they have access to all kinds of boots/seals for Brembo calipers. Those were Rob's words when he and I were speaking.

Alex, that's a great price for a set of brembo's, and if you have them overhauled by Brightside, they'll be bulletproof!

WOW I want these breaks more and more everyday lol

I love looking at these before and after pics. Those calipers turned out MINT!

Good stuff BSIDE!

Front calipers for oem seals/boots is gonna set you back aprox 100 per caliper.

Front Giro Disc about 60 per caliper.

Rear OEM about 70 per caliper.

Rear Giro Disc about 40 per caliper.

Brembo stuff aint cheap, you gotta pay to play.

These prices vary slightly depending on where you buy the parts.

ATM, Brightside doesnt stock these parts.

The good news is the seals and boots on Brembos are very resilient, and in most cases can last at least 12 years of abuse.

The thing I noticed that DOES eat the Brembo boots up is tracking the car and boiling the fluid. The solution would be to use a proper Motul fluid, and possibly titanium shims behind the pads if you are going to punish them on a regular basis.


BACK ON TOPIC, Thanks for the kind words. Its nice to hear positive feedback on the work we do. And it is quite labour intensive doing a set of these. But the result is fantastic.

Brembos are definitely a pay to play calipers. Wait till you price out two pieces rotors!

The seals can definitely take some abuse and usually don't need replacing unless the calipers have some good amount of track duty against them.

But that's what were here for. Drop your calipers off and we can recommend to you if new seals and boot are needed or not.

BTW: My AP calipers saved a cats life last weekend that jumped out in front of me.

Looking good Jay!

Its unfortunate, I see more of these evo(and other)brembo calipers with poor paint/coating than good ones, not sure how brembo dropped the ball on these, maybe the coating doesn't stand up to the brake fluid while bleeding the brakes. I'm hoping its not heat related.

It's actually a brembo problem. Afaik, there was a silent recall on certain cars fitted with brembo's for the sketchy paint on them.

At least they still make you eat windshield when you hit the brake pedal

More car porn to feast your eyes on!

FORCED PERFORMANCE EXHAUST MANIFOLD



1G N/A INTAKE MANIFOLD





GT35R "machined" COMPRESSOR COVER





TiAL 44mm MVR and FORCED PERFORMANCE 35R TURBINE HOUSING



And although this wasn't ceramic coated like the exhaust components, or powder coated like the intake components, I thought I would share my NEW GT35R CHRA here.



These guys do AMAZING work and I recommend them to EVERYONE!

Thanks again BSIDE!!!!

Well those are amazing.

Beautiful stuff!!

What you mean by N/A on the intake manifold?

Naturally Aspirated

Thanks you guys!

Less vacuum ports on the manifold? I didn't know there was a difference

1 less port.

Runners are larger as well as the throttle body flange.

It flows more

I thought it flowed more, but at a lower intake velocity?

2Gs had the smaller runners, but higher intake velocity.

Something like that.

I'd like to go into detail here, but it's more rewarding and effective if you do it yourself. Google "Bernoulli Principle"
Ask if you have questions.

Google'd your bermuda noodle or whatever and found this cool pic

That also works. Same idea

That satin black ceramic is a hot item at Brightside right now. Looks incredible on almost anything we apply it to!

I gotta say Mike, pee'd a little laughing so damned hard.

I'm here all week lol

What type of CNC are you using for your machining work? I'm looking into picking up one for a side project I'm starting. I have tons of experience in 3d-modelling/FEA and G-coding, but I don't know sh!t about CNC machines.

Brightside doesn't have a machine. I am however a machinist/programmer at my day job by trade. We have two Dmg five axis mills, one haas 4 axis mill, one hermley three axis, and one puma Cnc lathe.

I do all my machine work (engines, mods, half assed engineering, whatever) at work off the clock.

Fak, 14 years next month since I got my ticket!

Nice man!

Brightside WANTS a CNC machine though! Imagine the possibilities!

Id imagine there wouldnt be much powder coating getting done

Those Enkeis look amazing.

This!! They are beautiful! Really like that colour!

I've been browsing 4-axis mills but I don't know what specifications to look for other than the max axial motions. I'll be working with mainly aluminum. There's a nice one by Tormach but they seem to be more for prototyping than production.

I assume if you are talking about production, you are looking for a full size machine, not a tabletop?

Are you sure you need 4 axis? I have a 4th axis setup and have NEVER used it. It came with the used machine, or I would never have bought it. For the VERY odd time I DID need 4th axis, I found it easier just to farm it out to someone who kept the setup on the table than to do all the setup.

On a slightly related note, if you see any great deals on a used CNC lathe, I am looking...