Anyone have experience with them? I assume the only way to get Red brake calipers is by getting the Brembo brakes?
And do the optional Recaro seats give more headroom when the top is up? Are they adjustable (manually) ?
Why not just paint your stock calipers red!Anyone have experience with them? I assume the only way to get Red brake calipers is by getting the Brembo brakes?
And do the optional Recaro seats give more headroom when the top is up? Are they adjustable (manually) ?
Why not just paint your stock calipers red!![]()
Ebay has "fake" brembo red covers for calibers. Assume they might fit the FIAT? I won't tell. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Red-3D-Brak...ash=item4ae5741c67:g:2rgAAOxyXzxTHuhY&vxp=mtr
I doubt you will regret either!I am leaning toward the one with the Brembos & Recaros and will start the negotiation process tomorrow.
I doubt you will regret either!
Two very different cars Bob. And I completely get both. I guess as I've (ahem) matured, I've come to the realisation, especially in an increasingly legistlated world where the motorist is a government road revenue cash cow, that having a car that does 0-60mph in 4 secs, does 180mph, and can generate 1.5g lateral is utterly unusable if you want to keep you license longer than a week. And so I've woken up to small, simple, cheap to own and run, cars that are (in my opinion) just as much fun and a good deal less scary. There is a real satisfaction to driving them quickly and their capablities are so much more accessible. And so, I have an Abarth 124 and a BRZ in the garage. Simple, straightforward, still pleasingly analog in a digital world, cheap and huge fun....both of them. I totally get it.Me, either...some think I am crazy getting rid of a new Corvette for one but I am not happy enough with it to keep it. I have owned a lot of different vehicles over the years and as the saying goes, "You only live once."
I'm currently considering swapping the BRZ for a Lotus. But the intent is to do 3-4 trackdays a year. A friend of mine recently picked up a near new 981 Cayman S...the last 6 cylinder model. Get your hands one of those (Boxster version). They are going to be collectable.I like the Vette but it feels heavy, has not so good visibility and you have to stop to remove the top, which is not that easy to do by ones self. It has what seems are endless settings for this & that and I currently have it configured where I have no desire to change a thing. It is fast though and handles very well but I am looking for something akin to the '94 Viper I owned for years, which for me seemed like eternity. It was light, tossable, fast and everything a basic roadster should be so I think the 124 will be a lot of fun. I am also considering a newer Boxster S since I had one in '08 and that was a fun car as well but I've had one so something different is probably best.
I'm currently considering swapping the BRZ for a Lotus. But the intent is to do 3-4 trackdays a year. A friend of mine recently picked up a near new 981 Cayman S...the last 6 cylinder model. Get your hands one of those (Boxster version). They are going to be collectable.
The new Boxster S is 4 cylinder now. They switched from 6 cyl to turbo 4 cyl last model year. Obviously losing that NA 6 cyl yowl is a big deal which is why I expect the prices for the last 6 cyl 981s to hold up well.I am not sure which model you are considering but f you have not driven a Lotus it is a different animal. I have driven a couple different ones and hated the Elise, but to each their own as I never knock what someone drives. But if I get another Porsche it will be a newer Boxster S...if the top does not drop or come off it is not for me.
Think you would really have to measure. The look-up is not reliable for the 2017 models. But I get it if you don't want fake.As per the model look up they will not fit.
I am leaning toward the one with the Brembos & Recaros and will start the negotiation process tomorrow.
The Brembos are great. Pulled up hard to stop from 130 km/h on a down hill incline today. Didn't fade until the last ~2 meters. Have held up strong in every other situation I've used them.Anyone have experience with them? I assume the only way to get Red brake calipers is by getting the Brembo brakes?
And do the optional Recaro seats give more headroom when the top is up? Are they adjustable (manually) ?