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Originally Posted by SeeThruHead
this seems like the same performance as the essex front kit. But 4075 vs 5700?
Any catch?
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Sure, here's some stuff off the top of my head:
First off, I have a stupid low profit margin is the main catch, because I just wanted to make this kit feasible, and made it because I myself really wanted a good kit for my own car. I begged Essex for years to make this, and they had zero interest until the new Z came out. I think they only made their kit now because the new Z and the 370Z have the same brake setups.
Exchange rates have gone down a bit so it's probably more like $4300 now.
If anything, Essex probably sources parts and calipers way cheaper, because they are a major distributor and have much greater scale than I do.
My brackets are a bit chonkier, since I didn't want to risk any breakage. Manufacturing is probably not as refined as Essex's, and they use bolts instead of studs. IMO bolts make it easier to space out the kit in the future if needed, but make it marginally harder to install the calipers.
The brake lines here aren't the fancy Spiegler lines, just whatever lines you want to use.
Essex ships everything in a single big package, whereas my kit is all pieced together.