ca993twin

Santa got these used Ruf brakes from Rennlister Ima2nr. Rennlister Chris Walrod had new hats manufactured for me, and the brakes are finally on! I'll have to wait for daylight for pix of the car, but here are a few during the install. Note that the Big Reds look pretty dinky next to the 380mm floating rotors. And look how nice yellow looks with arena red. Yehaw! Thanks Kevin. Thanks Chris, Thanks Santa.

Air Kuul TT

Congrats Steve, RUFUS is looking HAWTER than ever. Did Chris Walrod refinish the calipers too? Cuz they look brand new... BTW, what did Kevin get for his new brakes? New set of RUF?

ca993twin

Thanks Tony.
Yes, Kevin stepped up to the latest version of the big Ruf Brembos. EXTREMELY NICE brakes on his car.

I just got these in my horribly messy garage:

tlark

Steve, clean out the wheel wells, I am surprised you allowed your car to be photographed in that condition.................you pig !!

Air Kuul TT

Wow Steve, the RUF 380mm rotors look perfect with the 19" RUF wheels. BTW, have you tested them... do you notice a huge difference?

Jay993turbo

Those are beautiful! Are the piston sizes on those calipers different than that of the big reds? Also, where did you have those hats custom fabricated?

Thanks,
Jay

sfbanchs

now i'm jealous, you need to update your avatar
congrats Steve

All the best

Sebastian

ca993twin

Tony,

Tested them? This was strictly a cosmetic upgrade... the Big Reds are excellent brakes. I was just feeling self conscience about them after the nasty comments and "new math" by Don (911/Q45). Seriously, you might only see shorter stopping distances after the 50th hard stop at the track.

Jay,

I don't know about the piston sizes, but the pads are huge, so I would suspect the pistons are larger. Chris Walrod handled the engineering and farmed out the fabrication. Contact him if you need details.

Sebastian,

I'm anxious to get Rufus out for some new shots.

Ima2nr

Congradulations Steve... those look incredible on your machine... 100% RUF front to back!

all you other rennlisters can take notes from STEVE... I put those in the classified section and he was the 1st guy to call!!! they were for sale all of 15 minutes! I really gave them to him... ask him and I'm sure he will agree! it couldn't have happened to a better guy! you deserve them Steve!

I can't wait to see some new pictures out of that garage!

chris walrod

Those rotors are monsters! No need for a spare tire, just drive home on those rotors

Here are a few images of the process. Sorry for the image of the chunk-o-aluminum -- for some reason it bleached when I transfered it from one camera to another..

C.J. Ichiban

congrats steve, you've been wanting some biguns for a while now...kevin and chris- you guys are awesome!

md11plt

Very cool. Steve, I'll watch Rufus for you while you clean out your garage! No no, my pleasure!

Tom

TB993tt

Steve
Very pretty
Did you get a chance to weigh them, I'm interested how much heavier they are than stock ?

ca993twin

TB993TT,

I didn't weigh them, but they feel lighter than stock. I think the aluminum hats tip the scales over to their favor.

<edit> I was only thinking of the weight of the rotor/hat combos. When you toss in the weight of the bigger caliper... I have no idea.

Tom,

Don't tease me about that garage mess. We have the only garage in the neighborhood with 3 cars inside a 3-car garage. Well... 2.5 cars. The Scion isn't quite a real car.

md11plt

Rufus doesn’t need a garage, he needs a pedestal!