AP Racing Brakes - Job Done

I got my car back at the weekend after having the brakes upgraded for a set of AP Racing jobbies and having a rose jointed gear lever fitted. Firstly, Geoff Steel Racing who did the work are really nice to deal with, the car was spotless when I got it back, washed and polished and I mean polished, tyres blacked. They bent over backwards to help and swapped my track tyres onto my new track wheels and balanced them while I waited, all free of charge.

So what's it like ?

Well the brakes are brand new, so they are a bit dead at the moment, I really need to bed them in properly, but the pedal is lovely and firm, they pull up straight and true and not an indication of any brake judder. They also look they absolute nuts (pics to follow). You can feel though, as they heat up, that they are really reassuring. They have also converted the front wheels to studs and nuts rather than the fiddly bolts, which should make wheel swaps a doddle. Rears to be done soon.

The gear lever is something else. I had a short shift kit before, I have also used a few rose jointed levers but nothing like this. It's a work of art (again pics to follow), the whole assembly is all metal, no rubber or plastic anywhere so when you select a gear it clunks into gear. There is also some noise when accelerating hard as there is nothing to absorb the noise but the shift is so positive you just find yourself rowing up and down the box for fun. Words can't really describe the action but think Prodrive rally car with H pattern box and you are probably close.

Roops

Nice! the AP's really look the business! How much did they tan you for that, if you dont mine me asking? The short shift & the AP's???

Cool!

The full details are on their site
http://www.geoffsteelracing.co.uk/

I don't know fitting costs as it was all in with the brake kit fitting. I am sure they would give you a cost over the phone.

Will the brakes fit under standard 16in wheels?

Here is a pic of the gear stick I bought from Moseley M/sport , is it the same as this ?

 

That must be a very neat and compact install. I'm surprised there's enough room for a 4 pot caliper to fit behind the stock 16" wheel ...good job !

Is that a brake proportioning valve I see ?

Roops,
Nice bit of kit.I expect you will be going to Oulton park then

ps;Someone has stuck a screwdriver in your centre console,in case you haven`t noticed

Jon

Lancelot

Have you experienced any MOT problems with the proportioning valve??

One tester told me that it's a fail if it's adjustable by the driver when driving but have seen them on several road cars.

Want to do this myself but car is driven on road.

The WRC's are too new to go through an MOT , I have never had any problems taking any of my rally cars for MOT's with these fitted , sounds like the tester was a teste