Big Red Brake Upgrades for the Front and Rear of the BMW M coupe

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Big Red Brake Upgrades for the
Front and Rear of the BMW M coupe

Below are pictures showing the items included in the Big Red Brake upgrade kits by Mov'it for both the front and rear of the M coupe. The kit are available through Mov'it North America at The Ultimate Garage .

The following link takes you to a procedure that Jim Powell wrote on how to upgrade the brakes on a E36 M3 with a Movit big brake kits.
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Jim Powell's Installation Instructions for Front Brakes, Including Photos

Jim Powell's Installation Instructions for Rear Brakes, Including Photos

Jim Powell's Installation Instructions for Substituting in a Porsche Brake Sensor

The Front Brake Kit Includes the following:

(2) Modified Porsche 993 biturbo calipers - choice of red or black
(2) Porsche GT2 class (322x32mm) cross vented brake rotors (left & right) with aluminum center hats (pre-assembled)
(1) Set of Fischer Stainless steel brake lines (4 hoses). Front hoses have banjo fittings with stainless hollow bolts
(2) Caliper mounting brackets
(4) DIN912 Caliper Bracket to Strut Kingpin Bolts (grade 12.9)
(4) DIN912 Caliper to Bracket Bolts (grade 12.9)
(4) DIN985 Locknuts for use with Bracket bolts (grade 10.9)
Assorted Shims - DIN988-12x18mm (HR60) (various thicknesses-to prevent M12x55 bolt from bottoming against kingpin)
Assorted Shims - DIN988-12x24mm (HR60) (various thicknesses-to center the caliper over the rotor)
(2) DIN6912 Allen Bolts-to locate rotor to hub

Front Kit; Calipers, Pads, Brake Lines and Hardware for M coupe

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Compairing the Movit Rotor to a BMW Euro Front Rotor
Movit is (322x32mm) BMW is (315x28mm)

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Compairing Movit Brake Pad with Stock BMW Front Pad
Movit is (5" x 2-1/4") BMW is (2-3/4" to 4-1/2" x 2")

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Installed on M coupe

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The Rear Brake Kit Includes the following:

(2) Modified Porsche 996 rear calipers - choice of red or black
(2) Porsche (299x24mm) cross vented brake rotors (left & right)
(2) Caliper mounting brackets
(4) DIN912 Caliper Bracket to Trailing Arm Bolts (grade 12.9)
(4) DIN912 Caliper to Bracket Bolts (grade 12.9)
(4) DIN985 Locknuts for use with Bracket bolts (grade 10.9)
Assorted Shims - DIN988-12x18mm (HR60) (various thicknesses-to prevent M12x55 bolt from bottoming)
Assorted Shims - DIN988-12x24mm (HR60) (various thicknesses-to center the caliper over the rotor)
(2) DIN6912 Allen Bolts-to locate rotor to hub

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