Dinan by Brembo M5 Brakes.... - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

TitanM3 · 9th October 2004, 02:11

Look what UPS dropped off for a lucky customer today.....

FAST 5 · 9th October 2004, 02:21

One question, why did you choose the black over the red?

mottati · 9th October 2004, 02:27

Can you measure the piston diameters for us?
Thanks
Mike

Gorilla Beast · 9th October 2004, 02:41

Nice! Where you able to get any discount?

TitanM3 · 9th October 2004, 03:09

I will do measurements and post later. I am actually a Dinan dealer and these brakes are for a fellow board member. I just thought that you all would like to see the brakes first hand.

x703jko · 9th October 2004, 03:43

Very cool

I spoke with Eric at Dinan an hour or so ago and he tells me that my 4 wheel kit (with red

calipers) should arrive at BMW Towson early next week.

I plan to take pics of the install. I'll post as soon as I can.

Jeff

Gustav · 9th October 2004, 19:25

Very good looking!

SC'dKellenersM5 · 9th October 2004, 21:19

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Originally Posted by FAST 5

One question, why did you choose the black over the red?

My one question..why would you choose dinan brakes over just regular brembo or stoptech?

rebel1 · 9th October 2004, 21:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by RennSportSC'dKellenersM5

My one question..why would you choose dinan brakes over just regular brembo or stoptech?

I would ask that question too. Dinamn SAYS they are different from regular Brembo. But I'm not buying it. I think ot's just a marketing ploy designed to net Dinan some profits...
I think Dave Z can shed some light on this.. Dave???

DZeckhausen · 9th October 2004, 22:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by RennSportSC'dKellenersM5

My one question..why would you choose dinan brakes over just regular brembo or stoptech?

Dinan is charging the exact same list price for the "Dinan by Brembo" 4-wheel brake upgrade that you would pay for the Brembo 4-wheel kit. I can see if Dinan were charging a 30% premium over the "ordinary" Brembo brake upgrade that one would be incented to just go with the original Brembo kit. But this is the same price. If your goal is to spend enough money with Dinan to get one of their coveted DINAN badges for your trunk, then the "Dinan by Brembo" brakes can help you cross that threshold. Plus you get DINAN badged calipers, which are slightly more exclusive than the normal Brembo logo.

From what I've seen, the Dinan option limits you to black calipers. I don't think they offfer them in red or silver.

As for why you would pick these over the StopTech brakes, that comes down to the same rationale one would make when choosing the Brembo over StopTech. You trade off better pedal feel (StopTech) for better front and rear wheel fitment (Brembo). And there's always the issue of the logo on the calipers. Some folks feel that Brembo is a more established and prestigious name than StopTech. On the other hand, with the way StopTech is winning races lately, especially in the BMW dominated SCCA World Challenge events, the prestige argument is getting less compelling. When StopTech first came out, lots of customers would order their kits without logos. That almost never happens these days.