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Old Oct 2, 2013 | 05:56 PM
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Big thanks to SoCal450h! He was a huge help w letting me know everything needed for the swap. It's pretty straight forward, but whatever you do YOU MUST buy front isf dustshields to have the appropriate clearance needed for the calipers. I learned the hardway. And what could have been easil avoided cost me several days of down time. Anywho, here are some pics!


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Old Oct 2, 2013 | 06:40 PM
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Look Awesome....and once more congrats and welcome to BBK family...
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Old Oct 2, 2013 | 08:11 PM
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Looks great!

Like SoCal said...welcome to BBK club!
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Old Oct 2, 2013 | 08:56 PM
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big money! congrats!
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Old Oct 2, 2013 | 09:02 PM
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Pardon my ignorance, but what's the advantage of having ISF brakes over the GS350 stock?
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Old Oct 2, 2013 | 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by BGG
Big thanks to SoCal450h! He was a huge help w letting me know everything needed for the swap. It's pretty straight forward, but whatever you do YOU MUST buy front isf dustshields to have the appropriate clearance needed for the calipers. I learned the hardway. And what could have been easil avoided cost me several days of down time. Anywho, here are some pics!


In your driver side front, it looks like you still have some assembling to do on the front bumper, just lookin out for ya in case you forgot

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Pardon my ignorance, but what's the advantage of having ISF brakes over the GS350 stock?
I am also interested. Although I assume it's because the IS-F is race-inspired, with more HP and more TQ, it needs the extra braking power. That is just what these calipers and rotors give. I'm sure there are more pistons inside, and it has a larger surface area also .

Correct me if I am wrong here guys =).
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Old Oct 2, 2013 | 10:08 PM
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looks good, great work. these brakes stop very well with the right set up.
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Old Oct 3, 2013 | 05:30 AM
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Looks good, so what all is needed? Lol
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Old Oct 3, 2013 | 05:53 AM
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Here is what all is needed for the conversion to work.

ISF front hub assemblies
ISF front calipers
ISF front dust shields
Reybestos Front & Rear Rotors (more than half the cost of OEM ISF Rotors) researched and most F guys run them
Isf Rear Calipers
Pads front and rear (OEM,Project Mu,Duralast Gold, Posi Quiet)
Shaving of the rear dustshield

These are a 6 piston/2 Piston setup. Ours stock is 4/1. 99% of those who upgrade brakes do it for looks.Yeah they stop better, but our OEM brakes are superb to. So to answer your question, I did it because it was time to replace my brakes and I figured why not bigger
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Old Oct 3, 2013 | 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by BGG
Here is what all is needed for the conversion to work.

ISF front hub assemblies
ISF front calipers
ISF front dust shields
Reybestos Front & Rear Rotors (more than half the cost of OEM ISF Rotors) researched and most F guys run them
Isf Rear Calipers
Pads front and rear (OEM,Project Mu,Duralast Gold, Posi Quiet)
Shaving of the rear dustshield

These are a 6 piston/2 Piston setup. Ours stock is 4/1. 99% of those who upgrade brakes do it for looks.Yeah they stop better, but our OEM brakes are superb to. So to answer your question, I did it because it was time to replace my brakes and I figured why not bigger
Had you considered the F-Sport brakes when you made the choice to go ISF BBK?
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Old Oct 3, 2013 | 08:41 AM
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How much would something like this cost? I thought the isf brakes were black?
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Old Oct 3, 2013 | 09:02 AM
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I want to do something like this... Prob a grand or two cheaper than f sports
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Old Oct 3, 2013 | 09:34 AM
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Ready to tackle next project , GS-F ?...LOL
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Originally Posted by Simmsled
Had you considered the F-Sport brakes when you made the choice to go ISF BBK?
I had, and honestly was going to pull the trigger on some, but this still came out significantly cheaper. Scour ebay for calipers. Every now and then you can come up on a good buy. All in all
it is around $2300. But I had come up on some serious deals. I would expect to probably pay around 3k or more
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Old Oct 3, 2013 | 10:38 AM
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Nice BGG. Thats doing it right.

I have ISF wheels on my GS, and would do this in a heartbeat if I were able to get the parts for that cheap.
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