D1 Spec Brake Kits - Making the right choice for your car
14 Sep 2017|20,971 views
When it comes to upgrading or modifying your car, it's tempting to immediately think about changing the exhaust system or chipping up your engine. After all, who doesn't like a little more power and noise, right? However, what gets often overlooked is the car's brakes. It is arguably the first thing you should upgrade, and quite possibly the most important enhancement you can (and should) make to your car if you are hankering for more performance.
Why is this so? Well, think about it this way. When it comes to performance, most people tend to only think in one direction - forward. And we don't blame them because manufacturers are always quoting 0-100km/h timings to highlight the performance of a car.
However, any acceleration that takes place has to eventually be met by an equal decelerating force. It's a matter of the laws of physics. And that is where your car's brakes come in. Without good brakes to match your car's performance, the only thing left to slow the car down is the back of another car or perhaps a solid immovable wall.
Choosing a good brake kit
Upgrading to a good brake kit is always a good idea, especially from a safety point of view. With the bevy of new cars coming in to Singapore, one straightforward way of improving on road safety is to upgrade from the Original Equipment parts (especially so for the more affordable range of cars).
D1 Spec offers an affordable selection of brake kits aimed at helping you improve your car's braking performance and safety. It is a Taiwanese brand that has been around for more than 10 years, and is a popular global brand with products available in more than 30 countries. All parts of D1 Spec products are manufactured in-house to ensure a consistent high quality of its products. And over the years, its strong Research & Development team has continually collaborated with partners in Japan to improve technical knowledge, and to develop products that better cater to the different requirements of drivers.
The latest range of brake kits available from D1 Spec are the RS Forged Big brake kits. These are cold forged aluminium brake kits that have been developed to be bigger and lighter compared to cast brake kits.
Choosing the right brake kit
Choosing a good brake kit set is one thing. However, choosing the right brake kit set is as important, if not more so. As with many car parts, you can spend a bomb and buy the most expensive component in the world, but if it doesn't fit your car, then it just becomes an ornament to display in your living room.
With the RS Forged range, there are four available caliper sizes - Mini 4, Big 4, Big 6 and Big 8. This means that the brakes will be able to fit rim sizes from 15-inches up to 22-inches. D1 Spec brakes can also be installed with most cars' original stock rims, so there isn't a need for you to upgrade your rims just so that you can fit your new set of brakes.
Other than the brake calipers, a brake kit also includes two other components - the brake pads, and the brake rotors. For the brake pads, there are three different types - street, sport and competition. As the names suggest, they have different optimum modes of application.
Brake pads made for street use are meant to last longer, but are subject to lower amounts of abuse. In contrast, brake pads for racing use have to withstand frequent and repeated hard braking, and are thus designed to be able to rapidly heat up and rapidly cool. While you may have better braking power, the downside is that such pads only work at a much higher optimum temperature. Slapping these onto a normal road car would actually compromise your brakes as you will likely never have enough heat in the brakes for them to operate properly.
For D1 Spec brakes kits, you also have a choice between a one-piece, two-piece or floating two-piece rotor, which is available in both drilled and slotted versions. Once you have decided on what components to get, D1 Spec also offers a wide ranging choice of colours, allowing you to pimp your ride exactly the way you want. Besides brake kits, D1 Spec also carries a wide range of other accessories, such as e-throttles, gauges, coilovers, rims, wheel spacers and other miscellaneous accessories.
Increase your stopping power today
The authorised dealer for D1 Spec brake kits is Fong Kim Racing Development Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Fong Kim Exhaust System Pte Ltd. To find out more, you can contact the company at 6844 4281, or head down to Blk 53 Ubi Avenue 1 #01-01 Paya Ubi Industrial Park Singapore (408934).
When it comes to upgrading or modifying your car, it's tempting to immediately think about changing the exhaust system or chipping up your engine. After all, who doesn't like a little more power and noise, right? However, what gets often overlooked is the car's brakes. It is arguably the first thing you should upgrade, and quite possibly the most important enhancement you can (and should) make to your car if you are hankering for more performance.
Why is this so? Well, think about it this way. When it comes to performance, most people tend to only think in one direction - forward. And we don't blame them because manufacturers are always quoting 0-100km/h timings to highlight the performance of a car.
However, any acceleration that takes place has to eventually be met by an equal decelerating force. It's a matter of the laws of physics. And that is where your car's brakes come in. Without good brakes to match your car's performance, the only thing left to slow the car down is the back of another car or perhaps a solid immovable wall.
Choosing a good brake kit
Upgrading to a good brake kit is always a good idea, especially from a safety point of view. With the bevy of new cars coming in to Singapore, one straightforward way of improving on road safety is to upgrade from the Original Equipment parts (especially so for the more affordable range of cars).
D1 Spec offers an affordable selection of brake kits aimed at helping you improve your car's braking performance and safety. It is a Taiwanese brand that has been around for more than 10 years, and is a popular global brand with products available in more than 30 countries. All parts of D1 Spec products are manufactured in-house to ensure a consistent high quality of its products. And over the years, its strong Research & Development team has continually collaborated with partners in Japan to improve technical knowledge, and to develop products that better cater to the different requirements of drivers.
The latest range of brake kits available from D1 Spec are the RS Forged Big brake kits. These are cold forged aluminium brake kits that have been developed to be bigger and lighter compared to cast brake kits.
Choosing the right brake kit
Choosing a good brake kit set is one thing. However, choosing the right brake kit set is as important, if not more so. As with many car parts, you can spend a bomb and buy the most expensive component in the world, but if it doesn't fit your car, then it just becomes an ornament to display in your living room.
With the RS Forged range, there are four available caliper sizes - Mini 4, Big 4, Big 6 and Big 8. This means that the brakes will be able to fit rim sizes from 15-inches up to 22-inches. D1 Spec brakes can also be installed with most cars' original stock rims, so there isn't a need for you to upgrade your rims just so that you can fit your new set of brakes.
Other than the brake calipers, a brake kit also includes two other components - the brake pads, and the brake rotors. For the brake pads, there are three different types - street, sport and competition. As the names suggest, they have different optimum modes of application.
Brake pads made for street use are meant to last longer, but are subject to lower amounts of abuse. In contrast, brake pads for racing use have to withstand frequent and repeated hard braking, and are thus designed to be able to rapidly heat up and rapidly cool. While you may have better braking power, the downside is that such pads only work at a much higher optimum temperature. Slapping these onto a normal road car would actually compromise your brakes as you will likely never have enough heat in the brakes for them to operate properly.
For D1 Spec brakes kits, you also have a choice between a one-piece, two-piece or floating two-piece rotor, which is available in both drilled and slotted versions. Once you have decided on what components to get, D1 Spec also offers a wide ranging choice of colours, allowing you to pimp your ride exactly the way you want. Besides brake kits, D1 Spec also carries a wide range of other accessories, such as e-throttles, gauges, coilovers, rims, wheel spacers and other miscellaneous accessories.
Increase your stopping power today
The authorised dealer for D1 Spec brake kits is Fong Kim Racing Development Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Fong Kim Exhaust System Pte Ltd. To find out more, you can contact the company at 6844 4281, or head down to Blk 53 Ubi Avenue 1 #01-01 Paya Ubi Industrial Park Singapore (408934).
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