Vantage ebrake adjustment?

[feeth]

Installing new wilwood rotors and pads on a 2008 Vantage V8

ebrake is fully released, but the ebrake caliper is very tight going back on the new rotor.

Will it squeal even more then normal or self adjust to the new rotor thickness?

TIA!

[mikey k]

It won't self adjust
I've just worked out the source of my break squeal is the badly adjusted hand brake
So much so the bloody things have worn a ridge on the rear discs (cue another warranty claim)
I spoke to one of the factory senior techs when I was last having warranty issues. He said there are two common issues with the handbrake.
the routing of the cable sometimes bends it too much partially seizing the cable inside
Adjusting it on a lift with out the weight on the wheels means they tighten up further when you do lower it!

[feeth]

mikey k said:

It won't self adjust
I've just worked out the source of my break squeal is the badly adjusted hand brake
So much so the bloody things have worn a ridge on the rear discs (cue another warranty claim)
I spoke to one of the factory senior techs when I was last having warranty issues. He said there are two common issues with the handbrake.
the routing of the cable sometimes bends it too much partially seizing the cable inside
Adjusting it on a lift with out the weight on the wheels means they tighten up further when you do lower it!

Thanks for the info.

[Stonic]

I fitted Wilwood discs, callipers and pads to my lightweight track car and changed the pads after one session. Found the Wilwood pads really uninspiring. Also there are better callipers out there now.

What's the reason for going Wilwood?

[KarlFranz]

Stuart sells some very nice 2-piece Wilwood rotors. He includes Porterfield pads which are very nice, noiseless and relatively dust-free. I'm assuming this is what the OP installed. The price is much more reasonable than the OEM Brembo rotors.