{"product_id":"vtt-f9x-m5-m8-ultimate-lightweight-front-rear-brake-package","title":"VTT F9X M5\/M8 Ultimate Lightweight Front + Rear Brake Package","description":"\u003ch1\u003eVTT F9X M5\/M8 Ultimate Lightweight Front + Rear Brake Package\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eF90 M5 \/ F91 M8 \/ F92 M8 \/ F93 M8\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOver 96 lbs removed. 26+ lbs of rotating mass eliminated. 17″ wheel fitment front and rear. VTT 6-piston front calipers. OEM BMW rear calipers. Factory electronic parking brake retained.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe VTT F9X M5\/M8 Ultimate Lightweight Front + Rear Brake Package transforms the complete brake and wheel package from end to end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe front conversion removes nearly \u003cstrong\u003e60 lbs\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rear conversion removes another \u003cstrong\u003e36.8 lbs\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether, the complete package removes \u003cstrong\u003emore than 96 lbs of unsprung brake-system weight\u003c\/strong\u003e before accounting for any additional savings from lightweight 17″ wheels and tires.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt least \u003cstrong\u003e26 lbs of that reduction is confirmed rotating mass\u003c\/strong\u003e from the front rotor assemblies alone. The lightweight two-piece rear rotors reduce rotating mass even further.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not a stripped-down, single-purpose drag brake package.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe front uses substantial 13″ HD vented rotors and genuine VTT 6-piston calipers. The rear uses 12.15″ two-piece vented rotors while retaining the OEM BMW rear calipers and factory electronic parking brake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is massive weight reduction, 17″ wheel clearance at all four corners, expanded wheel and tire options, and real braking capability for a heavy, extremely fast street and drag vehicle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLess brake weight.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLess rotating mass.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSmaller and lighter wheel options.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMore tire options.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMore traction potential.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFactory electronic parking brake retained.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReal braking capability.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eOVER 96 LBS OF TOTAL WEIGHT REDUCTION\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe complete VTT front and rear brake package removes more than 96 lbs from the vehicle:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNearly 60 lbs removed from the front axle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e36.8 lbs removed from the rear axle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMore than 96 lbs of combined brake-system weight reduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat weight is removed directly from the suspension and brake assemblies before making any changes to the wheels or tires.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRemoving more than 96 lbs from any performance vehicle is significant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRemoving more than 96 lbs of unsprung and rotating brake mass is even better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e26+ LBS OF ROTATING MASS REDUCTION\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately \u003cstrong\u003e26 lbs of rotating mass\u003c\/strong\u003e is eliminated by the front rotor and hat assemblies alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lightweight two-piece rear rotors reduce rotating mass even further, making \u003cstrong\u003e26+ lbs\u003c\/strong\u003e the conservative combined claim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRotating mass must be accelerated in two ways:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForward with the vehicle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRotationally around the axle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReducing rotational inertia means less energy is required to accelerate the brake, wheel, and tire assemblies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a vehicle being optimized for acceleration, vehicle response, and elapsed-time reduction, this is exactly where you want to remove weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eNEARLY 60 LBS OFF THE FRONT\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe VTT Ultimate Lightweight Front Brake Kit removes nearly 60 lbs from the front axle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately 26 lbs of that reduction comes from rotating mass through the dramatically lighter rotor and hat assemblies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe remaining reduction comes from the calipers, brackets, and other non-rotating portions of the brake assembly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe front system uses:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13″ HD vented rotors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenuine VTT 6-piston calipers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCNC-machined 7075 aluminum rotor hats\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eF9X-specific mounting brackets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis delivers massive front-end weight reduction without turning the car into a single-purpose drag vehicle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e36.8 LBS OFF THE REAR\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe factory F9X rear brake assembly weighs approximately \u003cstrong\u003e39.7 lbs per side\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe complete VTT rear brake assembly weighs just \u003cstrong\u003e21.3 lbs per side\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat means the VTT rear conversion removes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e18.4 lbs per rear corner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e36.8 lbs across the rear axle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rear system uses 12.15″ two-piece vented rotors with lightweight billet aluminum hats while retaining the OEM BMW rear calipers and factory electronic parking brake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e17″ WHEEL FITMENT FRONT AND REAR\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe complete VTT brake package allows fitment of \u003cstrong\u003e17″ wheels at all four corners\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe massive factory brakes severely limit wheel diameter and restrict the wheel and tire combinations available for the F9X platform.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe VTT system removes that limitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDropping down to 17″ wheels opens up a huge range of performance-oriented combinations, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLightweight drag wheels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrag radials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBias-ply tires\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull slicks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTaller-sidewall tire combinations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePurpose-built drag racing wheel and tire packages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis gives F9X owners far greater freedom to optimize the vehicle around weight, traction, tire construction, sidewall, and overall drag-strip performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eTHE WEIGHT SAVINGS CAN GO FAR BEYOND 96 LBS\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe more than 96-lb reduction comes from the brake conversion alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce the massive factory brakes are no longer dictating wheel diameter, the weight reduction can be taken significantly further.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReplacing the large, heavy factory wheels and tires with a lightweight 17″ package can remove even more rotating and unsprung mass from the vehicle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe VTT brake package doesn’t simply save more than 96 lbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt unlocks the ability to remove additional rotating mass through wheel and tire selection while dramatically expanding available tire options.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor AWD F9X builds in particular, the ability to choose a tire package around maximum available traction rather than factory brake clearance can be a substantial advantage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMore sidewall.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMore tire choices.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMore traction options.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLess rotating mass.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNone of it is possible if the factory brakes won’t fit inside the wheel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eVTT ULTIMATE LIGHTWEIGHT FRONT BRAKE SYSTEM\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe front brake system includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVTT custom 13″ HD vented rotors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenuine VTT 6-piston calipers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenuine VTT street or race pads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDOT-approved brake lines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVTT CNC-machined 7075 aluminum rotor hats\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVTT CNC-machined F9X-specific caliper brackets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRequired installation hardware\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe front system removes nearly 60 lbs while retaining the thermal capacity and braking capability needed for a heavy, high-horsepower street and drag vehicle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eVTT ULTIMATE LIGHTWEIGHT REAR BRAKE SYSTEM\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rear brake system includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVTT 12.15″ two-piece vented rear rotors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVTT CNC-machined billet aluminum rotor hats\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOEM BMW rear calipers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFactory electronic parking-brake actuators\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVTT CNC-machined F9X-specific caliper brackets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRequired installation hardware\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWheel spacers shown with the package, where applicable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rear assembly weighs just 21.3 lbs per side, compared with 39.7 lbs per side for the factory assembly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat saves 18.4 lbs at each rear corner and 36.8 lbs across the rear axle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eRETAINS THE FACTORY ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rear of the F9X presents a unique challenge because the rear caliper assembly incorporates the electronic parking-brake system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany lightweight brake conversions eliminate factory functionality in pursuit of the lowest possible weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe didn’t want to do that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstead, VTT designed the lightweight rear conversion around the OEM BMW caliper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou get the weight reduction and 17″ wheel clearance of a purpose-built performance package without giving up the factory electronic parking brake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eNOT A SINGLE-PASS DRAG BRAKE PACKAGE\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight reduction is easy if you’re willing to sacrifice braking capability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe weren’t.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe F9X M5 and M8 are heavy vehicles, and modified examples are capable of extraordinary horsepower, acceleration, and trap speeds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat’s why VTT uses 13″ HD vented front rotors, genuine VTT 6-piston front calipers, 12.15″ two-piece vented rear rotors, and OEM BMW rear calipers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe goal was straightforward:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRemove as much weight as possible without giving up the braking system required for a fast, heavy car.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe complete package is suitable for:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStreet driving\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrag racing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh-performance street use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModerate track use when properly configured and operated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou get the wheel clearance and massive weight reduction normally associated with a drag brake conversion while retaining substantial vented rotors and real braking capability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003ePACKAGE HIGHLIGHTS\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOver 96 lbs of total brake-system weight reduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNearly 60 lbs removed from the front axle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e36.8 lbs removed from the rear axle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e26+ lbs of rotating mass reduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e13″ HD vented front rotors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenuine VTT 6-piston front calipers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e12.15″ two-piece vented rear rotors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOEM BMW rear calipers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFactory electronic parking brake retained\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e17″ wheel fitment front and rear\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdditional rotating-mass reduction potential through wheel and tire selection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStreet and drag capability\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eFITMENT\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned specifically for the BMW F9X M5\/M8 platform:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eF90 M5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eF91 M8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eF92 M8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eF93 M8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWheel clearance varies according to wheel design, barrel profile, width, and offset.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlways confirm wheel fitment before purchasing wheels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eTHE BOTTOM LINE\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe VTT F9X Ultimate Lightweight Front + Rear Brake Package does more than install smaller brakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt removes more than 96 lbs from the brake and suspension assemblies, reduces rotating mass, retains the factory electronic parking brake, and eliminates the brake-clearance barrier that prevents 17″ wheel fitment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOver 96 lbs of total brake-system weight removed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e26+ lbs of rotating mass eliminated\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e17″ wheel fitment at all four corners\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMore lightweight wheel options\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMore tire options\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMore traction potential\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFactory electronic parking brake retained\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReal braking capability\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDrop the weight. Open up your wheel and tire options. Add traction. Keep the braking capability.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLighter. Stronger. Faster. VTT engineered to win.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eIMPORTANT DISCLAIMER\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVTT HD brake kits are designed for street use and drag racing, with moderate track use when properly configured with the appropriate pad compound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlways operate your vehicle within your abilities and the capabilities of the braking system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eBEDDING PROCEDURE - CRITICAL\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrake pads must be properly bedded to achieve full braking performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFailure to properly bed the pads can result in dramatically reduced braking effectiveness and pad glazing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf glazing occurs:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemove the affected components as necessary.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProperly prepare or sand the pad friction surface.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReinstall the components.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRepeat the complete bedding procedure before demanding maximum braking performance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo not judge the braking capability of the system before the pads have been properly bedded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComplete bedding instructions are included with every VTT brake kit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vargas Turbo Technologies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47878124306588,"sku":"vtt-f9x-m5-m8-ultimate-lightweight-front-rear-brake-package","price":3599.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/3206\/5436\/files\/Front-and-Rear-Brake-Package-Artwork.png?v=1792262722","url":"https:\/\/daroracing.com\/products\/vtt-f9x-m5-m8-ultimate-lightweight-front-rear-brake-package","provider":"Daro Racing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}