380 mm front brakes - calipers -spare parts
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Yep, the 380 mm front brake calipers are made by ATE.
I don't think they are "off the shelf" items and they have been on Jags since at least 2009 (the original XFR) and possibly earlier, I believe they are unique to Jags (and maybe some Range Rovers) and were commissioned / designed by JLR. If so we can blame JLR not ATE for the crappy anti-rattle clip design as surely they could/should have come up with something better!
I don't think they are "off the shelf" items and they have been on Jags since at least 2009 (the original XFR) and possibly earlier, I believe they are unique to Jags (and maybe some Range Rovers) and were commissioned / designed by JLR. If so we can blame JLR not ATE for the crappy anti-rattle clip design as surely they could/should have come up with something better!
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That said it's not an exact match for the Jag 355 mm caliper either but it's even less a match for the 380 mm caliper, I would say it's about 2/3 the way along the line between the 355 and the 380 towards the 355 end.
Second edit - on second thoughts it does look to be closer to the 380 end of the spectrum based purely on size, I remember years ago when looking for new front pads for the XFR (exact same 380 mm brakes at the F-Type) that the E60 M5 pads were supposedly a match, with the exact same 193 mm length and shape, but it turned out that the backing plate shape was slightly different and they would not fit the Jag calipers.
Putting two and two together (and getting the answer "5") I reckon they probably are calipers for BMW 380 mm brakes but they are definitely a (slightly) different shape to the Jag 380 mm brake calipers.
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Nup, that caliper looks very much like the 355 mm Jag caliper not so much like the 380 mm.
That said it's not an exact match for the Jag 355 mm caliper either but it's even less a match for the 380 mm caliper, I would say it's about 2/3 the way along the line between the 355 and the 380 towards the 355 end.
Second edit - on second thoughts it does look to be closer to the 380 end of the spectrum based purely on size, I remember years ago when looking for new front pads for the XFR (exact same 380 mm brakes at the F-Type) that the E60 M5 pads were supposedly a match, with the exact same 193 mm length and shape, but it turned out that the backing plate shape was slightly different and they would not fit the Jag calipers.
Putting two and two together (and getting the answer "5") I reckon they probably are calipers for BMW 380 mm brakes but they are definitely a (slightly) different shape to the Jag 380 mm brake calipers.
That said it's not an exact match for the Jag 355 mm caliper either but it's even less a match for the 380 mm caliper, I would say it's about 2/3 the way along the line between the 355 and the 380 towards the 355 end.
Second edit - on second thoughts it does look to be closer to the 380 end of the spectrum based purely on size, I remember years ago when looking for new front pads for the XFR (exact same 380 mm brakes at the F-Type) that the E60 M5 pads were supposedly a match, with the exact same 193 mm length and shape, but it turned out that the backing plate shape was slightly different and they would not fit the Jag calipers.
Putting two and two together (and getting the answer "5") I reckon they probably are calipers for BMW 380 mm brakes but they are definitely a (slightly) different shape to the Jag 380 mm brake calipers.
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