Hi all,

I'm upgrading my X300 wheels to 18" x 8.5" Milans soon. Saw this Brembo brake kit on an old catalogue and was wondering if its a bolt on fit or do I have to use adapters etc? Any thoughts please?

http://www.jag-lovers.org/brochures/...ons99_15_l.jpg

Best,
Kopi

 

Nobody's tried?

 

It was mentioned somewhere on the forum few times before, I believe they should bolt straight on, but right now I'd suggest using the search function.

 

Jaguar XK8 - Video Dailymotion

The calipers are the same with XK8s but the disk offset of the front is different, so I think you won't be able to fit the front calipers and discs without modification.

 

Thanks Japthug. Do you think I would have to use some spacers then? Is that advisable?

Firecrow, I did actually search the forums but did not find a conclusive thread. Most are "should" and "could" and "perhaps" ... but I did not come across anyone who actually bolted it on. Would appreciate a thread link from you if you've come across it recently. Maybe i'm not searching it right.

 

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...xchange-18001/

Found this ... seems like it would clear my Milans. But since it came from a X308 thread I'm still not so sure.

I'm about to plonk down a significant sum for the brake so I have to be doubly sure it'll fit.

 

Sorry but I cant tell if you can fit brembo discs with spacers.
But from the dimension of the discs I don't think you can, for the thickness difference is 11mm from the top of the hat.
In addition, even the normal R of X308 has a different hubs from the ones of the NA models in order to clear the larger discs (NA: 305mm dia, normal XJR:325mm dia, Brembo:355mm dia) so I think you will need a bracket anyway.
I found that XK8 is fitted 325mm rotor from 1999 and that might be the reason they fit the brembo straight forward in the movie.