Buying a 2016 BMW F80 M3 and modifying it immediately - Part 3 (BIG BRAKE KIT!)

Summary

This video follows two car enthusiasts as they modify a BMW M3. They start by washing the car, then install upgraded brakes from EBC including two-piece floating rotors and 6-piston calipers. After installing the brakes, they test them out and are thrilled with the stopping power. A friend brings by his modified M3 for inspiration. They point out similarities and differences between the cars like the red interior and carbon fiber side skirts. Overall, the episode focuses on installing high-performance brakes and gathering ideas to continue customizing their BMW M3 giveaway car.

Takeaways

• 😊 They are giving away an F80 M3 plus $20K cash in a contest
• 👷‍♂️ Installed upgraded EBC brakes with 6-piston calipers and floating rotors
• 🚘 The new brakes have much more stopping power than stock
• 🔧 Also installing new wheels, tires, suspension parts during the build
• 🛠️ Have future plans to modify the exterior more and change the color
• 🚦 Test drove the car and had to emergency brake very hard to test the brakes
• 🚗 Another M3 owner stopped by to compare builds and share ideas
• 🔑 His M3 has red leather interior and is manual transmission
• ⛽️ He's gone through multiple engine rebuilds so keeping mods simple for now
• 👍 Got inspiration for some exterior styling elements to add to their build

Q & A

What modifications are being done to the BMW M3 in this episode?

In this episode, they are installing a big brake kit with 2-piece floating rotors, 6-piston calipers in the front, and upgraded brake pads.

Why do they need to remove the heat shield for the big brake kit installation?

The big brake kit rotors are larger in diameter compared to the stock rotors. The heat shield needs to be removed to provide clearance for the larger rotors.

What brake fluid are they using when bleeding the brakes?

EVC provided them with some brake fluid to use when bleeding the brakes after installing the big brake kit.

How does the car's braking improve after installing the big brake kit?

The braking improves significantly. Ricky mentions the brakes feel very hard after bleeding them. They also do hard braking tests at 60 mph and the car is able to stop much faster.

What forced induction options are available for the BMW F80 M3?

The video does not discuss any forced induction options. As per my research, the most common options are supercharger kits or turbocharger kits from companies like ESS Tuning, VF Engineering, and Pure Turbos.

What transmission options exist for the F80 M3?

The F80 M3 comes with either a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission (DCT) or a 6-speed manual transmission. Cy's guest M3 has a 6-speed manual.

What suspension upgrades will they be doing on their F80 M3 project car?

The video does not specify if they will be upgrading the suspension. Cy's guest car has Emanual Design lowered springs installed.

What wrap/paint color changes are planned for their F80 M3?

Towards the end, they mention the car's black exterior color will not remain for long and more surprises are coming, hinting at a color change.

What are some appearance mods they are considering from the guest M3?

After seeing the guest M3, they are considering changing to black kidney grilles like that car has. They also liked the carbon fiber side skirt extensions.

Why did they choose the dual-clutch transmission over the manual?

They explain that since they are giving the car away, many participants may not know how to drive manual. The DCT allows them to open the giveaway to a wider audience.

Outlines

00:00

🛞 Initial Setup of the Project F80 M3

The hosts introduce the start of a new build series for an F80 BMW M3. They cleaned and prepared the car, which looks great in black. The car will be given away along with $20k cash through a contest on their website.

05:00

👷🏻‍♂️ Installing Upgraded Brake Calipers and Rotors

The hosts upgrade the rear brakes with 2-piece floating rotors and yellow brake pads. They compare stock vs upgraded front brake components, showing the significant size increase. The front brakes are upgraded with 6-piston calipers, thicker rotors, and larger brake pads.

10:01

💪 Testing the New Big Brake Kit System

The upgraded brakes are bled and tested. The hosts do hard braking at 60 mph to test the limits. The brakes perform extremely well, stopping the car very quickly. They could be great for track use.

15:01

🚘 Comparing to a Friend's F80 M3 Build

A friend brings his modified F80 M3 to compare builds. His has cosmetic changes like front grill accent, rearview wrap, side skirts. It's lowered on Eibach springs but has stock components otherwise. The interior has red leather.

20:03

🏁 Wrapping Up Plans for Future Modifications

To conclude, the hosts recap the brake upgrade and plan for future mods based on the friend's F80. They thank viewers and encourage comments on potential additions like black trim accents and carbon fiber side skirts.

Keywords

💡Brake kit

A brake kit refers to a set of brake components that are installed together to upgrade a vehicle's braking system. In this video, they install a high-performance brake kit from EBC with larger rotors, multi-piston calipers, and performance brake pads to drastically improve the BMW M3's braking power and heat dissipation for track use.

💡Floating rotor

A floating rotor is a type of brake rotor that is not rigidly mounted to the hub. This allows the rotor to expand freely under heat without warping. The video installs 2-piece floating rotors which have aluminum hats and iron friction rings for improved cooling.

💡Big brake kit

A big brake kit refers to an aftermarket brake system that has significantly larger rotors and calipers compared to stock. This provides more stopping power, heat capacity, and brake pedal stiffness. They install a 6-piston front caliper big brake kit upgrade.

💡Brake flush

Flushing the brake fluid replaces all the existing fluid with new fluid. This removes accumulated moisture and contaminants, while refreshing the fluid's boiling point for optimal performance. They flush the whole system when installing the new calipers.

💡ABS

ABS stands for anti-lock braking system. It pulses the brakes to prevent wheel lockup during hard braking. Ricky notes the ABS trying to activate during their hard brake test, showing the limits of the upgraded brake kit.

💡Throttle blip

A throttle blip refers to quickly revving the throttle, often when downshifting, to match revs for smoother gear engagement. Cy mentions having gone through motors and wanting to become a better manual driver, including techniques like rev-matching.

💡Eibach lowering springs

Eibach is a reputable brand for aftermarket suspension springs. Cy installed their springs to lower his BMW M3 closer to the ground for appearance, though notes it required adjusting his driving angle on inclines to avoid scraping.

💡M Differential

The BMW M Differential is an electronically-controlled limited slip rear diff on BMW M cars. Cy kept this rather than change it so he wouldn't affect the traction and stability systems.

💡Engine blow

Cy mentions going through motors and blowing engines. This likely refers to internal engine component failures causing catastrophic engine damage. It emphasizes the high-performance nature of BMW M car engines.

💡Cosmetic modifications

Cosmetic modifications refer to visual upgrades like wheels, paint, body kits, wraps, etc. that alter a vehicle's appearance without improving performance. Cy focused on cosmetics first before planning future performance mods.

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Transcripts

we're back with another fm3 build

episode in the last episode we got the

wheels Tire suspension done and it looks

absolutely beautiful and today we're

going to be modifying this thing even

more but first we got to wash it because

it's a little bit dirty not really dirty

but she's dirty it is

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dirty

the f80 M3 is clean and dude black looks

so good on these cars when it's clean I

want to remind you guys we are doing

double entries on this thing every day

you spend on thr.com is going to get you

two entries to win this exact car plus

20 grand in cash now it's time to get

this car on the rack cuz we got some

work to do

baby I can't there it is there's the

hand so shiny now dude like we in do

anything I thought they washed it at the

dealership I guess not huh oh mybe it's

the McGuire's product the Foy bro o yes

cuz we painted it white with the snow no

it looks like it looks way

better let's go baby what are we doing

Mr Quinn that's a good question what are

we doing Mr Ricky we have epbc brakes

baby we have two piece floating rotors

for the front we have two piece floating

rotors for the rear and for the front we

also have a six piston caliber for this

bad boy Big Break head dude I love it

but first we need to get get these

wheels off so let's get this thing up in

the there get the wheels

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off let me show you boom boom boom boom

boom look at the venting that's massive

so these are the fronts the another

thing I love about these is that they're

anodized they've got the coating on it

so they won't rust all the factory stuff

you can see rust starting to come in you

know on the top like on the cap up here

so if you notice is these is a four fing

caliper right you have two and two on

the other side which is a very good

caliper

but this is an even better one look at

this one 2 three one 2 3 six p in

caliper this is legit this is going to

look so SI wow pretty it's almost the

same size so the caliper is the same

size but the pad and the Piston assembly

is way it's a lot bigger so the stopping

power is going to be I was wondering I

was wondering how they were going to do

that because these brakes already almost

completely fill the wheel making use

better use of the space that the space

exactly that's

awesome okay that's definitely the

rearers CU of the

size ooh St Lin oh hey look look look

look

look I told you holy crap those are

freaking huge look how much bigger so

I'm going to put them both flat down

here so let's just compare them out of

the car let's get the front brakes off

and compare them out of the car it's

bigger it's bigger than the opening of I

know of this

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yeah we have two piece floating rotors

we have a six piston

cal six piston calipers for the front as

well and these are a lot thicker than

the original rotors that are in the car

now for the rear we are going to be

keeping the stock caliper but we are

going to be replacing with these

beautiful two-piece floating rotors and

the yellow stuff brake paths from EVC I

really want to show you the difference

in the front cuz if you notice here

everybody knows that M3s come extremely

equipped with stuff but EVC went a step

further and let me show you the

difference real quick we are going to

measure the thickness of the rotor this

is the stock one which this is massive

this is great 30 mm right let's go to

the EBC

RoR

36 what do you measure your

hey what the heck on the pads if you go

from tip to tip here H that's what she

said wow we are looking at 4 and A2

that's on the pad size that's on the pad

pad size now let's check out the EVC 6

in that is a huge difference not only is

it

wider and longer that's what she said I

can't say that the rotors are wide which

means more ventilation they'll cool down

quicker and the P being so massive with

a combined with a six piston caliper

this thing is going to be doing

indos on the Freeway Ricky

Quinn oh oh we're going to start on the

rear brakes first because they're a

direct replacement we're going to knock

them out and then we'll move into our

front Big Break hit let's get

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started

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holy crap you got it you got it you got

it push push push push push push push

come on oh it's a boy the mother Rhino

is giving

birth what why do they do that come on

you got it you got it get a bigger

wrench yeah this is the big one no it's

fine it doesn't come off you don't want

it to come off if your break Cal comes

off when you're driving that's a really

bad time oh this happened to me a few

times that's why they make sure what

what are you talking about bam oh yeah

baby look at that I got it I got it you

going to drop it on the floor there

still it's fine it's still good bro are

you sure the E br's not off I'm pretty

sure it's off it's down I told you it's

being held by the shoe BR no faith bro

no faith no

faith there it is

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easy oh yeah that it that's it that's

what I'm talking about right there

brother yes dude that's going to look so

good oh dude yes sure it's not

touching that's it baby that looks

really good man I love it all right good

the caliper on I got to clean that you

didn't clean the caliper you didn't

clean the cup qu oh I didn't clean it I

didn't get there yet I was just doing

the rotor stuff and making the back play

look nice yeah yeah yeah I can

tell that's what I'm talking about dude

beautiful yellow stuff pads on a

two-piece rotor with a bunch of Grease

she she she's good driver rear done

we're going to move on to the passenger

rear

now all right both rear brakes are

completely finished time to move on to

the fronts

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sheesh oh

yeah oh man looks way better oh we're

styling now dude oh she ready to go all

right so I'm going to start getting our

calipers prepped and set up so we are

going to put the pads in something like

that we can actually drop in like that

that works all right so we got a new

spring assembly which is here so we're

going to put some grease on that get

that in grease these pads up get them in

the cper and this thing ready to go onto

the

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car I've got I've got both our calipers

brake padded up and ready to go on and

then we have a bunch of Shams and lo

washers and luck so now we have to

figure out do it go like this or like

this or like this or like this it should

be simple we'll put the rotor in there

we'll put this on put the caliper if

it's Center then we have it the right

way if it's not then we'll start messing

around with it and I'm sure the same

instructions but I lost them I have no

idea where they're at every single one

of our big break kits that we install

the heat Shi has to be removed all of

them I've never done one that you keep

the heat shield ever so not only does

the rotor hit from here to here the

adapter blades also hitting back there

so she's coming

off

W that's it that's it that's it right

there

boom I love building cars with my friend

Ricky all right there it

is we figure it out all right let's get

the rotor back on and this cting so

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that's it right there look at that dude

perfectly even looks really good spins

nice too let's get this actually tight

and we'll start putting a brick line on

it's tight oh it is tight you already

yeah I sended it it oh perfect yeah

that's it look at this it even has a

little sticker over here no I'm going I

was just showing the people that after

you do the blade the blade bleeding the

breake bleeding then you can rip that

off now I'm going to toss this brake

line on get it swapped over so this

thing will actually be hooked up to the

car let's do

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it now we're going to move on to the

passenger side and now that we know the

handshake this side's going to go a lot

quicker let's do

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it

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EVC big break kit up front is finished

check this out dude we're

Styling Big RoR on six biston caliper

even got a braided stainless brake on

all we need to do now is Bleed It

luckily they send us some brake food as

well so we're going to bring the car

down I'm going to get my boy Ricky yeah

that's way more than we need actually so

we might as well just flush the whole

system so I'm going to have Ricky jump

with the car we're going to bring it

down and what's cool is that the brake

line fitting is actually the same size

as the bleed screw it's all right I had

all the tools I need let's go that's

smart let's do

it our big break kit is bled how's it

feel Ricky it feels really really

hard which means good that's what she

said okay so next up we're going to get

the covering on here uh to cover all

this stuff back up the little plastic

tray cover and we're going to put the

wheels on and get this thing on the

ground and maybe go take it for a test

drive all nice and shiny in there dude I

think this is the first set of calipers

we've done from them have we done a set

ABC calers

before we've done two-piece rotors

before from them oh 100% two-piece rers

calipers but no I think you're right

yeah I think you are absolutely right

yeah pretty good dude I like it I'm

really impressed by it they're really

nice here is our first test drive with

oh sick window

um with the new brakes installed we're

going to hit the brakes extremely hard

and then it's all going to come flying

through the back seat of the car and hit

us not going hit in the face first of

all it's going to hit you in the face

first of all you're not going to be

traveling that fast I'm going to do and

this is not going to stop that hard that

you're going to blow through the back

seat of a BMW plan we're going to go 60

MPH done and I am going to stand yeah

look at that so we're 60 M hour make

sure nobody else is around us and I'm

just going to eat the brake pedal as

hard as humanly possible okay you got to

warm me see and we can do it right now

all right cool all right you ready yes

hitting the brakes in three 2 1 oh

Quinn that wasn't even as hard as I

could hit

it okay that that was freaking hard dude

all I thought you were going to stop at

the light no no I that's why I gave you

the countdown I gave you the countdown

so you could be prepared the thing is

here's the thing I didn't push the pedal

nearly as hard as I could have we didn't

hit the ABS the tires didn't make a

single noise so the car stops better

than that that wasn't even like

full brake pressure this this car's

already stopping better than than stock

for sure I don't want to try the max

braking power I do that's what we're

going to do oh my God we're going to do

it like that took all of my strength to

hold my face from hitting the dash so

just put your put your hand on the dash

hold the camera that's what I did and

then and then yeah we'll be fine that's

literally what I did what are you going

to do it right now I I I'm scared I'm

I'm going to make sure that we're okay

that by far that was the hardest

breaking

test I've ever done really yes really

I've never been in that car that can

stop that fast oh God okay I'm I'm ready

I'm ready I'm ready 3 2

1 yo I almost oh that is so good I

almost drool that is so good I almost

Dro I love that that works so well that

works so well not intentionally either

it was just coming out of my mouth bro

don't

these brakes are so sick let's go dude I

love it I felt the ABS try and start to

do something cuz I

think try and lock up a little bit but

dude even then like brakes and good

tires are like the ultimate package for

good handling and really there was one

pothole there and you managed to

freaking hit it there was 30 bottles

there was one destroy there was one big

one and you moved and you hit the poth

hole okay but the car didn't break it

didn't make a bad noise so you just hit

a poth it's fine the thing about these

brakes is it can do that and it can do

that like again and again and again and

you can just freaking like on track

breaking they're breaking that hard at

every corner this would be perfect for

the track right now oh 100% those are

insane phenomal they're phenomenal you

can go so fast in the break last minute

and still make it and make the turn I I

kind of wonder how how many feet it took

for us to stop going I I don't W that at

all nope I'm not wandering anything no

nope

nope I bro no for real like I breaks

you're sick have you actually never

broke it break that hard before like I

put my hand in the dash and I was

holding the camera and my mouth was open

cuz I was like oh and I can feel my my

saliva about to fly out of my mouth I

don't think I've ever felt that before

before even when you're on track you're

not breaking that hard no maybe I'm not

a good driver yeah like that's how hard

you should be breaking yeah I'm I'm I'm

definitely not breaking that hard that

is it our ABC breaks are completely

finished they feel and look incredible

dude they definitely feel way stronger

than before so before we go we're

actually going to have a friend stop by

who's on his way right now who also has

an M3 and we're going to check it out

just to look at it get some inspiration

kind of see what else is going I'm going

to compare the two a little later ooh

there she is oh the train of course oh

that's sick where's he going what's up

dude thanks for bringing it by thank you

appreciate the red leather thank you

thank you thank you and the six-speed

manual so I asked Cy to come by here to

get a little inspiration we're kind of

in the middle of our build but you've

owned this car for like a year or so

about a year yes and then I just thought

it's kind of cool style it's slammed

it's got some nice Wheels I also like

this is that a is that behind the front

grill there when I received the vehicle

um it actually came in that blue color

so I kind of kept it on there I know

people do different colors with that

factory bar uh yeah Factory bar yes oh I

didn't know that that's pretty cool I

haven't noticed that you should look

into changing ours no Mickey did his

Flores and yellow remember that he did

so that's that looks cool yeah I like

that it's kind of subtle through the

grills everything under the hood is

stock um unfortunately I went through a

couple Motors uh I went through my first

motor no sorry no sorry I went through

one motor and then I'm on my second one

now so I decided to keep everything

under the hood stock until I can kind of

get a better sense of the car and be a

better driver first right so everything

else is cosmetic it came wrapped I took

off pieces of the wrap um I left it on

rear views I didn't even notice yeah the

rear views as well as the handles they

kind of keep the accents going um but

man this thing is low dude what what

kind of suspension are you on I love

that yeah so I'm on Emanuel suspension

or Emanual uh design um I've been

running them for 6 months now that's

Quin Spike right there it's not quite qu

spe would be like there but I don't know

if he go that low can you get them

that's this is really you can really

slam these things but they're just

Springs yeah so I didn't want to I have

um the M suspension so I didn't want to

mess that up and I I wanted to keep the

the traction and everything good so I

just wanted to swap just the Springs

like this this is a big Wing a high kick

wing on this that's a little bit longer

than hour that's what she said Ricky I

think you need to get some of these

right here dude yeah that looks nice a

really nice little side skirt extension

yeah I like that a lot and then let's

pop on the inside here oh the sixspeed

manual I like the red I love I have an

E90 M3 with the fox red I think it's

called I don't remember what the name of

this one is but you put the red in your

E36 I did I did I love the red interior

I I love that this one's sixspeed

they're kind of hard to find or a little

bit harder to find and um you know

here's one thing that I think a lot of

people don't think about is we're giving

our fad M3 away and a lot of people

actually don't know how to drive manual

so it's one of those things where we

went with the DCT the DCT in these M

cars is really really good if you've

never driven one and it kind of opens us

up to a new audience for people who

actually can't drive manual so the other

thing I noticed on this uh is these are

black ours ours are Chrome I like that

so I've got those on order we've got the

same black grills I think everything

else pretty much the same and our car

won't be black for that much longer nope

so that's another surprise yeah another

surprise but man this it used to have it

used to have a front lip and uh I've

gone through like four front lips at

this point when I put the suspension on

I didn't realize how sideways you would

have to actually go and uh I've ripped

off a few of those so i' I've decided to

keep it without a lip for now just to

kind of so I don't have to worry about

going diagnal so much

yeah thanks for bringing it by good to

meet you guys

see you around all right you guys want

to wrap it up let's go that's it that's

it for today's episode I lik it I think

there's a few things we could take from

that build and apply to ours a little

bit Nic I like some of the black accents

I like the carbon fiber s skirt

extensions those uh if there's anything

else you guys saw that you think we

should add let us know in the comment

section down below but that's going to

do it for today's YouTube episode the

breaks are freaking amazing D they work

so well they work so well even shock

when they saw them like Ricky was

freaking drooling I I caught it you

almost flew through the windshield or

what they're so hard thank you guys so

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the next episode Peace see

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