Not sure if this was recent but they've included basically a little L shaped plastic 'fix' you can slide behind the brake assembly when you're re-aligning it with the pin that's thinner than the bolt so it essentially levers it in as you slide it back, thus avoiding the motor cable. Was super easy!
I just followed this and then wondered what the "L" was for so I then looked at the instruction... Worked out but serves me right for not checking the instructions first....
Installing my performance kit today and had to re-watch your video :) , thank you soooooooooo much for showing EVERY step! update: finished, took about 45 minutes, even with you showing how, getting that darn pin in was still a pain in the butt., thanks again!
Thank you for this video! I recently got my kit, and they are starting to include a new "L" shaped plastic piece to help protect the motor wire .. but your tips still made this process a lot easier than it would have been otherwise ... cheers!
Gosh.. After reading your comment i used the L shaped plastic piece in order to lift the thing.. Finally after trying 1 hour i got the pin into the break again with ease xD
Once again your tutorial makes the difference. Easy installation after watching this although that final bar isnt half tricky at the end but all done with no damages incurred. You are invaluable to the community Will. love ya brother.
For those with the INVERTED pedals version: This was a much larger job!! Since it has the damper pre-installed and the opposite rotation there is VERY little space to work with, and cables are even shorter! If it wasn't for the HUGE difference it makes, I would not have done this. This video still helps a a bunch with tips like the "allen-key" as a lever etc, but be prepared for a bigger job.
I had the damper when I first got my V3 pedals but since fitting the performance kit I have never put it back on. Best €30 I have spent on my sim racing kit 👍
Yep definitely makes a huge difference. I can feel a slight difference with the Damper kit but definitely not enough to justify the cost when you already have the performance kit installed. But more on that in the next video.
@@boostedmedia Has the standard configuration also this "squishyness" of the PU foam? Because I dont like my beakpedal to be soft at first. I like it being hard and responsive from the beginning.
@@chillaah2000 I've seen people cut a 3rd red or green elastomer to the size of the PU and use that instead for no initial squishiness. Cut it slightly smaller since it won't compress as much
Really appreciate the videos. So far, have used your videos to help set up my TR160, and installing the BPK. Without them, I am sure I would still be doing one or the other. Saved me tons of headaches. Just wanted to say “Thanks” and keep up the good work, it is appreciated!
Thanks for this video! Just purchased myself a set of these pedals with the performance kit (using your affiliate link). I had read stories of users who snagged the vibration motor cable that made me sit up and take notice, but I gave your vid a good watch before I even unboxed my set and from there it was a painless and quick install following this. Thanks again. Now back to go practice, practice, practice and hopefully see some lap times going down in the near future.
Found out why some people use a hammer. Pin for accelerator has a little machined bit for grub screw, Brake did not & was burred from grub screw. Silicone spray & a few taps got it out. Smoothed of bure ran pin though with silicon spray over & over until nice & free. Hope all go's well from hear. Love your stuff Will would not have done this with out Boosted Media. Take care.
Hey Will, great content as usual. I just purchased the v3 brake performance kit via your link along with the v3 inverted to go with it. Keep doing what you doin son!
Getting a full setup with V2.5 base and V3 pedal I did order the brake kit and watched a few vids re installation and review of the product I must say I found your video to be by far the best to follow easy and to the point. They seem to have added a tool to protect the wire whilst installing the mod I assume this wasn’t included when you did the video. Great vid I will have this on again in the background when I install mine thanks man
Mate!! thank you for the HELP!! UPDATED kits come with "FIX-1" L shape tool - to help with aligning pin holes. i tried your way... i got all the way to fitting screw-driver... but not enough force to align PIN. the new tool does help align and protect gear. HOWEVER -- thank you for your video and help !!!!
Hi Will, I guess you had already find out by now as the video is 2 years old. Just to let the new viewers know a trick here. The reason the pin does not gets back in easily is the elastomers pushes the cradle much lower than the holes. Using the L shaped spacer while inserting the cradle back does the trick. The canal in cradle and the holes are align instantly. It only took 10 secs in my first trial. Putting the cradle back was much harder for me as i did not want to dent my brand new toy with a screw driver.
You are the absolute best man!!! Thanks so much for this video. It literally took longer to get my pedals off my rig than it did to make this swap by following your instructions. Getting the pin back in was a bit tricky but once you get it lined up right with your methods it slides in very easy. Thanks again!!!
Very helpful. I used the screwdriver as a lever and I slipped and thought I pinched the cable but all good. The set I received today had a little tool that is used as a spacer to avoid pinching the motor cable.
I really like these contents. They are going to be so useful for me hopefully in the not too far future : ) You would absolutly deserve so much more subscribers! Thanks for your videos!
Thanks for the video. I know it's a few years old but still very relevant and helped me greatly. Only change I made was to run a small strip of duct tape over motor vibration wires for protection. Thanks again and hope to see you in the track someday!
Great video and tips for lining up the holes for the pin. In the manual they say not to screw the preload screw past the bottom of the white line but that will never get them holes to line up. I had to hammer the pin in with a big Allen key before I figured this out
I thought I was an idiot after taking over an hour just to reinsert the pin. Thanks for saving my sanity. Though I think I would like an even harder combination (medium now) I don't want to experiment with different combinations because the pin is so damn hard to reinsert.
Thanks for the excellent video. I was having real problems with this damn pin and the feeling as the thing finally slid into place was epic! If you were left handed as me then it would have been perfect lol but I couldn’t have done it without your help so you get a sub from me along side a BIG thank you
I put the red and green elastomer, screwed everything back together and it was way too stiff for me 😅. Gotta redo everything and put stock back ahhhhh. I think this is kit is meant to stiffen up your brakes for f1 racing, it’s hard as a wall
I got this performance kit from Pagnian imports. They charge 79 dollars. It's only 50 if you order it your self. A 58% markup. I should have checked so anyone else should check too. They include shipping but it is still a fair bit more.
I got the performance kit but was too afraid I'd mess up so I adjusted the cylinder at the rear instead. But that seems to pre-engage the brakes without me touching the pedal. Guessing I forgot to re-calibrate the brakes. Ooops.
Thank you for this video . I spent 6hrs today fucking around with these pedals, it would have been longer without your help, Cheers. Done the brake kit and then swapped to the D shaped pedal accessories; changed the clutch and accelerator springs as well , Then unmounted the V1's and installed the V3s into the cockpit. The clutch could be a lot more stiffer in my opinion even after the stronger spring. I think it needs some hydraulics on the clutch, can we mount that Hydraulic brake peripheral to the clutch I wonder? Thanks again. Should mention, I was fortunate enough to get these CSP V3s for free as I ordered the Podium DD1 from Fanatec , and as Fanatec had some manufacturing issues with the wheels they were incredibly generous and offered every one with the DD1 or DD2 pre-order a $520.00 voucher to purchase what we want, hence the V3s , although The CSP V1's still work a treat , it was time too upgrade. :)
I wish I had watched this before the race Sunday.. Sorry if I got in your way Sunday.. I was PLAGUED by technical issues.. But I was determined to participate.. NGL, I ASSumed you would be in the GTP class and was hoping to learn from you.. If I had watched this, I wouldn't have had the click in my pedal.. Thanks for what you do Will!!
interesting that these pedals were designed with intial soft 'squish' and yet the cheaper CSL pedal LC is much firmer, which is considered a proper race setup?
I mounted my BPK just yesterday and my biggest issue was the pin bolt holding the T piece into the pedal: it just wasnt coming out. I had to hammer it out and then I lubbed it all up. Even when I had it unplugged and tried to pass the pinbolt thru it, it'd just get stuck. Not sure whether it's due to a faulty pin bolt or T piece, but it definitely feels like the pin bolt is too tight for it. While it was a nightmare to get it out, getting it in was pretty easy with the L tool included on the kit which you can use as a wedge - it's only documented on the online kit documentation, my physical sheet doesn't event mention it. I'm using 13E 13G with preload @ 1 and I'm feeling pretty comfortable with it. I'm a bit saddened that I won't get to try the hard setup because I don't want to go over this nightmsre again and then not like the 2x 13G just to have to go back haha When it comes to maintenance, do you just lube the T piece that goes into the elastomers cylinder or do you also lube the pinbolt, if so, how?
To be honest, I just lubed up the elastomers and haven’t done any maintenance other then cleaning since. No squeaks and no issues whatsoever with hours of daily use since the time of making this video up u til a few weeks ago when I upgraded to HE Ultimates.
Recently purchased a 200kg load cell kit from aliexpress was a bit tricky to get it to work but its a much better feel than stock load cell. A screw hole stripped out from the alloy block and it takes a bit of adjusting on the preload screw to get it to zero out on min setting also the wiring is inverted and requires you to change red/white wires as fanatec software wont allow to invert it. was hoping you might consider doing a review?
With the V3’s I just purchased, I’m only getting about an inch of brake pedal travel with the stock set up out of the box with the load cell set to max. Twice as stiff as others have shown in their reviews. Has Fanatec possibly changed the strength of the stock foam since this video.
🔴🔴🔴🔴The tool they give you in the box slides behind it making sure you avoid the wires. You slide it in squeezing the clip and piston separating the wires with your fingers and it aligns the holes perfect.🔴🔴🔴
Another Great video thanks too you, you are my tech guy for my fanatec damper installation, soon the brake performance kit and the next level gt track racing cockpit! lol I do have a question for you regarding the V3's in the fanatec software. How exacly does the vertical sensor signal work? It's rated from zero at the top to 100% at the bottom. If i dial it at a 100% and push the brake pedal i barely can see the blue progression bar going higher then 15%-20%. If i put zero it's fairly easy to reach the max. So my question is what means that signal input from zero to 100% (The brake force i guess). Thanks! Keep up the great work!
Great Vid thanks for this followed it last night and installed. Getting the pin back in was a pain in the A$$ but thanks to your tips no broken rumble cable. The difference is night and day. Just out of interest where did you set the pre-load to (low/medium/high) or is just trial and error and personal preference? Thanks again.
I am about to install the kit now. You mention being disappointed that it wasn't included with the pedals. I agree. My experience since deciding to go Fanatec just before Christmas has been extremely disappointed just how much they rip me off. The 8nm boost kit is a massive ripoff if bought as a 'bundle'. You effectively pay 100 dollars more than the price they charge separately. Pagnian adds 100's off dollars to that for doing absolutely nothing except ordering on your behalf. The quality is not there either. It mostly is but not really. I have have numerous issues. The flimsy wiring for the pedal vibration motor is one example. It is so easy to break them if you try and adjust the pedal position. The whole experience has left a sour taste in my mouth regarding Fanatec. And Pagnian.
Hi there, just slightly off the topic. I’m about to buy the csl elite for PS4 + V3 pedals and bmw wheel. Do you reckon this set will be still compatible with the PS5 ? I’m scared to spend €1200 and found out soon it will not be compatible 😅 Thank you. Great channel.
It’s impossible to say with certainty. But I’d imagine anything that supported PS4 will also support PS5. Although maybe not immediately. For devices that don’t support PS4 I’m not sure.
I pick up this performance kit and damper, even with the soft setting (green and red) it's to hard for me. and I ripped the brake rumble wire,because it's very difficult insert the stop of the brake piston.
8:15 don't use a screw driver, you will scratch your precious pedals, use the Fix - I included in the kit to push it up, just insert it downwards and push it up in place, easier than a screwdriver.
Can I get away with using silicone oil from my RC truck shocks instead of the lithium grease? I can’t find any of the amber color grease that comes with the BPK
What is the benefit of this Performance Kit? Without the Kit it is very hard for me to press the brake completely 100%. I generally dont want to press even harder. But with the kit it will be even harder I guess? or is there another reason? or does the kit only improve the 50% force, makes it more linear or whatever?
Great review, however I unfortunately aborted at the removal of the grub screw. Not sure whether all three (one on each pedal) have been factory cross threaded or if they have been screwed in with a “lock tight” glue. Either way, I am beginning to destroy the hex head of the grub screw...frustrating. Anyone else encounter this?
It seems they have watched your video, because now the kit includes a small tool that seems to make the installation easier. :-) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZtM6PxVyXyc.html. Have a look at 16 seconds into the video. That video is actually less than a month old by the way. Maybe they just recently updated the kit with that tool? Not sure. I'm about to install the kit myself, so I will check if it's included.
I feel like Im the only one to say this but I just cant drive anymore after installing the brake performance kit. I just cant brake without locking up anymore
@@thebossbooster9192 Thank you. I was looking for an excuse to not have to do this. Tired of adjusting and adding and deleting, especially things that should have been installed from the factory. I've got the damper on mine and it is pretty much worthless
Why in some reviews in other channels do you see the translucent red and green rubbers and here they look opaque? I just received my brake kit and do I see them also opaque? is it another material? It gives the impression that those that look opaque are harder. Someone knows something about it?
so what about adjusting the preload screw to eliminate any mechanical play? the instructions say thats all its good for and cannot be used the way it was when factory. did you adjust it at all? was there any mechanical play?
The damper makes no sense to me. Any force that the damper produces isn't measured by the load cell. Not sure how that compares with the force profile of an actual car brake system.
Where do I open up the Fanatec control panel Is it on my pc already .? I don't have a Fanatec wheel Just V3 Pedals Do they need ne to download software? Please help