demotorsport Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 I'm in need of a front brake upgrade and a diff upgrade. either to buy or advice on what i can do. currently have a 1.8 turbo engine and need brakes and diff that will also keep engineer happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bananaman Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 (edited) R31 struts can be used if you either remove the dowels or drill out the bottom of the strut to keep them. Swap your spring seat over if you want to run whatever you have, or use coilover kit etc. Either user whatever R31 brakes are or use off the shelf caliper adapters to R32 4 piston setup. The kingpin angle gives you more positive camber though, which i have dialled out using camber tops. Edited February 23, 2013 by bananaman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bananaman Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Strut tube did not require shortening and i used an SW20 MR2 rear shock so i could get koni yellows. Otherwise standard R31 replacements would do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bananaman Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Old dodgy photo of mine.. S12 hubs will give you 4x114.3, Z31 will give you 5x114.3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal ke20 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 If u do the coilover kit what spring do u use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bananaman Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Whatever suits the diameter and height you want. No use copying mine because you could place the coilover spring seat differently. From memory i sat it at the height i wanted, measured the height and described what i wanted to the spring guy. Mine are king springs, seeing i still haven't driven the car i can't really comment on how they are :P I should probably get helper springs because at full droop the spring isn't captive, though this only happens on a jack. Well beyond how far it'd go while driving unless you went over a jump... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crostek Posted May 26, 2013 Report Share Posted May 26, 2013 Did you have to swap the steering arm over to make the struts fit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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