Brake Upgrade Time

[MYSTIK[RL]]

well for a time i had a set of ae92 sx series 2 brake calipers and rotors :P sitting round doing nothing. i sent them off to be reconditioned as they came off of a wreck.

 

anyways to make a long story short the cars going in @ 8am this morning for the brakes to be installed(only so that i know that they are installed correctly :S) so hopefully i should be back on the road in the afternoon maybe thursday morning depends on how busy the guy gets in the afternoon with drop in whell alignments.

 

anyways will post up the before and after pics later coz now i have to find my digi cam and take some pic of the current brakes.

 

ok well i didnt have time to take pics of the old brakes on the car coz i was lazy and running late (as usual)

 

but heres a pic of thr front discs(243mm dia and 13.5mm thick, solid discs) and the rear drums

Edited June 1, 2006 by MYSTIK

[MYSTIK[RL]]

drivers front disc where the disc was starting to get chewed

[MYSTIK[RL]]

heres a pic of the of the of the drivers rear (242mm dia and 9mm thick, solid rear disc) on the car. only reason i have a pic of it was coz i had to put the locating ring back into my rims :P

Edited June 1, 2006 by MYSTIK

[MYSTIK[RL]]

heres a pic with the rim on, now it looks like i have rear brakes

 

edit: ok pic is in the post above :P

Edited June 1, 2006 by MYSTIK

[MYSTIK[RL]]

and heres a pic of the front brakes with the rim on and i just love the way the disc fills the rims now :P

 

front discs are 258mm dia, 22mm thick vented

 

and yes it pulls up a hell of a lot better now. nest step is to paint the calipers blue

Edited June 1, 2006 by MYSTIK

[remrusty]

what is involved in going from rear drums to discs?

how much did that set you back?

[MYSTIK[RL]]

going from drums to discs on the rear.

 

all parts needed off of a sx/gti

 

both rear hubs and baking plates

rotors, calipers, brake lines

hand brake cables

and the both rear trailing arms

 

well cost me $700 for all parts only coz i got front and rear brakes off of a series2 seca sx.

 

plus i had all calipers recond and disc skimmed and installed @ the same time some labour on top (only coz i was to lazy to do it myself) $500(including brake pads front and rear wheel alignments)