davey_jack
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Registered: 28th Jan 06
Location: Horley, Surrey Drives: Clio 182
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Hi all, seeing as I needed to replace my front brakes anyway I thought I might aswell upgrade my brakes to 2.0 cavalier ones.
Total cost was just over £100, I paid £50 for the calipers off ebay, and about £60 for the discs and pads and new caliper mounting bolts from vauxhall. Oh and I also upgraded my hoses to stainless steel braided goodridge ones, but these werent entirely necessary! Shame really I havent been able to test them yet, as I havent done any high speed driving!
Took the pic at the bottom of my car parked next to a smashed up R34 skyline parked next door to the unit of my local motor factors, a place called "jap performance" however I would say they seem like a glorified breaker at best. All I ever see is them stripping down smashed up 200sxs etc for parts or advertising them as spares or repair!
[Edited on 25-07-2007 by davey_jack]
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Eck
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
Location: Lundin Links, Fife
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They look good mate. Love the car as per usual.  at the Skyline though
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davey_jack
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Registered: 28th Jan 06
Location: Horley, Surrey Drives: Clio 182
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lol cheers, I'm tempted to get some coilovers soon, as Dave A has offered me a road setup that should be more comfortble. It handles really well on smooth roads but I'm sick to death of the harsh ride!
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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Looks spot on mate!
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lil_g
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Registered: 29th Oct 06
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Car looks awesome mate and think I will be doing the same thing with my brakes soon 
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pagan_88
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Registered: 28th Dec 06
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I sooo need some 2.0 brakes  Is that all you need then - calipers, discs, pads and brake hoses? Lovely looking car btw
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davey_jack
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Registered: 28th Jan 06
Location: Horley, Surrey Drives: Clio 182
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cheers for the comments guys!....Pagan_88 in answer to your question you dont necessarily need to change the brake hoses, but you might aswell when you are changing all the other bits. Two things I definitely would recommend replacing though are the caliper to hub bolts and the union bolt that holds the hose onto the caliper. Oh and if you get stuck there is a guide in the tutorials section.
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Steve X16XE
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Registered: 31st Dec 06
Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
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DOT 5.1 fluid.
You'll love these brakes now. I did when i changed mine.
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davey_jack
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Registered: 28th Jan 06
Location: Horley, Surrey Drives: Clio 182
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I've got DOT 4 in there at the moment, whats the difference? is DOT 5.1 just less compressible and more effective at higher temperatures?
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Schlumpfy
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Registered: 2nd Apr 07
Location: Stourbridge, West Midlands
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Have you felt a difference in your brake pedal height as a result of your new brakes? I find my brake pedal really low :s
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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There's a place like that near me, they've got about 10 cars being stripped at any one time, all 200sx/skylines too maybe they're connected
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