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Andy_S
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31st Mar 03 at 08:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My brake conversion has just arrived, but Ive recieved no pads, or instructions. Im not sure how to fit them and dont know what the orange things are for! If anyone can give me some help, it would be very appreciated! Andy
DJP
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31st Mar 03 at 09:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
how much did the kit cost? and is it an uprated kit i.e. the discs and calipers are bigger?
Andy_S
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31st Mar 03 at 09:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cost me 495. yes uprated kit. Any help peeps?
Daimo B
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31st Mar 03 at 13:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Take old brakes off.

New brackets should fix onto existing brackets attached to the car. Pu the new disks on, then put the calipers over the disks, and bolt into new brackets.
Andy_S
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31st Mar 03 at 16:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cheers mate
Andy_S
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31st Mar 03 at 16:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
in that picture, that is all ive got. shouldnt I have some hoses too?
Kieran McMutrie
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31st Mar 03 at 17:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Those are Hi Spec 4 pots are they not? Yeah you should get Braided hoses with them but depends what kit you bought and from who! The pads should slot in and be secured with a pin I would have thought.

[Edited on 31-03-2003 by Kieran McMutrie]
Andy_S
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31st Mar 03 at 17:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cheers mate
d0gz_bollox
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31st Mar 03 at 18:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ive just got some hs-spec 4 pots. 285mm disc under 15" alloys. fills them niiiice
morty
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31st Mar 03 at 19:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
with most uprated brakes i.e. hi-spec, wilwood and alcon plus ap racing they dont come with pads cos they dont know what your going to use them for, you should specify them with the kit but if you dont then they dont send them...also the orange things are the brackets.
luca2020
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31st Mar 03 at 19:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yer the orange things are the calipar brackets cos the calipars are bigger than normal so need a different bracket to fit propley
RickV6
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31st Mar 03 at 19:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
for that money I'd want some kind of instructions and some fookin pads! Them Discs look well butchered how many holes!
ainsley_brader
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31st Mar 03 at 19:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by RickV6
Them Discs look well butchered how many holes!



8, two pairs
RickV6
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31st Mar 03 at 20:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
10 on each!
ainsley_brader
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quote:
Originally posted by RickV6
10 on each!




obviously it has one where the hub goes and one for the grub screw which holds it on
RickV6
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31st Mar 03 at 20:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just testin
But unless hes got an 8 stud conversion they is gonna be some empty holes!
dja
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31st Mar 03 at 20:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If you need instructions you shouldnt be messing with something as life saving as brakes!!
The orange bits bolt onto the swivel hubs where the old calipers were,then the new calipers bolt to the orange bits.
Use a pressure bleeding kit as 4 pots can be difficult to bleed manually as they usually have bleed nipples on the bottom as well as the top.
Dont be tempted to go for race pads if you intend to use it on the road,get the softest pads they have.
Dave
RickV6
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31st Mar 03 at 20:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I dont need em I could do it with me eyes closed but some peeps may need a little guidance
Andy_S
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31st Mar 03 at 20:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
everyone has to learn sometime mate. You may be able to do it blindfolded, but once you had to look at the instruction manual!
Theyre the Hi spec 4-pots and 285mm discs. Anyone got any good recommendations for pads??

Thanks for the replies guys, Ive phoned them up and left a message but still not returned my call.
RickV6
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31st Mar 03 at 20:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hey dont have a go at me he was the one sayin 'if ya need instructions ya souldn't be messin......' note wrong wiv some instuctions or the good ol Haynes Bible, bet dja doesnt know all the torque settings for nuts n bolts on his car!
Andy_S
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31st Mar 03 at 22:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lol, chill im not having a go at anyone.
Colin.S
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31st Mar 03 at 23:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Who did you buy them from??
Andy_S
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1st Apr 03 at 08:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well I just recieved my invoice, and it says I should of had some Greenstuff Pads! And I still cant get bleedin threw to him!

 
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