francisgsi1986
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hi all I am finally on here, I own a corsa gsi smoke grey with metal flake polished speedlines, chipped, mantzel power box and decat exhaust system to name a few mods........
I have a question i wud like bigger brakes for my gsi are calibra 2 litre brakes bigger or same size as my standards??????
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Anthony
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Location: milton keynes. Drives: 1.6 Sport
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calibra brakes 256mm, which is the same as the gsi, but there 24mm thick compared to the gsi which are 22mm thick.
they do make a differance though
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francisgsi1986
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so how bout callipers they the same or is it just the pads that are slightly thinner
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marklawton
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calipers are slightly different. my opinion would be its not worth upgrading unles you need new pads and discs but if i was going to upgrade then i would get v6`s, epsecially when you have the room with speedlines
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chris_gilly
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id also like to do my 1.2 8v brakes before i consider my engine swap.. im thinking of going to a scrappy to get the calipers. so what type vauxs should i be looking for, with good big brakes that simply fit on to my corsa??
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Anthony
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any calibra , 8v or 16v, or cavalier 2.0 16v, or astra gte, or gsi. if you get v6 brakes you need the disc re-drilling to 4-stud. you can get the v6 brakes from, vectras, calibras, cavaliers, or omega's?(not sure on omega)?
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chris_gilly
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what wheels will i need to have thou! i only still have the standard steels!!! (shame!)
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adz_gsi
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brakes id use are 284 or 288 mm (which ever i find 1st) whuich are calibra turbo/v6 ones and lmf do them in 4 stud too
iirc
[Edited on 06-12-2008 by adz_gsi]
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Anthony
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_gilly
what wheels will i need to have thou! i only still have the standard steels!!! (shame!)
for the 2.0l brakes (256mm) you will need 14's, and for the v6 brakes (288mm) you will need 15's. 
[Edited on 06-12-2008 by jonesy_sri]
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