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[xr2imetalhead]

i am just toying with the idea of rear disks maybe using sierra solid rear disks and calipers, Is this the the best way to go ?


and are these calipers any good ?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ford-Granada-Scor ... dZViewItem




Cheers Lee

[jayrs]

yep there the ones, but they dont have the carriers with them so your need to get them, and some scrap yards might not sell you just the carrier.

bear in mind you need a hub and caliper mounting plates to get this kit on and it will push the wheel out towards the wheel arch.
plus your need a different handbrake cable.

if you do go down that road and need any help drop me a pm as i have rear discs on my frst

[jayrs]

found a pic of mine the day i fitted them for ya

[bassboy]

hi mate i have some for sale...

rear calipers
hubs
carriers
brand new discs (off a Scorpio IIRC)
brand new pads

pm me if interested mate

bassboy

[xr2imetalhead]

thanks jay would i need a brake bias valve aswell with this setup ?

bassboy pm sent


cheers lee

[jayrs]

thats hard to say mate, i had 2 bias vlaves as i was gunna do 1 per wheel to keep in with the brake set up, and it turned out i didnt need any, i test drove it, well i got my dad to drive it and lock the wheels up and different MPH and the rears didnt lock before the front, we tried hard braking without lock up and it was fine, but i have cossie brakes on the front, some people say this makes the pedal softer and rears wont lock beacuse of blah blah blah, i say boll0cks,lol

i wouldnt rule them out though, you may need a bias, but i dont

[xr2imetalhead]

Does anyone know where i can buy a brake caliper rebuild kit from preferably online as i am buying grooved disks for the fronts so might aswell freshen up the calipers.



Cheers
Lee

[jayrs]

for what std caliper? ford might still sell them so the ford parts online place could poss still do them, if not have a look on ebay

[xr2imetalhead]

sorry yeah the standard front calipers i was going to whip them off clean them up rebuild them then paint them blue

[jayrs]

heres some links that might help ya mate
they might not be exactly what ya want but will give you a idea

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ford-Escort-1990- ... dZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ford-Fiesta-MK1-X ... dZViewItem

[xr2imetalhead]

awsome how come i couldnt find anything on ebay take it those escort calipers are the same as mine?, thats not bad value really is it


cheers
Lee

[jayrs]

they should be same mate, but when it comes to brakes on any car you cant really be 100%,
my dad done his rear shoes on his renult extra van yesterday, 4 different sets of shoes there were to choose from, turned out to be the most expenisive ones as normal though

[xr2imetalhead]

sods law i seem to suffer with that too

[jayrs]