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micrat » CMF Member Perth Australia Member since:  Posts:  |
front brake upgrade |
Sat 19 Jul 2008 12:09:06 AM |
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i have a few sets of front brakes available to anyone wanting to upgrade theirs.
2 sets of n15 pulsar 1.6 and 1 set of nx coupe 2.0 |
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sikK11 » CMF Member Darwin Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sat 19 Jul 2008 12:44:04 AM |
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the n15 pulsar is it everything you need to bolt straight on or will i need to replace things. Also how much you chasing
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fred » CMF Member Murwillumbah Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sat 19 Jul 2008 09:15:13 AM |
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man sk11, I would have thought you'd upgraded brakes by now?
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sikK11 » CMF Member Darwin Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sat 19 Jul 2008 02:28:34 PM |
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i have got slotted rotors race pads and race fluid all lucas stuff but was thinkin bout going to bigger pulsar ones. I have not put mine to the limit now but with the next few mods coming very soon ie. cams flywheel clutch injectors and the sr tb i will be needing them i think.
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JKL » CMF Member Wollongong Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sat 19 Jul 2008 06:34:52 PM |
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Check out mine...
Pulsar. |
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JKL » CMF Member Wollongong Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sat 19 Jul 2008 06:35:55 PM |
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Comparison to standard...
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JKL » CMF Member Wollongong Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sat 19 Jul 2008 06:36:33 PM |
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Easy bolt on...
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fred » CMF Member Murwillumbah Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sat 19 Jul 2008 09:06:13 PM |
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you gotta do it sik11, its so easy its like falling off a log. You'll out brake anything on the track, fer sure.
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smidge » CMF Member Sydney Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sun 20 Jul 2008 12:09:54 AM |
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do it, best bang for buck mod and you still get a silly grin 6 months later when you stomp on the brakes and the rear wheels come off the ground a meter or so
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sikK11 » CMF Member Darwin Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sun 20 Jul 2008 12:20:54 AM |
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yeah i already out brake most things well except the lotus excige and one of the datto 1600 with a fj20 in it. But there both full track cars. But i think i will take your advice and do it as soon as these pads a stuffed.
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turbo march-rolling shell » CMF Member brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sun 20 Jul 2008 09:25:48 AM |
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imo, lucas = shit. everyone says there great. i can fade them out easily. 2 or 3 hard breaks from 150ish and there goneski, that's with slotted rotors. don't get drilled. they'll crack through the holes. ebc/endless all the way. i reckon the 1.6pulsar calipers are even to small for the blue car...better then stockers i guess thou
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sportsclassic » CMF Member sydney Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sun 20 Jul 2008 10:46:20 AM |
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Yeh you carn't go past endless or Ferodo DS 3000, Pagid, or even SBS scandinavien brake systems, thats what i mostly use, for competition cars but Lucas are good for a road car which is not driven that hard, they work from dead cold.
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micrat » CMF Member Perth Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sun 20 Jul 2008 12:10:33 PM |
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complete set- 2 calipers and 2 rotors including used pads and hoses
$150 plus postage. |
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sikK11 » CMF Member Darwin Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sun 20 Jul 2008 12:26:24 PM |
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yeah i like the lucas race ones. I have not faded them out once.
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turbo march-rolling shell » CMF Member brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sun 20 Jul 2008 12:37:16 PM |
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sportsclassic WROTE: "Yeh you carn't go past endless or Ferodo DS 3000, Pagid, or even SBS scandinavien brake systems, thats what i mostly use, for competition cars but Lucas are good for a road car which is not driven that hard, they work from dead cold." yeh. i'll give em that, they work from dead cold. sikK11 WROTE: "yeah i like the lucas race ones. I have not faded them out once. " drive your car properly then, and don't be a skirt. |
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sikK11 » CMF Member Darwin Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sun 20 Jul 2008 01:17:42 PM |
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nasty bugger LOL
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Yom » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sun 20 Jul 2008 02:47:26 PM |
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turbo march-rolling shell WROTE: "imo, lucas = shit. everyone says there great. i can fade them out easily. 2 or 3 hard breaks from 150ish and there goneski, that's with slotted rotors. don't get drilled. they'll crack through the holes. ebc/endless all the way. i reckon the 1.6pulsar calipers are even to small for the blue car...better then stockers i guess thou" They are great. They're perfect for a road car driven spiritedly. How often do you do 3 stops from 150km/hr? Only when there's a speed camera I guess LOL. turbo march-rolling shell WROTE: " sportsclassic WROTE: "Yeh you carn't go past endless or Ferodo DS 3000, Pagid, or even SBS scandinavien brake systems, thats what i mostly use, for competition cars but Lucas are good for a road car which is not driven that hard, they work from dead cold." yeh. i'll give em that, they work from dead cold. sikK11 WROTE: "yeah i like the lucas race ones. I have not faded them out once. " drive your car properly then, and don't be a skirt. " My stock brakes were alright with slotted rotors. But I could never use them hard enough without the ABS interfering to get fade worth worrying about. Changed a bit with the N15 1.6 rotors and calipers on it though - threshold braking without the ABS kicking in was much, much better (to the point where things on the back seat would be launched into the windscreen). littlebear can comment quite nicely on how little charlotte pulled up I believe. ;) But I didn't do it for racing. I took it as a good way to improve the general driving experience of the car. And it did that perfectly. |
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turbo march-rolling shell » CMF Member brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sun 20 Jul 2008 04:09:34 PM |
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Yom WROTE:
How often do you do 3 stops from 150km/hr? Only when there's a speed camera I guess LOL. quote] atleast 2 or 3 times a week :P, i've just been lazy to upgrade them.. i wanna put the gtir calipers/rotors on the blue car and put something decent on the red car.. i kinda figure that if i can fade out the blue car's brakes with fark all power.. how am i gonna stop the red car? :) |
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fred » CMF Member Murwillumbah Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sun 20 Jul 2008 05:49:17 PM |
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brembo's on a micra.....go on, you know you want to
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turbo march-rolling shell » CMF Member brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sun 20 Jul 2008 06:09:50 PM |
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fred WROTE: "brembo's on a micra.....go on, you know you want to" :P, if i could fit 15's over them.. i'd already have them.. |
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Sean » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sun 20 Jul 2008 06:39:58 PM |
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GTiR AD22VF's will need a 1-2mm spacer to offset the caliper from the hubs just so you know Turbo ;)
Best upgrade I ever did... Sean |
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turbo march-rolling shell » CMF Member brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sun 20 Jul 2008 06:50:22 PM |
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life coach WROTE: "GTiR AD22VF's will need a 1-2mm spacer to offset the caliper from the hubs just so you know Turbo ;) Best upgrade I ever did... Sean" bin there, done that. good for a n/a setup i think. still to small for me :P |
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Sean » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sun 20 Jul 2008 06:54:32 PM |
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I did over 10 laps at Wakefield and didn't fade my AD22VF's once with EBC Greenstuffs... And don't tell me I wasn't braking hard enough.
Cisco also had them on Blue Monster and they were caarrraaazzzyyy even with QFM pads. IMO anything bigger/more pistons etc... is complete overkill for the Micra, you'd be better off more finely tuning the balance with a bias adjuster, but thats just my opinion. Sean |
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turbo march-rolling shell » CMF Member brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sun 20 Jul 2008 06:57:11 PM |
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life coach WROTE: "I did over 10 laps at Wakefield and didn't fade my AD22VF's once with EBC Greenstuffs... And don't tell me I wasn't braking hard enough. Cisco also had them on Blue Monster and they were caarrraaazzzyyy even with QFM pads. IMO anything bigger/more pistons etc... is complete overkill for the Micra, you'd be better off more finely tuning the balance with a bias adjuster, but thats just my opinion. Sean" yeh, i'll go bigger if i can find something that fits. mullholland have 4 piston calipers, dunno disc size, and the pommy's run 4 piston ap's.. they must be making kits for a reason.. never faded out the ad22vf's, but when you've got power, you also want to slow down alot quicker too.. |
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Sean » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sun 20 Jul 2008 07:04:26 PM |
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Meh, each to their own.
AD22VF's get the job done, and well from experience. I think the 4 piston jobbies will be not much more other than bling value. That being said, prove me wrong... ;) Sean |
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Sean » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sun 20 Jul 2008 07:31:02 PM |
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Lol fixed, sorry deleted both by mistake (damn slow internetzors)
Too bad I've moved onto motorbikes or you may have had me worried for a second! :P Sean |
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turbo march-rolling shell » CMF Member brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Sun 20 Jul 2008 07:46:57 PM |
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lol, yeh i don't stand a chance with a decent bike :P
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crumpets » CMF Member Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Thu 24 Jul 2008 06:19:34 PM |
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Do the n14 calipers + disks also slott straight on or is specifically just the n15?
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Yom » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Mon 28 Jul 2008 09:01:16 PM |
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n14 do as well just watch the rotor offset. You may need to space the caliper out from the mounting 1 to 2mm as mentioned.
Doesn't have to be perfect though - sliding calipers dont need to have the rotor centred perfectly. |
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crumpets » CMF Member Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Mon 28 Jul 2008 09:07:23 PM |
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Thanks mate, fella in canberra was floggin em for a tenna so figured it was worth a look.
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Yom » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Mon 28 Jul 2008 09:08:11 PM |
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I say be watchful as there's 2 different types of N14 brakes I know of.
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nsm » CMF Member sydney Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Mon 28 Jul 2008 09:12:31 PM |
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n14 i.6 litre rotors and calipers bolt straight on the micras...n14 2.0 litre are a bigger rotor and caliper...
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tris » CMF Member sydney Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Mon 28 Jul 2008 09:22:16 PM |
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smidge WROTE: "do it, best bang for buck mod and you still get a silly grin 6 months later when you stomp on the brakes and the rear wheels come off the ground a meter or so" WOW have you realy got your car to endo?? i got pular brakes on my car.. work a treat. just nice to know you can pull up for shit if you need!! |
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Yom » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Mon 28 Jul 2008 09:31:27 PM |
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Don't take smidge too seriously tris.
He drives like a fairy. ;) |
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tris » CMF Member sydney Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Mon 28 Jul 2008 09:35:37 PM |
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HAHAHHA naa just thought it might have been possible after seeing this!!
http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e129/gazza750/?action=view¤t=coolest_smart_ever.flv |
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smidge » CMF Member Sydney Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Mon 28 Jul 2008 10:14:06 PM |
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Yom WROTE: "Don't take smidge too seriously tris. He drives like a fairy. ;)" looking at the state of my nice yoko a539's i kinda wish i did! does anyone else love how micra's can hold a second gear wheel spin in the wet :D |
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evade » CMF Member Melbourne Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Wed 30 Jul 2008 10:35:08 AM |
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you should see what a CVT micra can do on tram lines in the wet :)
160km/h on the speedo and smoke from one side hahahah i remember one canberra trip sean (life_coach) could get the rear end pretty high with GTIR brakes..  which reminds me I found this album if anyone is keen a looking back a few years at the 2 or 3 micra's that have come and gone now from that canberra trip. http://aaronactive.net/gallery/v/cars/cruises/micra032005/ |
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climberjoel » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Wed 30 Jul 2008 11:56:47 AM |
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hey aaron is that green one getting around canberra now with the four spoke wheels from the red one? i one see like it in hume allot, looks nice :D
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Sean » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Wed 30 Jul 2008 02:11:59 PM |
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Yep thats my old car Climberjoel,
If its colour codede with Gunmetal Axis Maglites then thats it. What a weekend that was Aaron, I've had the rear up higher than that though... I'm really D: about selling it Sean |
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turbo march-rolling shell » CMF Member brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Wed 30 Jul 2008 04:31:56 PM |
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aaron WROTE: "you should see what a CVT micra can do on tram lines in the wet :) 160km/h on the speedo and smoke from one side hahahah i remember one canberra trip sean (life_coach) could get the rear end pretty high with GTIR brakes.. which reminds me I found this album if anyone is keen a looking back a few years at the 2 or 3 micra's that have come and gone now from that canberra trip. http://aaronactive.net/gallery/v/cars/cruises/micra032005/ href="http://aaronactive.net/gallery/v/cars/cruises/micra032005/" target=_blank>http://aaronactive.net/gallery/v/cars/cruises/micra032005/" lol, what suspension was that with? ultra soft super high king springs? :D unfortunetly measuring how good your brakes are by how much the back end lifts up of the ground isn't really gonna tell you much apart from your suspension isn't upto hard braking :(... 2's car looks hot |
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fred » CMF Member Murwillumbah Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Wed 30 Jul 2008 05:09:14 PM |
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hay my car normally looks like that......
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turbo march-rolling shell » CMF Member brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Wed 30 Jul 2008 07:01:40 PM |
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lol.. packs grinder into the car for next time we meet up :P
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evade » CMF Member Melbourne Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Wed 30 Jul 2008 08:51:00 PM |
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lol, turbo who said anything about measuring how good brakes were..it was for fun, and it was stock suspension
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turbo march-rolling shell » CMF Member brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Wed 30 Jul 2008 09:30:14 PM |
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aaron WROTE: "lol, turbo who said anything about measuring how good brakes were..it was for fun, and it was stock suspension" no one.. just thought i'd get in before life coach went on and on about how good the gtir calipers are :D |
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sikK11 » CMF Member Darwin Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Wed 30 Jul 2008 09:40:44 PM |
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you need a bigger brake booster to run the gtir brakes yeah
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Mickb » CMF Member Perth Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Wed 30 Jul 2008 09:43:25 PM |
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nope
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sikK11 » CMF Member Darwin Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Wed 30 Jul 2008 10:10:38 PM |
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so just get the pulsar gti-R calipers and rotors and all good. Do they need to be spaced or anything.
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turbo march-rolling shell » CMF Member brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Wed 30 Jul 2008 10:19:09 PM |
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yeh, 1mm washer.
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sikK11 » CMF Member Darwin Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Thu 31 Jul 2008 07:47:41 AM |
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so i should do that rather then the n14 ones yeah. Is there much of a difference between the n14 an the GTIR
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turbo march-rolling shell » CMF Member brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Thu 31 Jul 2008 09:17:33 AM |
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yeh, fair bit, if your going turbo, don't bother with the n14 ones.. personally the n14 ones are a waste overall.
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sikK11 » CMF Member Darwin Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Thu 31 Jul 2008 02:54:17 PM |
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sweet will look into it. I have just brought a r32 skyline today for 4 grand in good nick with a rb 25det in it. around 185rwkw she was leaving for the UK tomorrow and needed cash offered 4k she took it. the car was advertised for 10500. I am a happy man.
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smidge » CMF Member Sydney Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Thu 31 Jul 2008 03:14:54 PM |
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4k?!? holy crap thats good
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sikK11 » CMF Member Darwin Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: front brake upgrade |
Thu 31 Jul 2008 03:47:17 PM |
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that is why i am a happy man.
There is a few things wrong with it nothing major. Bit of paint fade on the boot and a boost leak somewhere. Think the gear box is on its way out. But still dam cheap for a rb25det R32. |
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