bigger brakes

[pete22]

merry xmas everyone , my brakes are dead on my nova 1.2 so ive decided to put bigger brakes on , i want vented but what do i get them off . any recommendations ?? help needed quickly im doing them tommorow .

[carltoncrazy]

u need to get new brakes to have vented ones,
so get to a scrapy and find a astra gte 8v and nick the brakes COMPLETE

[pete22]

i know i need ones but didnt know which to get . ill get new discs and pads and 2nd hand callipers . will they go straight on , do i only need the callipers or the mounts aswell

[mikeoxford]

if you go to nova-land.com

how to section,

then check out the mechanical section

theres a guide and list detailing what you need and what to do there

2ltr bigger brake conversion its called or something.

[carltoncrazy]

nice lil advert there,well done.
jusr replace pins and anything which is likly to brake,change brake fulid etc,

[jim sri]

the larger ATE calipers dont have pins, better really, less parts to sieze up!
if i were u id get the discs from the same astra if they have plenty of meat left on em, u never know they may work fine and u'll save cash by not gettin new discs.
if after usin em, u realise the discs r fcuked it is a easy job to place new discs on later.
get pads like mintex or green stuff, few bad reports of green stuff, but iv been usin em a while and they work fine. :wink:

[pete22]

cheers for the info lads doing them next week now , only got calipers as i got some nice bumpers off a cav to modify to fit my long arse nova .

[Dicko]

if you have 14" or smaller wheels you will be limited to 238mm ATE calipers and not the 256mm or bigger found on 2L cars!!

[Ste_Nova]

the width is the limit for 256mm brakes.. 14" are ok as long as they are 5.5j wide