Brakes

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Alright,
just looking for some advice regarding uprating my brakes. looking for stuff that wiil bolt straight on to a std 1L. what am i best to do? can't really be fused with going to 4 disk, and astras are slim round here

cheers guys

[Aragorn]

find a 2.0 cavalier in scrap yard and remove the front calipers

then goto motorfactors and buy new disks and pads for 2.0 cavalier

bolt them on

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cheers,

should be able to get that done this week.

[DirtyDave]

be sure to get the caliper and the carrier that bolts to the hub!

Dave

[Aragorn]

also make sure they are ATE calipers and not Delco ones

older (pre-G-Reg) cavs have the shit delco calipers on them

the ATE ones can be identified by a DShaped cutout in the front of the caliper body that lets you see the back of the outboard pad

[Lee]

.. and an absence of the shitty delco pin set up which seize every 10 minutes.

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thanks guys, help is much appreciated. should be able to get it underway this week.

hopefully!!!

[p5yco]

what a bout changing the suver to a gte/gsi one that helps on the stock brakes so i have been told

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just another qick one, will they fit under 13" steels?

[Adam]

just another qick one, will they fit under 13" steels?
No.
You need 5.5J 14s at least.

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ok, in the abscence of any 14's at the min anything else i could do?

[slammed saloon]

just buy some upgraded drilled and grooved disks n some greenstuff pads for a 1.4sr theyll fit cuz there solid disks not vented

[Aragorn]

dont even waste your time on the standard brakes

goto scrappy and get some 14" steels off a 2.0 cavalier and fit them along with the brakes