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Originally posted by TOMAS
Nath im running the same rims and theirs PLENTY of room. Right here's a quick rundown of fitting. Jack front end with wheels removed. Clamp the rubber flexy hose of the first caliper. Remove the hose from the rear of the caliper by undoing the bolt. Remove caliper (two allen bolts).
Remove old disc by undoing the little screw and gentally taping it away from hub if its a little stuck. Fit new calipers/discs as above reverse and once fitted release the hose clamp to allow the fluid to fill the new caliper (with the bleed nipple shut). Buy a special one-man-bleed kit and follow the instructions, maybe an idea to do it as best you can and then getting a garage to do it again. Ensure the brake fluid does not drop below the min mark when bleeding :thumbs:

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mattyb u get my u2u

Yeah 16"s give great clearance, but make the discs look really small :(

I found that the ATE set up looked great behind 15"s, just the right look.

My bro's got the Vectra v6 on his Nova running 17"s, and the brakes still look small!

Matt

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Originally posted by Nath
I'm pretty competant thanks Bennn. Just wanna make sure i do it right, isnt that the purpose of this forum?

I have 7"x16" wheels, i should be fine :D

Anyway back to the bleeding the brakes question.......

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Nath im running the same rims and theirs PLENTY of room. Right here's a quick rundown of fitting. Jack front end with wheels removed. Clamp the rubber flexy hose of the first caliper. Remove the hose from the rear of the caliper by undoing the bolt. Remove caliper (two allen bolts).
Remove old disc by undoing the little screw and gentally taping it away from hub if its a little stuck. Fit new calipers/discs as above reverse and once fitted release the hose clamp to allow the fluid to fill the new caliper (with the bleed nipple shut). Buy a special one-man-bleed kit and follow the instructions, maybe an idea to do it as best you can and then getting a garage to do it again. Ensure the brake fluid does not drop below the min mark when bleeding :thumbs:

I'm pretty competant thanks Bennn. Just wanna make sure i do it right, isnt that the purpose of this forum?

I have 7"x16" wheels, i should be fine :D

Anyway back to the bleeding the brakes question.......

if you arent sure what you are doing id get it done by someone who does
if you still want to go ahead with it take it to a garage that does free brake checks once youve got them on

I have 13" 4 stud wheels on mine do 14"s fit the stud or do other parts have to be changed?

Anyone thinkin of doin this, please remember you MUST have at least 14" x 5.5" wheels on ur car.

Matt

How do u bleed them?

As far as i know they arent brand new. Sounds pretty fool proof to me.

Cheers.

Siberia - Yes they'd fit straight on, and you get them off a 2ltr Cav or Astra GSi and a few other models

i have a 1.2 8v would these fit straight on and if so would i get them off an astra or cavailer?

Are they new? If not renew the seals/sliders, give the sliders a good clean and grease them up, also use new copper washers on the lines. and some copper grease on the back of the pads.

just unbolt old calliper and disk and brake line and bolt new ones on and bleed them

Anything i should be aware of or is it straight forward.

Any help appreciated.

Nath