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VrsTurbo

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6th Aug 12 at 14:33

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Originally posted by thegsi

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Good brakes those, my mate had them on his Evo. Bit of a boob goin the 330mm size tho lol.

The lad on the MLR told me they were 356mm but when turned up, they were 330mm. Got £100 refund and the whole set up at a serious bargain so not that bothered.

+ It wont be too bad when you need new discs as you can then go for the 356mm with not that much expense

thegsi

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6th Aug 12 at 14:59

quote:
Originally posted by VrsTurbo

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Originally posted by thegsi

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Originally posted by big eck
Good brakes those, my mate had them on his Evo. Bit of a boob goin the 330mm size tho lol.

The lad on the MLR told me they were 356mm but when turned up, they were 330mm. Got £100 refund and the whole set up at a serious bargain so not that bothered.

+ It wont be too bad when you need new discs as you can then go for the 356mm with not that much expense

Yeh it all depends on the kit. Some new gen KSports can't be changed as the mounts are fixed for each rotor size. We'll see anyway.

taylorboosh

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6th Aug 12 at 16:14

im currently looking at k-sports for the ///M althought its only £900 new for some front ones, id like the lot though so will wait till its dues disks... let me know how they are

VrsTurbo

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6th Aug 12 at 16:15

Was a set on eBay t'other day John was 400ish

taylorboosh

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6th Aug 12 at 16:18

fronts only, went for £625 and were the older ones, i was only willing £500 on them tbh or you may as well spend a few hundred more and get new

thegsi

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7th Aug 12 at 08:13

Get some 2nd hand one's John and just clean them up. So far so good

taylorboosh

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7th Aug 12 at 08:31

will do most likely

N7 THD

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7th Aug 12 at 16:45

they look awesome! steady hand needed tp paint the lettering on!

thegsi

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9th Aug 12 at 07:56

Update:

So this weekend me and my partner in crime (Sean) got round to fitting the K-Sports. Wow, what a difference. I'm still gauging a good feel for them but so far so good. Big thanks to Seb also for giving a decent bleed. Here's the brakes in place:

As mentioned above, I have now managed to close the offset on the front which I had to run to clear the Brembo's. The rubbing was getting too much to handle and I couldn't really 'drive' the car as I liked to. It is an Evo afterall and now I know how she thinks, its nice to drive the car without the front end scrubbing. I have now closed the offset down on the front from ET18 to ET33. The rear is also ET33. Will see how I get on with this:

Also, fitted a Tegiwa brake stopper. For those of you who haven't seen these, they clamp off the brake servo. This help reduce the flex and travel you would normally get without it. Highly recommended bit of kit. No more loss off energy through the brake pedal now. Not bad for £35 either!

and finally, a few pics after a nice wash today:

Thanks for reading

flybikeslee

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9th Aug 12 at 08:32

proper car! brake stoppers are great mods for the money!

BeetleGav

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9th Aug 12 at 08:51

very nice pussy wagon!

NathanR

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9th Aug 12 at 09:17

Absoloutally stunning jay

DansCorsaSXi

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9th Aug 12 at 09:29

Beautiful Jay,would be proud to own that!!

Little Toby in the pics.

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Graham88

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9th Aug 12 at 12:27

Hot stuff, 356mm looks like it would have been close!

big eck

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9th Aug 12 at 15:22

Stunning. The wheels are sitting perfect now as well.

Darryl H

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9th Aug 12 at 16:05

That is one beautiful car

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willay

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9th Aug 12 at 16:09

lovely update

LukesCorsaSXi

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9th Aug 12 at 16:18

Absolute porn

Gareth T

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9th Aug 12 at 17:50

these cars look mean in any form.

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9th Aug 12 at 18:07

you cant simply swap to 356mm discs on the 330mm kit.

You need different mounts... I looked into it for the Impreza and it's more cost effective to simply sell on the 330s and buy 356 kit.

KSport spare parts prices are horrendous!

For spare discs just use APs

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9th Aug 12 at 18:12

oh....

some general tips for the KSports.

They dont have any dust covers so get a little sticky at times. We've seen that over a couple of winters.

Any time you have the wheels off or pads out make sure all the pistons are free. I give them all a good blast with brake cleaner and work them in and out a few times.

I might look into spraying the Impreza ones... I took a grinder to them when they were 1 day old

- I needed clearence

thegsi

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12th Aug 12 at 18:31

Thanks lads for all the comments!

...and cheers AK for the advice.

thegsi

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18th Aug 12 at 08:40

UPDATE:

Decided this week that I wanted to do something with the rear subframe, diff etc. I saw an awsome of an Evo on the internet with a totally spotless underneath. It gave me a little inspiration and also came into my OCD

The car is very clean underneath anyway but just wanted to 'spruce' it up for visual reasons really. Obviously nowhere near what some guys get stuck into but it's better than nothing.

So this is before: