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PainZ
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8th Nov 04 at 12:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well as some of you know i need bigger breaks.

Not because I need better stopping power (standard SRi brakes with ABS are fantasic)

However i do need them because of the caliper rubbing on the inside of the alloy quite badly!

Anyone after contacting a few companies Red Dot seem very intrested in seeing the car and measuring it up

So after talkng to one of their design engineers just now i am going to see them on Saturday

Red Dot brake kits are very expensive, thats the only down fall :/ Talking 1k+

their kits have brembo 4 pots, with their own slotted discs, pads and also brake fluid.

I get paid from my second job on friday so may have a little money floating around, but not sure if i should go the whole hog and spend that much :E

Ill see
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8th Nov 04 at 12:54   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
get them! will look tops!
Joff
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8th Nov 04 at 13:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
4 pot calipers are normally bigger...
PainZ
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8th Nov 04 at 13:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yea but with bigger discs the caliper will be mounted further out into the space on the inside of the wheel

Thus not catching the inside of my alloy!
PainZ
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NeilsC
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8th Nov 04 at 13:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
dont 4 pots need alot of servicing etc to keep them mint ?? the ones on my puma are wicked apart from the squeal (sp)
PainZ
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its because alot of 4 ports come sealed dont they? So no dust comes out?

Im not 100% sure on how they work...
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quote:
Originally posted by PainZ
its because alot of 4 ports come sealed dont they? So no dust comes out?

Im not 100% sure on how they work...


it has something to do with the pistons i have read. the kits are quality and if they are good enough for porsche, they are good enough for me
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8th Nov 04 at 13:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
do red dot do any discs groved/vented one for 1.2 corsa c?? if so how much??
PainZ
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8th Nov 04 at 14:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
no dont think they do,

they ebc do mind hitman, see chris's garage also black diamond
NeilsC
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quote:
Originally posted by hitman2k
do red dot do any discs groved/vented one for 1.2 corsa c?? if so how much??


i brought some red dot groved discs for my sport about 3 years ago
nik
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8th Nov 04 at 14:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Brembos are wank imo (Evo ones) binned them now Go for some AP racing breaks
Nismo
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8th Nov 04 at 14:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
IMO i would get a different offset wheels rather than spending 1K on brakes when as you said the SRi ones are good enough.
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8th Nov 04 at 15:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I would have got wheels that fitted in the first place
PainZ
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8th Nov 04 at 17:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Nismo i agree, would make sense, hey i could even get 18's for the price of the brakes.

Problem being a better offset will only push the wheels out further from the caliper. (doing the same job as i currently have using a spacer...)

Even with the 5mm spacer the caliper is still catching slightly on the wheel.

This makes the current offset effectivly ET40. (as the wheels are et45)

Then next one down would be et 35 this pushing the wheel out even moree!!! clearing the caliper with ease, however then making the car rub on the archs.

The best solution to me seems to be to get bigger brake discs + pushing the caliper out into the wheel where there is space,

Then i can remove the spacer and have the right offset. My current Kahn RS-S are et 45. Ideal for the Vauxhall Corsa C.

I had no problems with the 1.2, nothing at all, went on fine, no spacers or anything.

Its only because of the 1.8 SRi bigger calipers you get the problem.
PainZ
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8th Nov 04 at 22:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Anyone else?
ed
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8th Nov 04 at 22:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Get 'em, you can never have good enough brakes, unless you fitted some train brakes off of an Intercity Express train
CORSA NUT
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8th Nov 04 at 22:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Get me some cocker
Nath
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quote:
Originally posted by 1800ed
Get 'em, you can never have good enough brakes, unless you fitted some train brakes off of an Intercity Express train


That joke wouldve been so below the belt if the train wasnt a First Great Western, and infact an Intercity.
ed
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8th Nov 04 at 22:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Oh shit... Sorry
Coblet
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8th Nov 04 at 23:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Painzy I refuse to believe your second job (we know which one) is paying you that mucch to get a set of Red Dots (get the calipers in a different colour, the black doesn't stand out enough. try yellow like hoses )

[Edited on 08-11-2004 by Coblet]
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8th Nov 04 at 23:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by hitman2k
do red dot do any discs groved/vented one for 1.2 corsa c?? if so how much??


Yeah they do mate, i've sold a few sets drop me a U2U if you like
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8th Nov 04 at 23:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Would hubs and brakes from another car not fit? My calipers and discs are big, but don't come anywhere near the wheels
Adge
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save up for a turbo , a grand is a lot of money mate, but would look really nice, up to u mate,
Nismo
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a tubo in a corsa C will be a bit expensive

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