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Jambo
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26th Mar 05 at 21:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Seen the Mtrech kit advertised and quite interested to purchase it. It sas on regals website that you can use astra or cav hubs.

Can you use a calibra turbo's hubs? Im not even sure what a hub is so excuse my silly questions, and also anyone got experiences with these kits? Didnt broster have a kit fitted recentl;y??????????????????

Adam_B
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26th Mar 05 at 21:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

cally turbo hubs are 5 stud, your corsa is 4
adelcorsa
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26th Mar 05 at 22:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

u dont need to use kit speek to lee
Kerry
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26th Mar 05 at 22:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

a hub is basically what your wheel bolts to
dna23
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26th Mar 05 at 22:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

broster has had it done (as u said), he got JamSport (www.jam-sport.co.uk) to do it so he may know some stuff about it....
Jambo
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Marc
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From what ive being told, youll never get the rear conversion to sit parallel. Plus apart from cosmetics, you dont need them
Fad
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27th Mar 05 at 12:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

He ay see some benefit as he does have a LET. Even though they do not do a lot of work they do feel more nicer and stable from what i've heard. Although as you said if they are not alligned properly you will get crabbing
corb
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27th Mar 05 at 14:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

its supposed to reduce the spongey(sp) feel of corsa brakes too. So im told.
Jambo
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27th Mar 05 at 15:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

thats what i heard very posotive things about them. Want 308mm discs too
Fad
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27th Mar 05 at 15:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

what rear? who are you shinee or somehting
Darren
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27th Mar 05 at 15:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Fad
what rear? who are you shinee or somehting


fpsml

yours sorted now fad?
Fad
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27th Mar 05 at 15:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

nope its time for matches i think...going to change alternator next week but if that dont work i may have to drop my pants and see what another auto electrician can do for me
M2RTY
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27th Mar 05 at 15:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

mine sits spot on, but then again I did it and i took a hell of a lot of time to do it
Fad
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you not seen the pics of mine
Jambo
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27th Mar 05 at 17:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

nope will put my 288mm discs on the rear tho
Fad
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27th Mar 05 at 19:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

still too big stick with std astra set up
Jambo
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Well maybe, why u say too big? Can you have too much stopping poweR? Its definately not enough now, there have been a few hairy times

Rather than try and flog my discs surely whack em on the rear? Alltho thinkin about it will the astra calipers fit
jr
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27th Mar 05 at 19:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

why do you want big fuck off disks on the rear, they only do 10% of the braking

unless you shinee and what the best of the best for no apprent reason than to have the best all round vauxhall about there is no need for rear brakes like those
jr
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Well maybe, why u say too big? Can you have too much stopping poweR? Its definately not enough now, there have been a few hairy times

Rather than try and flog my discs surely whack em on the rear? Alltho thinkin about it will the astra calipers fit


upgrade the fronts, a standard astra rear setup will be more the capable, as they do very little compared to the front
Jambo
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27th Mar 05 at 19:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

My point was tho JR i allready have the disks. They are on the front, i want to replace them with 308mm discs.

So i could sell them for nout or put em on the rear? I know they dont do much of the breaking but they would surely look fappin cool and as i have allready paid for them it makes sense to me
Fad
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27th Mar 05 at 19:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

get soem nice 4 pots at the front like brads reyland jobbies then get some GTE rears if you really feel the need.
jr
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sell them, save the money for a top bollocks front set up, liek tar-ox
jr
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27th Mar 05 at 19:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

tar-ox 308mm

Jambo
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Will they benefit me THAT much tho?

I have heard you can get brembo fiat coupe calipers to fit if you have a bracket made???? they are alot cheaper than brakes for the like of £1k. I would spend that if i thought the difference would be that good.

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