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Rileysport
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24th May 06 at 11:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
anyone on here doing them/know how to do them ???
willay
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24th May 06 at 11:54   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
try sorting the front brakes first
willay
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24th May 06 at 11:55   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Oh, Lee Mitchell does this
Rileysport
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quote:
Originally posted by willay
try sorting the front brakes first


good point

all in hand
broster
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24th May 06 at 12:54   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i have mine done..... looks ace





this is all i have to say on the matter
K2 GTi
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24th May 06 at 13:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
how much does something like that cost?
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depends who doest he work, lee sells the beams on exchange for £150?? ish? then fitting is a pain in the tit if you dont have a ramp and have puney weak arms......

if you were to go to a garage and get them to do the lot, expect to pay £300 ish
Daimo B
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24th May 06 at 13:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
£50 and 1/2 days work (depends on your beam condition).

Helped braking, pedal feel, and looks.
K2 GTi
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thats pretty damn good i recon!
STEvieXE
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ull never do it for 50 quid unless u put on the rubbish pads n discs u get with the beam u buy in the scrappy. new disc n pads (non genuine) will cost 50 alone. then u need handbrake cables etc.
mentalcorsa
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ive got 1 for sale check for classifieds
Anton2K3
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24th May 06 at 22:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i did mine for £50, got the beam for £20, discs and pads from E.U, and a cav handbrake cable from halfords.
jamesvalver
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this is something which i want to do to my valver at some point but ive heard that its a pain in the arse gettin the handbrake cables sorted out
Corsa E-Tec
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25th May 06 at 00:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
looks good, plans for me in the future.
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i keep the standard corsa handbrake cable.....
Daimo B
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25th May 06 at 08:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Standard Corsa handbrake cable + the smaller Nova rear handbrake cable (theres 2, you need the shorter one).

Drill bits, a good grinder, few basic tools, happy days.

PS, mine did cost me £50 and i took mine off a working car so no need to replace disks and pads. Although the pads need changing now, 2 years later....

James, do it, worth it imo.

Mine, all painted up...

http://images6.fotki.com/v102/photos/4/48802/198778/Dsc00413-vi.jpg
Marc
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25th May 06 at 09:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
How much weight does this all add to the car? I'm assuming so much weight is cancelled out in the transfer of the beam???
Jambo
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25th May 06 at 10:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
im assuming unsrpung weight will be up a tad
Daimo B
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It does weigh a little more, but nothing major. Your removing the old heavy filled up rear drums with a small set of calipers, and a thin but large surface area'd disk.

It will be within single figure kg in terms of weight difference. But looks

Best and proper way to do it is go the in-car adjustable bias route, but its a lot more work. Would love to do it
Marc
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Will this stop the bottoming out caused by rear disc conversions?
Butler
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25th May 06 at 11:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
How much are the beams and what internally run cables do people use?
Butler
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25th May 06 at 11:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Scrap that, GTI ones fit Rallyes.
Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by Marc
Will this stop the bottoming out caused by rear disc conversions?


Bottoming out??? What do you mean, the discs hitting the floor? (the are in the wheel area) or the beam hitting the floor? Only bottoming out i've had is my damn front bumper.

tbh, a lot of people say they arn't needed etc, but i've never had any issues with mine, and i've ran on track an everything.

It does get a bit skittish when hard on the brakes, IF your moving the stearing as well, but then any car will if your yanking the stearing wheel. Braking is meant to be done in a straight line, then you power your way through a corner.
Butler
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25th May 06 at 11:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I want one to concerntrate more braking in the rear in order to assist back end action on tarmac rallys.
Marc
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25th May 06 at 11:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I thought people had issues with them locking up and causing the car to spin off???

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