Nic Barnes
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what cars did they come on? just astra gsi mk4, zaf gsi and vectra c gsi?
was thinking of maybe seeing if i can get any cheapish for the vectra to upgrade from the 288's or whatever they are.
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PaulW
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not sure they will fit barnes, the bolt spacing is different between the B and C on the caliper mount/hub...
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ShEp
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Some of the newer diesel vectras had them iirc
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Nic Barnes
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bugger. ive seen astra gsi mk4 ones fitted to a corsa b however. that rob_lee had them on his nova, so not a corsa b actually, same thing though.............
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PaulW
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Alot of the omega owners who do upgrades to the brakes use stuff from the Monaro/GTO for this entire reason. That and the differences in the offset...
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Nic Barnes
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ah sod it. might leave the brakes as they are. i just wanted to do something to the car that doesnt really affect its day to day driving comfort. ie lowering it isnt something i want to do really.
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RobHayes
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corsa/astra vxr?
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fazza
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whats wrong with the reylands nic?
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PaulW
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quote: Originally posted by fazza
whats wrong with the reylands nic?
tbh I was thinking the same
Reylands / HiSpec
etc etc...
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Nic Barnes
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quote: Originally posted by fazza
whats wrong with the reylands nic?
this is for my vectra gsi not the corsa
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Mike GSi
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My astra Coupe Turbo had them, also alot of the saab range have them too
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J200RSA
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saabs have big brakes nic, the v6 turbo ones should fit
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.dean.
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its the vectra 2.6 v6 supertouring disks cum at 308mm standard!
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Nic Barnes
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quote: Originally posted by .dean.
its the vectra 2.6 v6 supertouring disks cum at 308mm standard!
no, the st does, supertouring doesnt. supertouring has same brakes as mine, 288's
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Corsa_Scotty
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are they not the same thing?
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adz_gsi
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exactly my thoughts vectra supertouring was 2.5 v6 i though
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Nic Barnes
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quote: Originally posted by Corsa_Scotty
are they not the same thing?
nah, st200 vectra is much rarer. came with ap 4 pots on anyway.
supertouring came in 2.0 16v ecowreck aswell
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Corsa_Scotty
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Yeah i thought you meant the ST200
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adz_gsi
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but st200 still means supertouring 200 does it not
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Corsa_Scotty
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Warren fitted 308's for someone off CCUK a few weeks back iirc maybe u2u him, i thought they may be off a Meriva VXR but i cant remember lol
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Nic Barnes
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id like st200 brakes, and wheels really. infact id like the whole car just they go for silly money.
need to investigate this saab thing i think. im just looking for things to do to the car as im bored and got nothing to use spanners and hammers on at the minute.
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adz_gsi
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and what is the st3000 saw one labelled near me few weeks ago
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adz_gsi
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i see cheap st200s in total vaux sometimes
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Nic Barnes
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quote: Originally posted by adz_gsi
but st200 still means supertouring 200 does it not

thats the st200. super touring was only 175 ish bhp same as an sri.
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Corsa_Scotty
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Love them cars saw one go for £500 but was only a Ecotec still would have it just to look at
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