bigger brakes for the front.

Post by **Statek** » Mon Nov 07, 2016 8:53 am

I think this post just made my life a lot easier.
$10 for a set of four from aliexpress. If they don't work, I wont feel bad about it. Thanks guys

Post by **zrossa** » Mon Nov 07, 2016 11:44 am

Are you going to order some Statek? I would be ken as well If your putting something together. I will flick you my details on P.M.

Cheers,

Douglas

Post by **Statek** » Mon Nov 07, 2016 1:56 pm

Hey Douglas

I ordered these:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4pieces ... 0.0.1xHUb6

The shipping on them is free, so if we were to order 2 sets, then we'd have to post to Hawkes Bay... Best if you order with shipping directly to you

Not sure how much of a rush you are, but as soon as I receive mine (13-24 days) I'll post my thoughts and/or fitting woes on here.

Post by **flying_wedge** » Mon Nov 07, 2016 2:00 pm

Keen to know too Kris

Post by **zrossa** » Mon Nov 07, 2016 11:13 pm

I hope they work. There are concerns with different rates of expansion and so forth but at that price its a no brainer giving them a go. I might see if i can get some that will go from the 60.1 to my mag size while I am at it.

Nice work Kris...will have an attempt at ordering some in the morning....when the wine has worn off!

Cheers,

D

Post by **Statek** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 4:36 pm

So they've arrived a couple of days ago, but with catching a cold and procrastination level = max, I haven't quite finished.

The rings themselves look good quality and measurements are perfect:

: AW Hub 1.jpg (92.78 KiB) Viewed 3943 times

The ring is slightly smaller than the rotor due to the taper on the rotor, but it definitely helps centre the rotor well. The trouble with the rings is that they protrude too far and need to be trimmed a bit, so with the tools I had on hand I've managed to do it.

: AW Hub 2.jpg (78.34 KiB) Viewed 3943 times

: AW Hub 3.jpg (71.3 KiB) Viewed 3943 times

Now I just have to put the lot together - the car is on jack stands with one side stripped apart at the moment. I will probably finish off before the weekend, but currently have other things on my to-do list with higher priorities.

Post by **zrossa** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 7:16 pm

Cool. Mine arrived today. Haven't picked up the calipers yet and I figure I might as well get the disks new. I suspect things might slow down on the mr2. Need to get suck into the new shed, 260z and 635csi.....You know...finish something before you start another project!

Cheers,

D

Post by **pbaron** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 10:03 pm

These are not for centering the rotors, they are for centering the wheels, do not place the rotor on over the top of the centric rings.

Statek wrote:So they've arrived a couple of days ago, but with catching a cold and procrastination level = max, I haven't quite finished.

The rings themselves look good quality and measurements are perfect:
AW Hub 1.jpg
The ring is slightly smaller than the rotor due to the taper on the rotor, but it definitely helps centre the rotor well. The trouble with the rings is that they protrude too far and need to be trimmed a bit, so with the tools I had on hand I've managed to do it.
AW Hub 2.jpg

AW Hub 3.jpg
Now I just have to put the lot together - the car is on jack stands with one side stripped apart at the moment. I will probably finish off before the weekend, but currently have other things on my to-do list with higher priorities.

Post by **JasonFriday13** » Tue Nov 29, 2016 1:58 am

pbaron wrote:These are not for centering the rotors, they are for centering the wheels, do not place the rotor on over the top of the centric rings.

Question is: Is the rims centre hole the size of the ring or the size of the hub?

Post by **Statek** » Tue Nov 29, 2016 9:23 am

pbaron wrote:These are not for centering the rotors, they are for centering the wheels, do not place the rotor on over the top of the centric rings.

These were purchased to centre the rotors. Originally when Malcolm had used the Renault disks, he chopped up the original AW rotors to fit between the hub centre and the rotor centre hole.
See the first 2 posts here: http://forums.toyspeed.org.nz/viewtopic ... 99&start=7

The reason I have made the aluminium centre rings shorter is so that they don't protrude further than the disk, and the wheel centre rings can be used properly.

JasonFriday13 wrote:Question is: Is the rims centre hole the size of the ring or the size of the hub?

The centre hole on the wheels I'm using right now is 68mm (from memory), so I also have centering rings in those (68mm to 51mm).

Post by **JasonFriday13** » Tue Nov 29, 2016 4:13 pm

Statek wrote:The centre hole on the wheels I'm using right now is 68mm (from memory), so I also have centering rings in those (68mm to 51mm).

Yeah I thought that was the case, I was just clarifying what the final setup was like in the form of a question.

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Post by **Statek** » Tue Nov 29, 2016 8:20 pm

JasonFriday13 wrote:Yeah I thought that was the case, I was just clarifying what the final setup was like in the form of a question. .

Post by **Statek** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 9:00 am

Successfully installed as of this morning. Even made it to work without dying.

Success!

Post by **zrossa** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 10:32 pm

Wicked. Glad it worked.
Where do you think the best place to get disks is?

The MR2 Owner's Club of New Zealand

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