New Brakes installed!
08-20-2008, 12:40 AM
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New Brakes installed! Since I wanted to switch over to chromed wheels, from my silver 10-spokes, I decided to swap out my warped OE brakes for a drilled and slotted set. I got the kit from Mike at Rotors Online and it came with everything including the braided lines. My husband helped out with the heavy lifting, but I wanted to do the work. It wasn't to bad. Here are some simple shots he took of the work. Next up are suspension parts and then autocross. 
08-20-2008, 01:11 AM
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They look great other than being on backwards, which direction do the cooling vanes sit?
I had to do the same swap not too long ago for the same reason. I wasn't exactly going for better braking, but I thought I might as well upgrade the aesthetics while I'm at it. And anything is better than warped rotors. Did you have to take a metal brush and grind down on the hub at all to slide the new one's on? Mine was a pita.
I had to do the same swap not too long ago for the same reason. I wasn't exactly going for better braking, but I thought I might as well upgrade the aesthetics while I'm at it. And anything is better than warped rotors. Did you have to take a metal brush and grind down on the hub at all to slide the new one's on? Mine was a pita.
08-20-2008, 10:20 AM
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Looks great, I am doing that on mine right now. Got mine from Mike as well. Calipers and brackets heading out to get powder coated then all going back together.
08-20-2008, 11:03 AM
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They look great other than being on backwards, which direction do the cooling vanes sit?
I had to do the same swap not too long ago for the same reason. I wasn't exactly going for better braking, but I thought I might as well upgrade the aesthetics while I'm at it. And anything is better than warped rotors. Did you have to take a metal brush and grind down on the hub at all to slide the new one's on? Mine was a pita.
I had to do the same swap not too long ago for the same reason. I wasn't exactly going for better braking, but I thought I might as well upgrade the aesthetics while I'm at it. And anything is better than warped rotors. Did you have to take a metal brush and grind down on the hub at all to slide the new one's on? Mine was a pita.
08-25-2008, 05:21 PM
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I can attest to his powder coating skills. He did a set of front calipers for me in his custom NBM powder and they came out mint. I will post some pics later, I havent taken any yet.
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