Ok, so I want to get a set of brakes for the front of my car, 50% because I need to stop, and 50% because I want to fit drifteks to the front also.
Now, I've been emailing this guy from ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/FALCON-EA-EB-ED- ... ccessories
To clarify some stuff before I hand over cash, gotta say, I'm not that impressed :/
I sent:
Rollin wrote:Hi, I'm interested in the +28mm offset big brake kit for E-series falcons, just have a few questions.
1: Can you ensure that I will get a set of ED uprights with this kit?
2: How much is postage to Brisbane (4030)?
3: Approximately how long does it generally take between receiving full payment and posting the kit?
Thank you for your help,
Daniel
He replied:
Mr Spares wrote:We can only use the late model upright with the ABS sensor in it. The are exactly the same as ED but could be EL or EF.
Delivery via Toll-Ipec door to door service will be $73. Takes a week to get to you via road with Toll-Ipec. We send within 2 days if it is an off the shelf kit. If it has custom parts it is a day or 2 longer.
Call me on 03 9762 1500 to arrange, we can take credit card over the phone or send details for direct deposit.
Cheers
Tony
I sent:
Rollin wrote:If I send my ED uprights down to you to be modified, how long do you think it would take to machine them and send them back up?
One of my friends got a kit (not sure if it was from you or someone else) but got later e-series uprights with the kit (his car is an ED also) and the tone wheels are wrong (we nearly had an accident because the abs kicked in when slowing down gently at a T intersection, we nearly rolled through it!!!) the sensors didn't fit without spacers and the wheel alignment was massively out (20mm toe-in per side or thereabouts) because the uprights are different between EA/ED and EF/EL....
I apologise if I sound like a pain in the ass, I just want to make sure that I'm paying almost $2k for a kit that will match my car and my wheels and not give me the grief that others have reported and experienced
Which is where I'm at now.
WTF does he mean "We can only use the late model upright with the ABS sensor in it. The are exactly the same as ED but could be EL or EF." Same as ED but could be EF or EL, which are not the same as ED???? By the time postage and crap is organised that kit will cost almost $2k, and if I don't send my uprights down I'll probably get the bubblecar ones back, which will f*ck up all the Ackerman angles during turns and generally make the wheel alignment crap.
So, I was looking through ebay and came across these puppies:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/D2-8-Piston-Brak ... 240%3A1318
Which I'm sure you will agree look much more fully sick. Obviously, they aren't a bolt on proposition, which is where I need some help from people with AU knowledge.
AU front hubs - if you knock off the wheel bearing cover can you just remove them like e-series fronts? Is the stub axle a similar shape, can the AU hub be fitted to an E-series upright?
If that is possible and the AU hub changes the offset of the front wheels, then I think it should be ok to just get the upright machined to match the brakes --->
The things on the RHS just in front of the brake pads are brackets that adapt the callipers to supra/skyline fronts, and IMHO could be made to work on an E-series.
Pipe dream? Any ideas?
It will work out more expensive making shit from scratch, but they are 8 piston front brakes............may be worth the hassle...