Thanks for all the help guys....it's very much appreciated. I'm on a steep learning curve with the Datto and you guys make the climb a bit easier (although the replies can sometimes be a bit confusing!)....right, is that enough crawling??

I've only driven the car around the block a few times and I must say that the brakes did'nt inspire me with confidence!! Maybe I was'nt pushing the pedal hard enough (used to modern cars) or maybe the master cylinder is not right. I'm about to start the strip down so it may all work properly after a good rebuild (new discs, caliper kit, pads etc).

Cheers

Paul

ok let me rephrase, wont work without spacer, where they do on a stanza front end with no spacers and heaps of room.

et wheels work with 120y struts as thats what i have on my ute but u do need spacers and longer studs also 175 is the max tire u can use

yeah wouldnt work with sunny or 120y /1200 struts. et wheels work with stanza and 200b due to larger (thicker) hubs too, increasing space between strut tube and hub face.

by looking at the new pic, id say stanza struts with the thread drilled out of the strut and then the caliper is spaced out to suit

dont know why they didnt just use bluebird or r31 struts, id look into that if i were you(shorter shocks and all) all you would need to do is cut the spring perch off the stanza struts and weld it onto the new, bluebird or R31, struts. then probably get a sheer load spacer for the bottom of the strut
then the brakes will go straight onto them as long as the caliper hasnt been modified

should be a decent brake combo in theory, really depends on what size the master is

I've added another pic showing the top/back of the disk brake. Pigdog, I'm not sure if you can tell what struts they are from the new pic. If no good, I'll take some more.

Is the R31/Sunny/Patrol combination a good brake package?

Pics Here

Thanks again

PH

the Kings KDFL-17 part no won't help you find out what struts they are. Kings list that part no as 1200/120Y standard, and Stanza/Sunny lowered. That's how crap King Springs are - "yeah mate, to lower your Stanza fit standard 1200 coils." I bet they work well...

other obvious examples of how little they care about getting the spring rates right for different cars are the same part no for 200B lowered and 240K lowered front coils. Yep a small 4cyl needs the same spring rate as a medium sized 6cyl vehicle...

look like the same front brakes as on dog160s coupe.

bit off topic, but is this ok from a rego point of view? Mine just hang down and I have to do something about it. I was thinking of putting a hose clamp around the strut, linked into another smaller hose clamp around the brake line?


those springs also look to be a thicker coil than kings I've bought before... could be wrong though

r31 discs and calipers
need a pic of the back of the strut and i can tell you what it is
sunny booster with maybe patrol master

Hello everyone,

I finally got around to taking some pics of the Coupe...

I'm not really sure what some of the bits are so I was hoping that someone can help with the identification...

Commodore Front Calipers?
Rotors R31 (250mm)?
Sunny Struts (has KDFL17 Kings Springs)?
Brake Master Cylinder & Booster..no idea?

Pics Here

By the way, the pulsar wheels that I picked up did'nt fit on the front without a 6mm spacer..

Thanks again for your help guys.

Cheers

Paul