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Re: HUGE Brakes. Bit of a overkill??
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disc shouldnt be to hard to find a replacement...doesnt really matter what it is at the moment though

but all you need is its diameter, thickness and height(dist from the mounting face to the back of the disc) then hit up the dba cataloge and find a disc with the same specs

being that they are hz/hx calipers the struts would most likely be stanza or 200b struts

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Re: HUGE Brakes. Bit of a overkill??
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PIGDOG, you were right, hz or hx caliper is what they are, disc is still unknown at the moment.

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planin on a a14 or 15 with some go fast goodies lol

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Re: HUGE Brakes. Bit of a overkill??
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What motor are you running? The spindley wee 1200 stub axles will be just fine and dandy if you're only runing an A series.

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Re: HUGE Brakes. Bit of a overkill??
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yeh after all the sugestions, Obviously everyone thinks there not to big. I thought they were a massive overkill, but clearly not. I dont particulary want to run different wheels front to rear, but then if i do s13/180 brakes on standard struts i have the small stub axle issue as pigdog explained. Or if i leave it, my rims are out a bit. Guess i could always throw a heap of camber in the mix to pull the top of the tyres inside the gaurds like my mates ae86 lol.
Will keep you all posted and ill put some pics up as i go too.

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im with dattodude, 120y brakes feel very unsafe drove my mates stock 2 speed auto ke30 a while ago with all new stock brakes on it(stock brakes that are bigger than 120y ones) and man did that feel unsafe campare that to brakes that are on say a new honda jazz or something, they are still small but the whole system is designed a heap better so the car actually stops when you want it to im also not a fan of stock struts after having one sitting around without a hub on it....have you seen the size of the stock stub axles


Having driven a coupe with stock PBR 120y brakes for a long time I have to also agree... Yes they are an improvement over the stock 1200, and yes they compete well with other stock brakes of the era, but even my wife's new Kia Rio has enormous brakes by comparison, and way more stopping power. To put it into perspective, my '88 e30 has similar braking performance to the Rio, and in it's day it was a $70k car?!

(obviously in raw performance & handling stakes, the e30 runs rings around the Rio but not in the brakes department)

Modern braking systems certainly have the goods, and I would think that with the simplicity of the S13 swap it's a bit of a no brainer. If you can find rims to fit the set up you already have, as others have said, I would think of it as an adequate braking system for a daily driver rather than a 'huge' system.

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Yeh, There pretty big!!

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Re: HUGE Brakes. Bit of a overkill??
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you talk about brakes....check this out, woohoo


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tell me if im wrong...those rotor's spinning the wrong way

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Re: HUGE Brakes. Bit of a overkill??
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im with dattodude, 120y brakes feel very unsafe
drove my mates stock 2 speed auto ke30 a while ago with all new stock brakes on it(stock brakes that are bigger than 120y ones) and man did that feel unsafe
campare that to brakes that are on say a new honda jazz or something, they are still small but the whole system is designed a heap better so the car actually stops when you want it to

im also not a fan of stock struts after having one sitting around without a hub on it....have you seen the size of the stock stub axles

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A mate can get me coilover kit with springs any size etc, for $200, gettin all 180sx brakes for nothin, guess i am now just chasin some standard hubs and struts. oh and i scored some 180 adjustable pillowball cusco strut tops. Think ill use them too.

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