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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 09:31 AM
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Are there off the shelf brackets to do so available?
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 09:49 AM
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Short answer is yes.

Although it was Brom that used to do them, so i think availability is going to be an issue
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 09:51 AM
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Think dicko might have a set ? user name dicko&sarah
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 09:52 AM
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Lol

Anyone else do them?

What size disks do people typically use with them?
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Alps Pacino
Think dicko might have a set ? user name dicko&sarah
cool, will drop them a PM.

do you know what sort of money these go for?

I assume not a lot as the VW equivalent is about 15 quid, but obviously that doesnt include cossie tax
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 09:55 AM
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he wanted 50 notes of me iirc
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 10:24 AM
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matt baxters just made up a set for his motor
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 12:38 PM
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so has rich_frst
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 12:39 PM
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Im trying to get some brackets to fit them to a RST
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 12:41 PM
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I made a set for mine they do work well, my whole 4 pot kit cost less than £250
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 12:44 PM
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I am looking at CNC'd jobbies that ait cheap but are very good. Need 10 as a min order, so thats not helping
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 12:44 PM
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Making brackets up is ceratinly an option, its not rocket science after all, just cant be bothered spending the time to do it if there are some cheap ones readily available anyway
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 12:46 PM
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Heres the link to a thread I started


https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...663&highlight=
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Ratty making some brackets for another conversion at the moment, hes made them out of wood first so he can shape and drill as needed, then takes the templates to engineering place and they charge him beer money to copy it out of Ali or steel
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Dont think my woodwork skills are up to these





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got a set for sale in the parts for sale room with calipers, brakets etc mine have 305mm discs
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 08:38 PM
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are these able to fit a 4 x 4 cosworth?
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 09:11 PM
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don't think os, the offset is another 8mm further out
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 09:46 PM
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I had Focus RS calipers on my 4x4 Cossie.

so Dojj - you're wrong yet again
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My old ones Made the brackets myself out of 12mm mild bright
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 10:17 PM
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yo chip m8, just fitted them 2 mine,if u are going to make some brackets
i will take mine of so u could them use as a template.
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Old Feb 8, 2008 | 01:13 AM
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Cheers for the offer Len, but have told dicko i will have his now anyway.
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Old Feb 8, 2008 | 04:50 PM
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I hate the way the caliper sits on Cossies..... looks like it has slipped down or about to fall off...lol

Brom also made brackets to fit FRS discs and calipers onto RST's as well (my mate had them on his made by Brom)


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Old Feb 8, 2008 | 07:39 PM
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Do Evo 6 Brembo's fit on Cossies?

Im presuming that its just a case of brackets too?

Are they the same?

I got some lyin around thats all, fronts and rears altough rears prob wont go on because of the fart on they will be to fit.
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Old Feb 8, 2008 | 07:43 PM
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Gracie you cunt!!

I know that was uncalled for but I am half cut and it felt like the right thing to do
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Originally Posted by Chip-3Door
Cheers for the offer Len, but have told dicko i will have his now anyway.
ok m8, cu later.
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Old Feb 8, 2008 | 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by DogSmoke
Gracie you cunt!!

I know that was uncalled for but I am half cut and it felt like the right thing to do
Well since you're half cut, you won't object to me wanking and spaffing in your face?
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Old Feb 9, 2008 | 12:37 AM
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What sized rotor is under thet caliper Paul ?
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i reckon about a 325-330
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Originally Posted by Jasesapphy
i reckon about a 325-330
Thats what I figured but they just look tiny compared to the Brembos we use on 335's on Sierra and Escort RST's etc



It only looks as big as the bell



Ours is almost as big as the complete rotor
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mixture of 325 and 330 in these pics.

325 Are solid and 330 are the bells and rotors




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Originally Posted by NUTS RuS
What sized rotor is under thet caliper Paul ?
330x32

I had to modify the caliper slightly by removing a couple of metal lugs so the width of the disc wouldn't be a problem, nothing 5 mins with a file and angle grinder didn't sort
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Tony - Maybe the red calipers arn't focus RS ones, but a bigger flavour?

Interestingly, I have a pair of Brembo's from a Rangerover Sport for sale that will make Focus RS calipers look like toys in the size department
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Old Feb 9, 2008 | 10:00 AM
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does anyone know if you can fit FRS discs onto a 4x4 cossie?
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Old Feb 9, 2008 | 10:15 AM
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I had my brackets made several years ago. Mocked them up myself and had a machiner make them. Cost me more as I only wanted one set (maybe around £80) and I had to do it again as I made a minor fuck-up with measurements. But this was at a time when very few other people had done it (around 4 years ago, maybe more?).
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Can anyone answer my question further

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It depends on disc size and wheel clearance as much as anything. Other than that, if the bracket is there to bolt it on, why wouldn't it fit?
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Originally Posted by Graceland
Tony - Maybe the red calipers arn't focus RS ones, but a bigger flavour?

Interestingly, I have a pair of Brembo's from a Rangerover Sport for sale that will make Focus RS calipers look like toys in the size department
Flavour we use in the kits is brand new O/E Porsche, Evo FQ, Ferrari or indeed the R Rover Sport Paul as its all the same across some of the models. And yep next to a FRS caliper they are night and day different in size. No point messing with second hand stuff when new ones are almost as cheap
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