As above changed all my brakes and need to fit a hydraulic handbrake but unsure on piping it up as im going to have no cable handbrake all info and pics would be appreciated cheers.

 

Is it a ROAD car ?, if so hydraulic handbrake is a big no no, it has to be mechanical, or it will fail MOT.
tabetha

 

It is a road car but ive fitted vxr8 front and rear brakes which probably would have handbrake shoes but im just using a hyd h/brake and maybe fit a cable to it to keep mot men happy.

 

Trouble is the cable is checked for operation during the test and that the compensator is working within its limits , I know what you are saying the old 106 rally school cars had no cable attached as they were just for off road , but the Ibiza I helped to run still had a cable and the plan was just to tighten it up when mot time came , but normally it would be slackened off to allow the hydraulic side to work first .

Piping is easy as long as you have a front / back split system as you just run the pipes in board , cut the single pipe and feed that into a sealed master cylinder then take the output out from the piston actuated end , all you are doing is when you pull the lever you are blocking the feed and pressurising the rear system .

If you have a differently split system then it becomes harder as you either need to use two hb master cylinders if still have abs , or loose the split and T piece them together in front of the single mc if not got abs .

Would think this might need a bit of "out of the box" thinking to sort it safely , would of thought some other calipers would of been a better long term choice tbh.

 

Ok ive binned the abs the calipers ive fitted are ap with 360mm discs front and 330mm rear so i think you wouldnt get a lot better without paying mega money cheers.