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Old 14-05-2017, 07:27 AM
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Has anyone done the 2wd front cossie brake conversion on their RST and used the standard s2 alloys.

I put the brakes on yesterday but looks like I'm needing to grind the back face of the alloy and maybe even the caliper to get the wheel to clear also using a wheel spacer.
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Originally Posted by sseeaann1
Has anyone done the 2wd front cossie brake conversion on their RST and used the standard s2 alloys.

I put the brakes on yesterday but looks like I'm needing to grind the back face of the alloy and maybe even the caliper to get the wheel to clear also using a wheel spacer.
Not sure on 2wd. I managed to use 4wd caliper with 2wd discs, they went straight on no bother
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Cheers Mike.

I have a set of 16" alloys that fit but I want to keep the standard alloys.
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I always thought they went straight on .
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Same here.

dont want too have to change from the standard wheels but might need to start looking if the bigger spacers don't work.
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Yeah the 2wd calipers are 4 pot, different caliper altogether to the 4wd.

im on std alloys as well, they fit nice
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Originally Posted by Cossy Mike
Yeah the 2wd calipers are 4 pot, different caliper altogether to the 4wd.

im on std alloys as well, they fit nice


How do you find the 4wd brakes. I'm guessing a big improvement over the standard set up.
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I've not really noticed a huge difference tbh, I took the car off the road a short time after
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