lockie

hello all, i have a saphire cosworth 2wd & it has massive ap brakes on the front & are not 2 my taste as the car will only run on 17's

my plan is 2 refit original wheels/brakes

but.......

i cant find any 2wd front brakes for reasonable money so thinking of fittiong 4wd front brakes as there are loadsa about for sale for the price i want 2 pay.

will the 4wd front brakes fit straight onto a 2wd without problems???? running std rims??

sir nose

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no.

lockie

well thats cleard that up lol

cheers

sir nose

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im 99% sure its no,no 1st hand experience but been searching the opposite as there are more 2nd hand uprated brakes available for the 2wd than 4x4

dazzle740

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Hi mate I am pretty sure it is only the rear which are compateble as the fronts on 4b's have the driveshafts up front resulting in different knuckles and due to this I think the discs and calipers are dished differently to compinsate.

mick

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also there is a size difference.....

jamie's

defo dont fit,
but you can use 2wd calipers on a 4x4 if you use xr4x4 hubs(not that this helps you)

botters

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ive got 4x4 front brakes on my 3 door..........but its has 4x4 hubs and 4x4 everything else!

tabetha

Can be fitted quite easy using a few washers to space correctly, is a serious backward step though, as std 4wd brakes are very very poor.
You can get a pair of NEW alloy calipers for £250, what you get for the AP will easily pay for this, as the AP are massively OTT price wise, but depending on your driving style I would have a serious rethink the std brakes even 2wd 4 pots and ace pads at speeds over around 120 leave a lot to be desired.
I have 2wd 4 pots with ebc yellowstuff pads and drilled discs all in perfect order, and changing to my tarox 6 pots, I don't like to get noticed so have painted them BUBBLE GUM PINK to go behind my new gloss black alloys!!
tabetha