Rear big brake conversion

[volymmannen]

Hello
I want bigger rear brakes, i looks silly with 325mm disks in front, and 238mm rearbrakes in 17" wheels.
I have an idea how to get bigger rearbrakes,but i wonder if someone have a functional conversion. ???

[volymmannen]

???

[MAXIBOY]

most dont as the rear is over braked in most cases anyway...

adding larger rear brakes and then limiting then even further seems point less as well as increasing the unsprung weight of the car...

[volymmannen]

most dont as the rear is over braked in most cases anyway...

adding larger rear brakes and then limiting then even further seems point less as well as increasing the unsprung weight of the car...
I need to change the hole brakesystem and engine + gearbox so i can get the car approved with a different engine...

[Justin..]

its something im looking into at the monent, involve 265 mm vented discs. masively overkill but will look wicked :D

[white16valver]

I swear all my rear pads do is sweep the rust off the disks LoL :lol:

[volymmannen]

its something im looking into at the monent, involve 265 mm vented discs. masively overkill but will look wicked :D
im looking at 265mm solid disks

[scott j]

just to piss on all ur chips, i have 285 mm rear discs ;)

WANNA KNOW MORE?

[Justin..]

hi spec do a rear disc conversion that size. its just not worth the money they want though, but please do tell about your setup

[scott j]

WILL ADD PICS SOON..

ok, depending n job n contacts this can be done for around £40, or more for machining + lack of trade price on parts

start off with o.e rear discs and hub....
machine off the disc face leaving u with a free running hub..fairly straight forward.

2ndly buy 2x renault kangoo 1.6d solid 285mm front discs
3rdly, but a set of new o.e rear pad

MACHINING

kangoo front 285mm discs are solid...and also 14mm thick, take them to a machine shop where they can surface grind/mill te backface of the disc tilt he tickness is 8mm so there are the same thickness as o.e dics and therefroe fit in the standard cliper n pads

a spacer wil eb required to sit behind the bearing to space the disc/hub out to prevent it fouling on the rear beam, this spacer needs to eb at least 6mm thick, and to the same diameter of the axle stub of the rear beam

a caliper dogbone will eb required....10mm thick, very similar to a front big brake setup dogbone exstender but thinner and also does not need to offset the caliper

full set of internal hex head bolts to go with as ull never have the room to get spanners in...allen key job only


pull your handbrake cables through another inch, and sleighly unbend the original brak pipe to suit where the new caliper sits.

bingo....big rear brakes for little costs,

for some people with a mechanical/engineering background...this may make sense, for others...

FULL PICS AND DIMENSION WILL FOLLOW :)

[Justin..]

sounds interesting!

[volymmannen]

sounds interesting!
yes it does :hug: :groupwave: :yourock:

[dhay14]

please piczzz.....

[volymmannen]

but i cant find any solid kangoo frontdisks, i can find solid 280x12mm rear disks.
and another problem i must have the same offset as the oem disk, as i use 7*17" rims with 215/35 on my R5, this mod must be like adding spacers on the rearwheels or am i wrong ???

[Justin..]

yeah possibly the equivalent of a 10mm spacer

[scott j]

but i cant find any solid kangoo frontdisks, i can find solid 280x12mm rear disks.
and another problem i must have the same offset as the oem disk, as i use 7*17" rims with 215/35 on my R5, this mod must be like adding spacers on the rearwheels or am i wrong ???

yes, unfortunitly it does, u have to add on the thickness of the disc aswell as the bearing shim....on a clio this is fine, a r5 on 15" alloys 7j et 35 u can just squeeze them in,

also, i remmeber people saying that about the discs....i uses the apec disc shadow book, disc 1206 if i remeber righly, tho i will check next time im in work, and try and cross reference this to other manufactureers disc part number

[MAXIBOY]

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great post cheers.......

need something to fill the 18,s