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MK6 brake upgrades.

Postby winterheating » Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:41 am

mk6 FWD 2000 non ABS
i'm thinking of upgrading my rears to the disc you get on the mk7, can'y be to hard can it :?:

and also want to upgrade the fronts to something big, but will that mean i would have to change whole hub from something else :?:
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Re: MK6 brake upgrades.

Postby Guy88 » Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:58 am

think you would need a rear axle, that would be easiest

Would like to do it to mine but i got prop problems then aswell :(
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Re: MK6 brake upgrades.

Postby winterheating » Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:05 am

so id need full axle the full hand brake cable, and a bit of altering the brake pipes, and thats it.

great. :D
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Re: MK6 brake upgrades.

Postby Dan T » Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:44 pm

This will be an interesting one :)
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Re: MK6 brake upgrades.

Postby winterheating » Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:29 am

i wonder how much better discs all round are on the MK7's, i think the transit brakes are pretty good anyway.
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Re: MK6 brake upgrades.

Postby nitroman » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:04 pm

you can easily fit ford focus rs mk1 front discs/pads with little hassle..it has been done and i will post how soon on my conversion........the chap with the red mk6 at silverstone 08 did his no probs...vast improvement he said!
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Re: MK6 brake upgrades.

Postby winterheating » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:58 pm

nitroman wrote:you can easily fit ford focus rs mk1 front discs/pads with little hassle..it has been done and i will post how soon on my conversion........the chap with the red mk6 at silverstone 08 did his no probs...vast improvement he said!


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Re: MK6 brake upgrades.

Postby Luke » Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:39 pm

red mk6 at silverstone :?: do you mean the majorly modified tourneo 8) :?:

didnt that have redrilled hubs :? :idea: :?: will these still fit on standard wheels :?:
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Re: MK6 brake upgrades.

Postby nitroman » Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:51 pm

yeh thats the one luke..johns his name. jus tried to ring him re this cos he did say it was no major prob.....BUT the issue of the bigger discs is as he has bigger wheels like me :?
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