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rear brembos......sizes? - chris.rawe - 14-02-2013
hey i dug around for a fair amount of time, found loads of info regarding brakes etc. i have brembos all round when i got the car, and i know i need xnatia v6 288mm disc yardy yardy yardy....... but what about the rear? are they standard sizes? anyone know?
cheers
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - Piggy - 14-02-2013
I have never heard of brembos as standard on the rears...?!
do you mean discs? or calipers?
rear brembos......sizes? - chris.rawe - 14-02-2013
I have calipers front and rear (brembo)
sorry i mean i have brembo rear calipers, anyone know if the discs and pads are standard 306 ones etc
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - Piggy - 14-02-2013
its news to me that they even made brembo rear calipers
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - Pompey306mark - 14-02-2013
Take a photo of the rears and post it up.
I have heard of people fitting bigger brakes on the rear.
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - Niall - 14-02-2013
IIRC the rear calliper mounting points are identical to the fronts so any calipers you can get on the front, you can get on the back. Issue is a) you loose your hand brake and b) The disc offset is different.
You could fit a hydraulic handbrake to overcome that issue (would be pretty epic for puglove is mcdonnalds) but that will never pass a MOT. A Handbrake has to be on a separate mechanical circuit incase of failure of the normal brakes.
Brembo do make rear brakes for alot of cars though so worth looking into!
rear brembos......sizes? - chris.rawe - 14-02-2013
Shit ill pop the wheel off in the morning and have a butchers with pics... Lol this should be fun
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - Niall - 14-02-2013
Have you just fitted 4 pot brembos then from a 406?
Edit: You know what, i could be wrong about the whole handbrake thing. Ive just looked on ebay for brembo rear callipers and none of them have a mechanism for handbrake cables. Unless all the cars ive seen use twin callipers on the rear like astons.
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - ozonehostile - 15-02-2013
didnt some alfa romeo's have brembos all round? maybe the megane 226 aswel?
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - Piggy - 15-02-2013
^^^^yes but had a seperate caliper just for the handbrake
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - chris.rawe - 15-02-2013
i brought the car like it, but i need to replace discs and pads lol
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - Piggy - 15-02-2013
get some pics up chap
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - puglove - 15-02-2013
I need a really good hand brake on saxo niall. But cam kust use macy D trays for the time being
Are you sure they arnt just them fake caliper covers? Lol
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - Niall - 15-02-2013
I do remember seeing someone on the 6 forum do it but can't remember who now. Personally, I can't see the need.
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - puglove - 15-02-2013
This what makes me think it could be a cover just to match the fronts
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - Pompey306mark - 15-02-2013
That's why I asked for pics.
rear brembos......sizes? - chris.rawe - 15-02-2013
on a closer look i think as the piston isn't red that the previous person has used brembo carrier and standard piston what u recon?
Or could be fake either way looking the actual piston i dont recon they are brembo but could be painted carriers and a sticker maybe? But cant see a sticker staying on lol
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - Just Sean - 15-02-2013
i think its just a sticker
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - Anton - 15-02-2013
lol!!
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - Pompey306mark - 15-02-2013
Yea mate, just standard rear disc and caliper.
Disc looks the same size as normal.
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - chris.rawe - 15-02-2013
wicked that makes life easier............isnt it funny what some people do....
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - Strikeforce - 15-02-2013
You even sure that you got brembos on the front aswell??? Lol
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - chris.rawe - 15-02-2013
funny you say that, the hole thing is red on the front, iam gonna check and measure the disc tomorrow.........just in case..............that would be pony lol
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - Piggy - 15-02-2013
nice stickers
rear brembos......sizes? - chris.rawe - 15-02-2013
Lol surprised they stayed on so long, didnt even know you could buy caliper stickers
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - Pompey306mark - 15-02-2013
Just take a pic of the front and post it up we will be able to tell you if you have them or not.
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - Niall - 15-02-2013
Well at least that answers the question as to how it was done.
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - miles - 15-02-2013
You might want to stick a boot on the piston too
rear brembos......sizes? - chris.rawe - 15-02-2013
Good shout i have a few spares in the toolbox.... cheers
RE: rear brembos......sizes? - ozonehostile - 15-02-2013
And here I was expecting some exotic brake conversion.
Makes life easier for you though mate, and for the next time you need to verify genuine brembo, they have the logo stamped on the back of the calipers