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Old 17 November 2008, 09:34 PM
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Default Changing to 2 pot rears..need some urgent help

Am changing to a rear 2 pot conversion on a classic (95wrx)

Need to know how people have got around the problem of the disc guard being to small on the bigger discs.

Any help would be appreciated as we have now hit a brick wall on doing this conversion

Many thanks
Old 17 November 2008, 09:37 PM
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Cut it off

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Old 17 November 2008, 09:38 PM
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Not done mine yet, but believe it has to be drilled off.
When I done my front Brembos, I just bent the lip out.
IS that an option?
Old 17 November 2008, 09:44 PM
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Some good threads for you:

Nissan 2pot rear caliper with Subaru Backing plate install - NASIOC

Brake Supersticky: brake upgrade FAQ, tech in, Brembo info, and other upgrades: - NASIOC

Don't know if you have to login or not. Worth it though.
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that is what we thought
Old 17 November 2008, 10:16 PM
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I don't have rear guards with my Brembo's Chris, not had any adverse affects at all.
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Originally Posted by Silver Scooby Sport
I don't have rear guards with my Brembo's Chris, not had any adverse affects at all.
Cheers Simon
We were just wondering if we could hack them off without any issue and it looks we can
Old 17 November 2008, 10:23 PM
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Well I've not had any and my mechanic was not concerned removing them... think of it as a cooling aid

Just bare it in mind in heavy rain and have a dab on the brakes just in case they are wet from time to time.
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no problems with removing mine,did the conversion 6 months ago,just angle grind out the spot welds..
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We drilled mine off, pointless with the bigger discs
Old 18 November 2008, 12:42 AM
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Thanks for your replies Guys and thanks Swiss for posting this In the last 2 weeks I've fitted big front brakes to 2 Skylines and bent the disc guards out of the way but the disc guards look quite substantial so I wondered if I could just trim them I'll have a go at trimming them tomorrow with my tin snips

Thanks
Old 18 November 2008, 10:18 AM
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There are, IIRC, about 6 rivets. Just drill out carefully, takes about 5 minutes all in, then repaint the bit that it was attached to with Black Hammerite, Smoothrite etc.

Use a sharp drill about 8mm will suffice.
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I managed to trim the lip off with tin snips so they are all fitted now thanks
Old 18 November 2008, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by paulpalmer
I managed to trim the lip off with tin snips so they are all fitted now thanks
I hope you haven't made a mess PALMER
Old 18 November 2008, 04:39 PM
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Put it this way, Cliff did part of one of them
Old 18 November 2008, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by paulpalmer
Put it this way, Cliff did part of one of them

oh dear god
Old 18 November 2008, 05:24 PM
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Could have been worse, at least I wasn't involved...
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