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14" Brakes...Lets discuss this

Bio248 said:
so you want to flush our your car on coils, but are worried about the harsher ride of 20s? you confuse me sometimes, dave. i dont know how people honestly can tell a considerable difference in ride quality between bigger wheels. my car rode just as well on 19s as it did on the 16s. suspension tuning, bro.
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I'm not Slamming the car. I never cared for Wheels over 19", I understand what your saying with suspension tuning and I will work on that with time. It takes time to perfect that which is why I'm picking my spring rate. And also the bigger you go with wheels the more weight, its the worst thing you can do to these tranny's.
 


ahh, well I see that guy finally got off his ass and posted more pics..

Still seems like a pain.


I'll have to look at my notes and re-fresh my brain about this. I did my own google hunt a lolng time ago but it seems it not as easy for use as the F-body guys.

I love the look of the brakes filling up the wheels too, but I never got GXP front cuz I want to run my slicks and to be honest with F-body front and GXP rear my GTPs stops pretty damn good.
 
Ridin ON Chrome said:
I love the look of the brakes filling up the wheels too, but I never got GXP front cuz I want to run my slicks and to be honest with F-body front and GXP rear my GTPs stops pretty damn good.
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This is similar to what i wanted to run.... cept C5 calipers for smaller pots.

I've been told stock 16's can clear rear GXP's...
 


Ridin ON Chrome said:
ahh, well I see that guy finally got off his ass and posted more pics..

Still seems like a pain.


I'll have to look at my notes and re-fresh my brain about this. I did my own google hunt a lolng time ago but it seems it not as easy for use as the F-body guys.

I love the look of the brakes filling up the wheels too, but I never got GXP front cuz I want to run my slicks and to be honest with F-body front and GXP rear my GTPs stops pretty damn good.
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AH I was waiting for you to find this.

yeah that guys pictures aren't very good though.


Anyways, an update as to where I stand

I have located some calipers for cheap (I'd rather not say price cause I would like to snag these for myself...sorry guys)

We have located a better, cheaper rotor and got the specs for it. They are off a 370z with Brembo's. 14" rotors and they are 3mm off in the offset area. As well as the hub bore being 68mm, we need it to be 70.3mm...a little machine work can do wonders.

So...all that said this looks like a go and in theory everything should work perfectly. IN THEORY
 
matt5112 said:
This is similar to what i wanted to run.... cept C5 calipers for smaller pots.

I've been told stock 16's can clear rear GXP's...
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yeah GXP rears will clear 16's.

The "general" rule of thumb is take the rotor size and add 4" and thats the wheel size you need. its applicable in most cases
 
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Also.......

apparently for the machining you'd need to index it based on the bolt holes to ensure its centred.

But the machine shop should know this.
 


So I got some parts in.

On a Hub...fits PERFECTLY
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Comparison to a rear rotor
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Clearance looks real good
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behind a wheel
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