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Bloody fun and scary to drive with traction off . Almost 99.9% of times no traction in first and second gear when you put your foot down so makes driving challenging and keep you on the edge with traction off
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Mine is 45 at rear with 19x9.5 and seems fine
at front it does scrub with 19x8.5 40
it is judd t311
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did buy an m5 and love it .
it was too much hassle with current life commitments to mess around with it
m5 is absolute animal so skyline is going back to garage for a while and start work in a year or so .
thanks for your help all , really appreciate it
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It was a damages seal and seller said it might have been damaged when he has pushed it in
Would you shell out£200 for set of brembo seals or get them off ebay?
He swears by brake international and it is way cheaper£60 -
I have already but need the car back on road and nothing is going to happen in these few days before new year
I think he has used general seal kit and not brembo
I think the issue was he had not put the seals in correctly so will give it a go -
did you ever have any issues with this ? i think i need to get pair of these for front now
i am based in the uk so not cheap for me to buy this
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will do in the morning. 6 hours to sleep and start over again
another issue was the bolts supplied by alpha omega were screwing in quite tight in one caliper only
i did re seat it few times to ensure it is not going in at angle but still was tight. so having worked 11 hours, I was pretty annoyed and did screw it in all the way.
they did torque up and did not damage internal thread but apart from one area of the bolt which has part of the caliper threar on it i think
they do both torque up with no issues, would you re thread?
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I bought rebuild calipers from someone in the uk
Would you just pull all seals out , apply fluid and have another go or change all seals?
They are all brand new but not sure what brand the seller has used
He also had applied significant amount of grease (red) to back of the piston which reading around some people do it and it is apparently compatible with break fluid but i don't like it as that will get mixed in the fluid -
Would you just pop the seal back in and install it again. It could be it was too cold or not properly inserted
Or would you buy new seals?
It had tones of grease at back of the piston
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It was the bloody piston dust cover or seal
Do you think they have used cheap material?
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It is freezing cold here and after almost 10 hours of work on various bits, the f**king caliper is leaking
I can't work out from where though. It is dripping down as per the pic
I have asked someone to come and press pedal so i can try and work out where it is
Anyone with similar experience? What did you do?
It is 8:30 pm with ice on the grass
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Does this brake line routing look ok to you? Not sure how else to route it
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I'm not sure what your beef about brake lines is. The suppliers say that the Evo brake lines (not Skyline or aftermarket lines) do not fit so have supplied longer ones. You say the existing Skyline ones were fine.
1. Your suppliers were not talking about Skyline lines but about Evo lines.
2. I'm pretty sure the original Skyline lines were not braided unless someone has fitted aftermarket lines. Did you explain this to your suppliers?
Either you are not accurately explaining the situation to us or to the suppliers or possibly both. Before complaining about getting ripped off you need to be clear about what you are saying....
Also look carefully at your wheels. It may not just be the offset but the profile and/or diameter of the wheels that do not have room for your bigger brakes.
Agree as they didn't force me to buy it but their wording doesn't say it will fit skyline considering this is for skyline
Having said above , it could be due to the reason GTSboy explained which I have understood partly and flagged it for further research
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I did buy the cables
They only had 60mm in stock and as i have the car in pieces i did buy it
I guess i need an isolator switch and a fuse rated at 300 amp or something
Here is how I am planning to cable it please let me know if you spot any issues
Existing positive joined at front to the new cable using joint box(300 amp)
This cable will then run all the way back to rear through firewall
It will then have a isolator and then a fuse before connecting to the battery positive lead
Negative lead then goes from
Negative direct to chasiss so I don't need to run it back to front
Interesting question is, when you look at the cable that is bulky and plugged into terminal, where is it coming from?
Is it from alternator and starter? If yes then how is it fed to rest of machine for things such as lights -
What you said does sort of make sense but wasn't something i was aware of
I don't understand how the round head pushing against the caliper forms a seal.
If anything fluid will need to pour of the seat to go to either side pistons and they will restricted
I will check the calipers tomorrow so i fully understand your point
We learn something new everyday
Re spacers yes I think I am going to get the ones with bolt on them like this
Problem is , it was catching fender with 3mm. It will be way worse with 10mm unless i roll it diy
http://4x4point.com.au/cart/images/categories/wheel_spacers.jpg -
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This may sound silly but how does the fuse detect fire?
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Can you elaborate?
Seat at bottom to do what?
Banjo has two holes which the fluid passes through and goes to the bottom of the bolt and then caliper
Length of banjo bolt is same as my current end fitting so not sure if i understood you
This is a link from their website which doesn't say anything about seat etc
http://alphaomegaracing.com/p/113/c/73/Z33/Goodridge/Evo-350mm-Brembo-Front-Brake-Lines-Braided.html
It does mention standard evo lines will be stretched yet mine is not evo and skyline lines
I did full side to side lock with no issues -
So brake line looks good to you?
Problem is I am in the uk and supplier in au so postage cost is considerable and not worth returning.
Another issue is the alloy was not clearing the hub so I had to use my old alloys with lower offset
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That is pic of full turn on both sides with existing pipe no issues so why was i ripped off
i shall email them !
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Also just noticed existing skyline braided lines fit so why do alpha omega say it does not ??
i am going to use existing skyline braided line
i am not happy to have paid$200 for bloody two braided lines that i won't need
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Removed the dust cover by cutting it
now I have a slight problem
i had 3 mm spacers for my old calipers and with new calipers installed it needs more clearence as it is catching
i can't source one now so will have to use washers in addition to my 3 mm spacer to lower the car
tomorrow I am going to buy a 5mm spacer and add it to my 3 mm thus 8 mm in total.
do i need to change the hub bolts to extend it out?
or can i fit a 10mm straigh away?
also i usually see the brake like having a bolt that goes into caliper however the kit supplied by alpha omega has an eye shape holder with bolt going into it
please could you check the pics below and let me know if I am making any mistakes?
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350 z disc
All,
i am about to install the 350mm discs on my r34
the disc is quite bigger than the back metal cover / gaurd from the old 310 disc
i have straightened the edges and there is around 10-15mm clearence
is that ok or should i remove it?
removing is pain as it will need the hub to come out so I was thinking of using angle grinder
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quick question, is decat straight through pipe too far out ? i think it is about 1.3 meters away
skyline r344 gtt 500hp
in Forced Induction Performance
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It is michellen pilot i think so unless get race tyres they ok