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Beer Baron Grand Master

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angle grinder? you must be a pussy!! :D lol on the GTR was about 5 mins with some snips. maybe it's a different story with the GTR as they have alloy hubs, not sure if the GTSTs do too.

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angle grinder? you must be a pussy!! :) lol on the GTR was about 5 mins with some snips. maybe it's a different story with the GTR as they have alloy hubs, not sure if the GTSTs do too.

What Richard said !!!

Pop the caliper off, then the disc and 5 minutes with a good pair of tin snips will have the job done.

If you're going to use an angle grinder in that area BE CAREFULL !! :)

Easy as !! :PBJ:

JCMarshall_Law Proficient

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I've done it on my 33 GTST.

They are heat shrunk on, no welding or mechanical fastners.

Here is how to do it:

1) Jack car up, remove wheel.

2) Remove brake calliper

3) Remove brake disk.

4) Use a pair of pliers to pull the stone guard towards you (grab the top corner and do lots of bending) This way you can get a hacksaw blade to the ring that is heat shrunk onto the upright. (the whole thing is in one piece).

5) Cut through the stone guard and the ring. The uprights are a lot harder metal (on the GTST ONLY!!!) so you can't damage them much but be careful.

5) You will know when you have cut through the ring because it is under a fair bit of tension and you'll prolly hear a little "tink" sound as it brakes and you'll see a little gap.

6) now it is just a case of bending and bashing the stone guard untill you can get it over the hub.

7) Reinstall the disk, calliper, wheel and lower the car.

Done.

Not hard at all, will take a couple of hours if you've never done it before.

I'm pretty sure it helps the brake fade a bit but I have not pushed my car to that situation since I did it.

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