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Vitara rear disc brake conversion

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Vitara rear disc brake conversion

Post by BenT »

A mate of mine wanted rear disc brakes for his Vitara, so I have developed a kit.

It is a completely bolt-on conversion.

It uses standard Suzuki front brake rotors, and common brake calipers from a Mitsubishi Galant, which include a handbrake in the caliper and are sized correctly to work without an additional proportioning valve.

The kit connects the stock Suzuki handbrake cable to the caliper with no modifications to the cable required.

The kit contains:

Caliper mounting brackets
Disc mounting adaptors
Replacement caliper handbrake quadrants
Handbrake cable brackets
Brake hose brackets & clips
Handbrake cable mounting hardware
Longer wheel studs
All required mounting bolts
Brake hard lines pre-flared with nuts.
3-way T piece
Instructions

The only parts required are:

Mitsubishi calipers and brake hoses
Suzuki brake discs
Brake fluid.
Silicone sealer / gasket maker

Can be installed with simple hand tools in a few hours.

Price is $350AU + shipping

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Post by droopypete »

I was interested, but the kit looks very amateurish and back yard to me, I like a bit more time spent on the presentation (just look at how the splits in the spring washers aren't aligned :roll: ) and don't even start me on the drunken flat washers :x
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Post by zukmeista »

droopypete wrote:I was interested, but the kit looks very amateurish and back yard to me, I like a bit more time spent on the presentation (just look at how the splits in the spring washers aren't aligned :roll: ) and don't even start me on the drunken flat washers :x
rEtaRd :roll: :P
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Post by BenT »

droopypete wrote:I was interested, but the kit looks very amateurish and back yard to me, I like a bit more time spent on the presentation (just look at how the splits in the spring washers aren't aligned :roll: ) and don't even start me on the drunken flat washers :x
Lol... Dammit, I knew I missed something. Oh well. Back to the drawing board.
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Post by Remydog05 »

When you say Standard Suzuki Rotors do you mean Sierra or Vit?
Will this only go on the Rear Vit or would it go on to the sierra with perhaps a different bracket?
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Post by BenT »

Remydog05 wrote:When you say Standard Suzuki Rotors do you mean Sierra or Vit?
Will this only go on the Rear Vit or would it go on to the sierra with perhaps a different bracket?
Either Vit or Sierra will fit, but Sierra line up slightly better, as the vit ones have 1mm more offset, so the disk may not end up quite in the centre of the caliper.

This kit is specific to a Vit as the caliper bracket has a different bolt pattern, and the disc adaptor is different too.

Do not fear though, my Sierra kit is nearly ready too :)

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Post by VR Rodeo »

BenT wrote:
Do not fear though, my Sierra kit is nearly ready too :)

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Post by droopypete »

A serious question this time (no realy :) ) in the pic you have 2 coiled brake lines but I can only see 2 flare nuts, are the other 2 nuts out of shot somewhere or am I missing something?
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Post by BenT »

droopypete wrote:A serious question this time (no realy :) ) in the pic you have 2 coiled brake lines but I can only see 2 flare nuts, are the other 2 nuts out of shot somewhere or am I missing something?
Peter.
The other two nuts are hiding at the bottom of the pic. You can _just_ see them in the shadow. ;)

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Post by Remydog05 »

Do not fear though, my Sierra kit is nearly ready too


Awesome

Will look out for it
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