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Shock, Springs and rotor replacement project finally done

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:12 pm
by zaidja83
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Back right pic before the replacement project was started

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Front right pic before the replacement project was started

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Lowered King Springs ready to be installed

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Front and Rear RDA slotted roters ready to be installed

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Work in progress suspension pic 1

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Work in progress suspension pic 2

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Front right ready to be installed

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Overall shot of car - Work in Progress

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Front right after replacement

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Front Left after replacement

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Left Rear after replacement

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Right rear after replacement

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Over all shot pic 1 after project completion

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Over all shot pic 2 after project completion

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Finally installed rear strut brace as well

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Finally installed front strut brace as well


Ride and Handling is much better now :beer

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:37 pm
by Junkers
Nice work, how do the brakes feel with brand new rotors?

Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:57 pm
by zaidja83
Junkers wrote:Nice work, how do the brakes feel with brand new rotors?
thanks mate

Pulls up nice and quick without much effort as before.

Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:08 am
by decoy
Nice work, looks very similar :)

Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:24 am
by WidebodyWoody
Details?

I might want to do that, well mine will have to be the 5 studded ones, but still, NICE WORK

Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:20 pm
by typer
Do you have part list (manufacter and part number).

Also prices and where you bought these parts.

Nice looking !! very nice.

greets, Birkir R!

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:15 pm
by jeff
where'd you get those king springs?? and the same question for the front and rear brace?

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:36 pm
by redzone
king springs are located on the gold coast here in queensland, basically just down the road from where the indy is held! and a forum member on here (grumbly) does the strut braces..

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:48 am
by airbats801
looks good. Any idea what kg those springs are?

Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 5:30 pm
by rallidave
hey zaidja, nice work mate, did you clean off the protectant coating off the rotor with brakeclean??? if not you will get brake fade and slip, not 100% performance you should expect from new rotors,but they shouldve said that in the rotor box,
RDA make pretty good rotors

front RDA 400 $85 plus postage inc gst
rear RDA 401 $90
slotted and dimpled extra, we are a RDA distributor at work
if you want a price on slooted/ slotted and dimpled pm me and i will let you know

prices for clutch master/slave and brake master cylinders and caliper kits are coming !!!!

Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:54 pm
by decoy
rallidave wrote:front RDA 400 $85 plus postage inc gst
rear RDA 401 $90
slotted and dimpled extra, we are a RDA distributor at work
if you want a price on slooted/ slotted and dimpled pm me and i will let you know

prices for clutch master/slave and brake master cylinders and caliper kits are coming !!!!
i've got a feeling i might be needing your assistance soon!

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:33 pm
by zaidja83
redzone wrote:king springs are located on the gold coast here in queensland, basically just down the road from where the indy is held! and a forum member on here (grumbly) does the strut braces..
Thanks for the reply mate. I haven't been on here for a while. Pre-occupied with other stuff.

Well..... Dave has answered most of the questions so far. Thanks mate.

I bought the RDA Slotted rotors from Slacks Creek Brake and Clutch for anyone who lives on the South side of Brisbane. They had the rears but I had to wait 2 weeks to get the front rotors to come in from the UK. They apparently didn't have any in Australia at the time.

Front inserts are Monroe GAS Inserts from a Mitsubishi Scorpiion...The locking ring that comes with the replcement insert for the Scorpion is too small....You need the locking ring from a VN commodore to lock it in to place.... I bought these bits from repco...hope that helps anyone out there :beer

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:35 pm
by zaidja83
rallidave wrote:hey zaidja, nice work mate, did you clean off the protectant coating off the rotor with brakeclean??? if not you will get brake fade and slip, not 100% performance you should expect from new rotors,but they shouldve said that in the rotor box,
RDA make pretty good rotors

front RDA 400 $85 plus postage inc gst
rear RDA 401 $90
slotted and dimpled extra, we are a RDA distributor at work
if you want a price on slooted/ slotted and dimpled pm me and i will let you know

prices for clutch master/slave and brake master cylinders and caliper kits are coming !!!!
Thanks Rallidave...I followed as per the instructions that came in the box.
Big difference in the way the car pulls up to stop. :beer

Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:14 am
by WidebodyWoody
Can you get the RDA rotors with the 5 stud offsets? For my Widey?

Also these are bascially a bolt on thing aren't they.

Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:03 pm
by rallidave
woody, im checking now about the widebodies, will let you know,
we can get undrilled rotors for custom applications,
yes they are a slip on rotor
cheers :beer