Subject	The adaptors look a little thin to me...
Posted by	CaliguyPurdue (redesigning) on June 03, 2008 at 11:05 AM
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In Reply To	To Buy A Brake Adapter Kit Or To Not Buy A Brake Adapter Kit posted by mobetta002 on June 03, 2008 at 12:45 AM
Message	and those bolts nearly touch the rotor. They are probably ok but both make me a tad uneasy. Daily driving a TT is like ordering your favorite pizza for breakfast lunch and dinner. It's not healthy and eventually you will lose the magic of the meal. Sometimes you just have to have some meatloaf. My new meatloaf.... 1994 Black Honda Civic DX :D what? It looks a little stumpy, but fits great in the hand! (n/m) - ZEngineer 12/12/06
Follow Ups	To Buy A Brake Adapter Kit Or To Not Buy A Brake Adapter Kit - mobetta002 00:45:54 06/03/08 Q: could you have just cut a little bit of the shield? - gt300zxtt 01:02:43 06/03/08 plus it is sized to the rotor so the new one wouldn't fit (n/m) - LJZTT 01:25:21 06/03/08 I have that kit, its nice. I noticed a small improvement in - whatsthegoodword 02:06:01 06/03/08 That looks like a nice kit. FYI, there's a much easier way - Eric(NJ) 06:41:44 06/03/08 Don't even "need" to remove it... - Barry (NJ) 09:22:17 06/03/08 I think it's because the offsets are different. You have to - whatsthegoodword 13:26:33 06/03/08 Fair enough, my 350z kit was installed like so... - Barry (NJ) 13:45:02 06/03/08 I suggest removing the shield anyway to provide better - sfarrah 14:53:12 06/03/08 The shields appear to be designed - Barry (NJ) 14:59:05 06/03/08 They are not. (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 01:32:31 06/04/08 It was necessary to remove it for my ArizonaZcar kit. (n/m) - Eric(NJ) 18:09:15 06/03/08 I just did a brake adapter kit upgrade is it is awesome. - jcieslik 07:29:52 06/03/08 The more I look, the more I like this kit. (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 08:53:04 06/03/08 Nice, but I would have put the bolts, for the bracket - Barry (NJ) 09:03:45 06/03/08 2nd, head side facing rotor always (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 11:53:53 06/03/08 Looks like a nice kit. In the last pic..... - RED3ZTT 10:12:26 06/03/08 nope looks right to me - gt300zxtt 10:22:19 06/03/08 You're right. I always thought the vanes went - RED3ZTT 10:31:56 06/03/08 The adaptors look a little thin to me... - CaliguyPurdue (redesigning) 11:05:24 06/03/08 I was wondering why the extra material was even removed - Barry (NJ) 11:49:06 06/03/08 Radiused corners are always better for reducing - BigTDogg (MA) 11:57:47 06/03/08 2nd fillets - gt300zxtt 12:57:21 06/03/08 tool changes aren't the end of the world... - CaliguyPurdue (redesigning) 13:46:51 06/03/08 Not the end of the world, but if it increases cost - BigTDogg (MA) 14:28:14 06/03/08 Dont they use water jets to cut those things now? - Barry (NJ) 16:27:03 06/03/08 You have :-) (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 16:34:22 06/03/08 Thanks everyone for their input I will go back and put the - mobetta002 11:40:23 06/03/08 you're not gonna auto-cross with HPS are you? (n/m) - Guapo 11:41:44 06/03/08 Use Loctite on those bolts - sparkie 11:42:41 06/03/08 *Blue loctite. That would suck to have calipers red loctited - na300zx (OH) 13:38:27 06/03/08 Red would be fine. The stuff isn't JB Weld. (n/m) - Guapo 13:45:10 06/03/08 Fine if you have a torch or like to break bolts off - na300zx (OH) 13:50:08 06/03/08 Used red on my Stoptechs. No issues. (n/m) - Guapo 13:51:57 06/03/08 We might be talking about two different things. - na300zx (OH) 13:57:10 06/03/08 Not to be argumentative, but how often do you remove your - Guapo 14:02:31 06/03/08 Whenever I need/ want new (or to machine) rotors. - na300zx (OH) 14:12:39 06/03/08 IMO, blue or split lock washers are fine for that task (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 14:23:39 06/03/08 2nd. But so is red :) (n/m) - Guapo 14:25:34 06/03/08 I prefer loctite purple: 1/2 blue, 1/2 red (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 14:32:25 06/03/08 how trendy (n/m) - Guapo 14:40:38 06/03/08 Is this the kit that claims you can use stock wheels? (n/m) - MrPulldown 12:07:41 06/03/08 Yes - SeanK (StL) 13:19:30 06/03/08 Another benefit to this kit... - thejoneZ (Sacto, CA) 00:31:28 06/04/08
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