2003-2005 rio has larger brakes...

[russian]

Thats what I'm saying....they wont.

Hopefully these pictures would help.

Here we have aspire spindle with some irrelevant modifications and long after market studs, 2001 rio with a rotor still attached and no studs, and 2004 rio with stock studs. Both rio spindles still have tie rod ends they were mated to on the original vehicles in the yard. We can also see my old festiva tie rods bolted into tie rod ends - and, again, these tie rod ends are the ones from 2001 and 2004 as they were on the car, not ends I have bolted to them.

Here is the whole family


More detailed pics - same order, aspire-2001-2004:
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It is still unclear if we will go with 2004 rio or aspire monsters - so, unfortunately there is a chance we would not be using these 2004. I might sell them as a set with their calipers which I obviously have forgotten to take pictures of, sorry.

Bottom line - to me it seems like they should fit our Festivas. And by the way these are XR2 axles sticking out of rio spindles on the first pictures so hub splines are also not a problem.

[russian]

the 2004 set is for sale - http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=44448

[PhoenixSHO]

So to make this clear, correct me if im wrong:

All I would need for a festy (8.6in) to 03+rio (10in) brake upgrade , would be :

Knuckles
Rotors
Calipers (gotta check if the lines bolts in)
Pads.

Does it mess with the cars wheel offset?

[russian]

So to make this clear, correct me if im wrong:

All I would need for a festy (8.6in) to 03+rio (10in) brake upgrade , would be :

Knuckles
Rotors
Calipers (gotta check if the lines bolts in)
Pads.

Does it mess with the cars wheel offset?

Wheel bolt pattern changes (same as with aspire swap) - you will need 4x100 wheels.

Not sure if you ask about track width or wheel offset, but I do not know the answer anyway But, again, 2003+ swap is probably same as aspire in these aspects.

[PhoenixSHO]

Awesome ,do you know if the brake booster/master cyl , bolts in as well?

Rio booster into festy.

[russian]

Awesome ,do you know if the brake booster/master cyl , bolts in as well?

Rio booster into festy.

No idea

[zoom zoom]

Good stuff man, in all seriousness though, we are making this WAY harder than it actually is. If the people posting would physically go and try to swap, they would see exactly what needs to be done in short order, and its not hard at all. It's tricky to read through this and every other thread on the subject just because someone posts 02 004 5920 $*363 rotor with a 4626 spindle hub caliper blah blah. Pick up the parts, hold them in your hands, then ask questions, if you even need to. (Comment not aimed at anyone in particular)

Rep points given for the welded on caliper bracket, very unique!