Brakes or Swap?

[freshtiva]

Here is what mine cost last time.

Aspire front brake swap

Original aspire knuckles (2) $50.00
Quality wheel bearing and race set (4) $54.80
Wheel seals (4) $35.92
Wagner auto brake rotors (2) $93.98
New Aspire brake hose (2) $48.98
Brake hareware kit $10.00
Caliper paint $6.98
Brake pad set $20.99
Hours of Labor $0000
TOTAL $ 322.65

[falkenfighter]

Those look nice. Still gotta get a master cyl. Probably gonna use the escort one since its cheap and bigger. Total cost of everything will be less then $250

[bravekozak]

fresh, you are missing the front dust shields in your picture. They are cheap from Four Green. Uh oh! Times almost up!

[freshtiva]

fresh, you are missing the front dust shields in your picture. They are cheap from Four Green. Uh oh! Times almost up!

Yeah, at least in the picture. The red ones you pictured would be perfect !

[falkenfighter]

Well i got the front done but the rear is being such a headache. I cant seem to get it lined up to go into the mounts. Im gonna try loosening the mounts tomorrow then tighten em up once the beam is in.

Also how do you get the bolt in on the drivers side? The gas tank is in the way. Dent the tank or pull the mount, put the bolt in then bolt the mount back in?

[fastivaca]

I discovered the same thing when I did mine. I went back to the wreckers and pulled the brackets off the Aspire from which I'd pulled the beam. Makes the job a lot simpler... no interference with the gas tank.

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[falkenfighter]

Are the brackets different? I had them off the beam and tried to do it that way and no luck but the "bumpstop" tabs were in the way so i trimmed them to the festiva size ones. Might put the brackets back on the beam tomorrow and try again that way now that those tabs are smaller

[fastivaca]

I used the Aspire brackets and left them attached to the beam. If I remember correctly I had to jack the beam up so the trailing arms were essentially level.

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[falkenfighter]

Yeah, i found out today that its very difficult to do by yourself even with 2 jacks

[falkenfighter]

Well i have it all installed. Now on to tires!

Time to use the search function 😉

[nitrofarm]

Well i have it all installed. Now on to tires!

Time to use the search function ��

FYI Heavy tires & Rims kill the handling & exceleartion on these toy cars. DO LOTS OF SEARCHING before you buy. A good light weight 13" is way way better than a heavy wide 14 or 15. If you are only gonna put around town,it doesnt matter much.But if you want to keep up with a PRIUS.Choose carefully-

[sketchman]

^X2

I have 14s on my black car. It's just not worth it. Tires cost more and unless you can find super light wheels, you end up with a heavier overall package. I like the look of them, but on a DD, I prefer 13s.

[falkenfighter]

Well im probably gonna run miata daisies since i already have them. I may try swapping for a set of of hollow 7 spokes which are probably lighter then any 13 you can find

[bhazard]

VX 13's are way lighter

[falkenfighter]

Not worth spending money on wheels when i have wheels already