Brakes or Swap?

[bravekozak]

Advantage, here is my Aspire beam on my Festiva.
I changed the hoses to stainless.
The car rides higher and stops faster now.
I like that.

[falkenfighter]

I was able to get the stuff for the front yesterday. Havent gotten the rear yet. Only gave $40 for the front.

[turbokid]

I was able to get the stuff for the front yesterday. Havent gotten the rear yet. Only gave $40 for the front.

thats a pretty good deal, the junkyards around here would be about double that.

[nitrofarm]

Also if its an ATX Aspire grab the Booster !

[Team Lightning]

Grab the master cylinder too. I'm using the Aspire MC on my DD and it's much better than the one the factory put on.

[advantage]

cool, thanks guys. looks like i'm gonna go rio in the front and aspire in the rear. defn need the extra ride height, as i use this thing as a truck.

[falkenfighter]

Well it does need a master and thats not a part i would get used so i think im gonna order an escort one on my next rockauto order

[sketchman]

I have a new reman Aspire one FS.

[advantage]

falken, could you check if they have any of the 01 half of 02 rio struts. i really don't want rusty wisconsin ones. lol
maybe they would give ya a bulk deal.

[falkenfighter]

When i go again ill look. Stuff here isnt much better

[nitrofarm]

falken, could you check if they have any of the 01 half of 02 rio struts. i really don't want rusty wisconsin ones. lol
maybe they would give ya a bulk deal.

I bought the Rio Struts new (Monroe) Hate em.No dampinging at all. I'm going to put them on my wifes car when I replace them. So what I'm eluding to is that used ones might even be worse.

[falkenfighter]

No dampening as in they are soft and floaty or that they are hard?

[nitrofarm]

Soft like marshmallow- can push on the front bumper and it feels like the only resistance is the springs.Front body roll is obvious at high speeds,and hard braking puts it into a nose dive. Then because there is no damping the springs want to throw the nose back up as soon as you lift off the brake & give it throttle.Its yuky, cant wait to put them on my wife's car. Just haven't pulled the trigger on the front coil overs yet. Thought about the RIO KYB's with coil overs but am afraid of spending the dough only to find they arent much different. Basically it instills very little driving confidence in my car. Running the RIO upper mount does lower the front @ 1" though.

[freshtiva]

Interesting, any clue if hes local? Shipping would be crazy

I have an aspire rear torsion beam I'd sell, might have the steering knuckles too.

[falkenfighter]

Just got the rear beam for $55! Up to $175 for the whole aspire swap