Kia Rio Brake swap?

[Cheapo]

Ok. My cars brakes and rims are DONE. Been looking for an Aspire to use for parts, but rarely see any aspires pop up on craigslist. I remember someone saying kia rio brake parts will fit on a aspire, so anyone think it work on a festiva? I can find kia rios all day long at the junkyard. Hoping the rims will fit as well.

[nitrofarm]

Ok. My cars brakes and rims are DONE. Been looking for an Aspire to use for parts, but rarely see any aspires pop up on craigslist. I remember someone saying kia rio brake parts will fit on a aspire, so anyone think it work on a festiva? I can find kia rios all day long at the junkyard. Hoping the rims will fit as well.

I'm in Jefferson WI and have a Aspire Rear trailing arm (Aspire) for sale. $100.00 with spindles PM if interested

[Gomez]

01-02 Rio will work. 03-05 will as well. I have both of these on my cars. Use Festiva lower control arms and axles. make sure you get the entire knuckle and brake assembly. bolt pattern is 4x100

[Cheapo]

01-02 Rio will work. 03-05 will as well. I have both of these on my cars. Use Festiva lower control arms and axles. make sure you get the entire knuckle and brake assembly. bolt pattern is 4x100

Does it matter if i if the rio is automatic or manual? My festiva is a 5 speed

[Cheapo]

01-02 Rio will work. 03-05 will as well. I have both of these on my cars. Use Festiva lower control arms and axles. make sure you get the entire knuckle and brake assembly. bolt pattern is 4x100

Did you use the rims from the rio? Wondering if they will have the right width and offset

[Team Lightning]

Rockauto.com has nothing listed to indicate that there is a difference in the auto vs manual rotors on the 2001 Rio.

Rio wheels will work I believe.

[Bert]

Did you use the rims from the rio? Wondering if they will have the right width and offset

Rio alloy wheels were perfect fit, in every way, on my Aspire swap and was a cheap and instant way of going over to 155/65-14s. Rio wheels require ball-seat instead of Festy cone-seat bolts though, but that's no big deal.

Only problem with seeking Rio brakes is you will still need to find an Aspire trailing arm/brake set up just for the back! Most dead and dying Aspires, on the other hand, can supply you with the whole works.

[Bert]

Smallest wheels on early Rios were 13s and 14s were optional (or maybe they were standard on ATXs). Ideally you want front brakes off an ATX (thicker rotors/wider-spaced calipers) but this is a moot point. Anything you do with regard to Aspire/Rio is a huge improvement over OEM Festy brakes plus you'll escape from that primitive captive and solid rotor racket that requires pulling the entire hub in order to replace one.

[Safety Guy]

Auto Aspire and all early Rio ('01 to mid '02) front rotors are the same. Later Rios came with larger rotors and different calipers.

Only Aspire had different rotors between manual and auto transaxles, with the manual rotors being thinner and taking a different caliper bracket.

Karl