XR2 Brake Swap Pictures

[firebush357]

I decided to swap to the Capri XR2 Front Brakes on my White Car because I wanted to keep the 4x114.3 Bolt Pattern so here are some pics of the Hubs and stuff.



Festiva vs XR2 Calipers


Festiva vs XR2 Rotors


Festiva vs XR2 Pads


Assembled Units

[UglyEd]

Ok i have 2 questions ive been thinking about doing this but first do u know if u can stll run a 13 inch metro rim with this swap will it have enough clearance ? And second does this swap get rid of the captured bearing issue?
Thanks

[firebush357]

Ok i have 2 questions ive been thinking about doing this but first do u know if u can stll run a 13 inch metro rim with this swap will it have enough clearance ? And second does this swap get rid of the captured bearing issue?
Thanks

99% of the time you have to run at least a 14" wheel with these brakes and the Rotor is captured just like the Festiva but I wouldn't call it an issue. They are easy to change with pretty cheap tools and it only takes about an hour to completely rebuild one once you have done it a few times.

From what I was told some of the 323 brakes can be used with 13" wheels but I am not sure if they are captured or not and they aren't as easy to find anymore.

[chrisofna]

I use to run XR2 brakes. You need an upgraded Master cylinder. Also weird thing is you have to run Aspire LCAs and pre-compress the suspension to get the knuckle bolts in. It never affected anything but an odd step regardless.

[firebush357]

Yeah the Aspire LCAs are slightly longer which sucks because the Aspire LCAs are a lot more expensive than the Festiva ones. 2 Festiva LCAs will run you about $75 shipped where Aspire is about $170 shipped...

I have a Capri booster and an Aspire booster but I am not sure which one I will run yet.

[UglyEd]

Thanks for the info...think i will stay with what i have for now

Uglyed

[burningclutch]

i would like to do this swap but how do i buy the parts online cant find them

[firebush357]

The wheel hub itself has to be pulled off of a donor car. I found these at the junkyard. You should be able to buy everything else new from Rockauto.com

Someone mentioned swapping some Mitsubishi Galant stuff onto the Capri wheel hub to get rid of the captive rotors but I don't know the details on that swap.