AP brake calipers..

1. ericvtr L-plater Joined: Jul 2009 Aylesbury Posts: 50 97 Saxo VTR

   #1 12th January 2010, 18:34

   hi,
   
   just a quick one, which calipers on the ap racing website are the ones that fit a saxo? obviously disc size is dependant on wheel size but is there a caliper spacing that needs to match?
   
   btw its the 4pots im looking at.
   
   http://www.apracing.com/info/index.a...+Calipers_2569
2. yr51ocw Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 751

   #2 12th January 2010, 18:41

   this one is what ap use in their saxo kit. But you will need a bracket making up for them.
   
   http://www.apracing.com/info/product...F%3E_2758_2569

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3. ericvtr L-plater Joined: Jul 2009 Aylesbury Posts: 50 97 Saxo VTR

   #3 12th January 2010, 18:49

   bracket from where to where exactly? a pic would be sweet as but no worries mate, thank for that
4. ericvtr L-plater Joined: Jul 2009 Aylesbury Posts: 50 97 Saxo VTR

   #4 12th January 2010, 18:54

   which part number which? lmao, rht and rhl dont make no sense to me new to all this haha
5. yr51ocw Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 751

   #5 12th January 2010, 18:59

   they are radial mount calipers, so you need a bracket making from the caliper to the strut. like this one:
   
   
   
   There are very few caliper that are a direct fit onto the struts. The ap racing kit for the saxo cost in excess of £1000.
   
   If there were a direct fit to the strut everyone would have them, things are not that easy.

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6. yr51ocw Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 751

   #6 12th January 2010, 19:02

   also
   
   RHT -right hand trailing
   LHT - left hand trailing
   RHL - right hand leading
   LHL- left hand leading.
   
   trailing means behind axle, leading is infront of axle.
7. ericvtr L-plater Joined: Jul 2009 Aylesbury Posts: 50 97 Saxo VTR

   #7 12th January 2010, 19:03

   mate your fantastic. if all goes well cost aint an issue. any idea about the part numbers though? imcompletely stumped! guessinf i need the 25.4 calipers? or doesnt it make much difference apart from disc width?
   
   beat me to the question haha, thanks alot mate.
8. Aron Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Feb 2007 Nuneaton Posts: 3554 EP3 Civic

   #8 12th January 2010, 21:07

   why not just buy the saxo kit?
9. ericvtr L-plater Joined: Jul 2009 Aylesbury Posts: 50 97 Saxo VTR

   #9 12th January 2010, 21:30

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Aron why not just buy the saxo kit?

   because my tutor used to work for ap racing and as a joke I asked him to get me some free kit, then he asked for the part number and he'd see what he could do, personally i cant see it happening but its worth a shot..
10. yr51ocw Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 751

    #10 12th January 2010, 22:28

    the width depends on what disk or rotor your going to use. But they are usually changeable at a later date if you update to a wider rotor.
    
    What uni are you at? You could probably get the mahcine shop at your uni to make you a set of brackets up if your friendly enough with the technicians.
11. ericvtr L-plater Joined: Jul 2009 Aylesbury Posts: 50 97 Saxo VTR

    #11 12th January 2010, 22:50

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by yr51ocw the width depends on what disk or rotor your going to use. But they are usually changeable at a later date if you update to a wider rotor. What uni are you at? You could probably get the mahcine shop at your uni to make you a set of brackets up if your friendly enough with the technicians.

    not a uni, warickshire college, making the brackets the easy bit got access to a mill back at home.
12. Sparco_Tom Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2007 Aylesbury, Bucks Posts: 12836 Yeaaahh Fiesta

    #12 14th January 2010, 00:17

    AP kit would be awesome, best thing you could do though Eric is sell it straight back on.