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'09 1.8L Wilwood 4 piston brake upgrade
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:42 am
by dragon64
A friend gave me a used Wilwood brake kit for a Cavailier that was used on a show car years ago. Amazing how close of a fit it is on my '09 Vibe. The hats had to be faced "0.040 on the bolt face. Fortunately I have some scrap 7075 Aluminum kicking around the shop. because I had to mill new caliper mounting bracket for the Vibes front spindles . Went with Hawk HPS pads for a little extra bite. Matt gunmetal painted calipers and the 12.2" rotors fit under my 16" wheels for a pretty stealth look.
Re: '09 1.8L Wilwood 4 piston brake upgrade
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 7:18 am
by vibenvy
Pictures?
I'd also be interested in hearing some more information and seeing some pictures of the "Lexus hood lifts" listed in your signature...
Re: '09 1.8L Wilwood 4 piston brake upgrade
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 5:05 pm
by dragon64
The used LS400 hood lift failed on my so designed my own kit using one off the shelf Stabilus gas spring and brackets instead of the 2 from the Lexus.
Re: '09 1.8L Wilwood 4 piston brake upgrade
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 10:13 am
by tpollauf
vibenvy wrote:Pictures?
I'd also be interested in hearing some more information and seeing some pictures of the "Lexus hood lifts" listed in your signature...
X2. Pictures ...... or id didn't happen
Re: '09 1.8L Wilwood 4 piston brake upgrade
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 7:23 am
by dragon64
One caliper sprung a leak. Just found out that calipers have larger 1.75" bore pistons not 1.5" pistons the original kit should have had. Now have to more parts and return others. Was kind of wondering why I seem to have so much additional braking force over OE brakes.