280 brakes

[Chris H]

righty, do I stick my big brakes on the megane coupe or on the chammy?

i'm umming and ahhing about it at the moment.

Chammy issues, way I see them.

259's are original, they are up to the job, I fitted brand new gear and never been driven on yet (lol), need to do a bit of suspension work

but 280's are bigger, bigger is better, they will fill the wheel right out and should improve the braking, although not by miles or anything.

coupe, its a 1.6 coupe so no real need for them, if I fit it to the chammy I can put the 259's on the coupe (up from 238's), will look better behind the coupes bigger wheels.

So not too sure still on what to do, got myself a bargain though, you lot won't believe what i got, hubs, struts, calipers and discs for.

[donsrno1]

From what you have said I would say to put them on the chammy and put the chammy ones on the coupe as that way both get an upgrade but you still have the better brakes on the one that needs it most.

So, how much did they cost you then?

[Chris H]

Well steve got stuff as well included in the price.

The list is something like this.

megane ph2 rear offside door
megane bodycoloured door handles
gear lever assembly
exhaust rubbers
various nuts, bolts and screws
earth strapping
boot carpet
and various other things I can;t recall

and my complete front legs (struts, discs, hubs, calipers, abs sensors etc)

Twenty pounds, yep £20

thats a bargian.

[steve101]

Originally Posted by Chris H

Well steve got stuff as well included in the price.

The list is something like this.

megane ph2 rear offside door
megane bodycoloured door handles
gear lever assembly
exhaust rubbers
various nuts, bolts and screws
earth strapping
boot carpet
and various other things I can;t recall

and my complete front legs (struts, discs, hubs, calipers, abs sensors etc)

Twenty pounds, yep £20

thats a bargian.

You can't possibly imagine how many screws I have from that thing!!!

[Chris H]

my pocket was full of them as well.

pedal rubbers as well

what else did we get?

[donsrno1]

Jesus, not too bad then. Did this deal involve threats of rape and/or violence by any chance?

[steve101]

There's an arch liner in there, did we take the jack from that one? Floor mats, bulkhead linings, coolant bottle, fuses, relays...

[Chris H]

nope nothing of the sort, bargaintastic though

[Chris H]

yeah the jacs for me, unless you want it and give me the old one I gave you back

[steve101]

Either way mate, I'm happy - no standard jack is lifting the front of my car though - the slot is all bent etc lol

[Chris H]

I just want it for the completness factor

[Peter T]

Well all I can say is the meg's 280 setup, take's more hammer than the 259mm setup. well the one's that are setup right. unlike chunk's a few month ago, that was lowered to feck and put all it's effort on the rear disc's.

The meg setup, as bigger disc's/pads and caliper. so yep I would.

[Neal]

how are you going to fit the meg calipers to the chamade?

[Niles]

280mm barkes? What car are they from? I assume you need a new 280 disc, & caliper crrier? do you need a bigger caliper too?
On my volvo 850 I cud upgrade from standard 280mm discs to 302mm just by changing the carrier & disc. Can use the original caliper, is this set up the same?

[Peter T]

No, the megane as bigger caliper - etc. however all the bit's can bit swaped from the megane to the 19. Chris will have a shed full of bit, so hence gona cost him sod all.