clio 172/182 front brake calipers - Retro-Renault

**james** · 10th February 2007, 05:10 PM

correct me if i'm wrong. do these cars run 285mm front brakes.

if so do these calipers fit the 19 16v front hubs. and would you need to run spacer brackets

thanks

**Neal** · 10th February 2007, 05:20 PM

they are 280mm, same as the later megane coupes i think

and no, they wont fit straight on the 19 16V's hubs, although I believe someone is designing spacer brackets to fit them to clio 16V/williams (same fitting as the 19)

**james** · 10th February 2007, 05:24 PM

fairy snuff thats cool. just thinking about it.
still not managed to find any one to make the spacer brackets up for the 21turbo calipers yet for a reasonable amount, got all the other bits ready to go

bbracer16valver · 10th February 2007, 05:26 PM

well i still havent got my spacer brackets

i hope the RSC lot get um

and a tenna cheaper

**Neal** · 10th February 2007, 05:27 PM

what brackets are you on about BB? the 21T ones?

**james** · 10th February 2007, 05:28 PM

think he is

bbracer16valver · 10th February 2007, 09:25 PM

yes

chris-1916v · 9th March 2007, 02:20 PM

just wanted to let you guys know that this works perfectly,
here's some pic's of my brake-upgrade to clio RS brakes:

before:

after:

braking power has increased dramaticly, and offcourse the looks are great to

for this upgrade i used:
clio RS 54mm cylinder brake callipers
alfa 155 4x4 Turbo brake pads
megane rs 280mm drilled discs
and a pair of adjusted hubs to fit the brackets for the callipers, (you'll need to take of about 1.5 mm, or else the calliper won't be able to go over the disc).

in total it cost me about €400,- (guess that would be around 550 pounds)

**bidderman1969** · 9th March 2007, 02:32 PM

looks good, i'll give you that!

chris-1916v · 9th March 2007, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bidderman1969

looks good, i'll give you that!

it sure does, now my rims are nicely filled :P but offcourse my main intension was to improve braking because i want a F7R engine in it

**bidderman1969** · 9th March 2007, 02:50 PM

in total it cost me about â‚¬400,- (guess that would be around 550 pounds)

think its about Â£250............ isn't it?

chris-1916v · 14th March 2007, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bidderman1969

in total it cost me about €400,- (guess that would be around 550 pounds)

think its about £250............ isn't it?

uhm yes i think thats about right (tiny mis-calculation here :P). offcourse you can save a little bit of money, because i bought perforated discs, and alfa blocks, if you take stock parts of the clio, you'll save about £50,-

Naples_16v · 14th March 2007, 06:34 PM

Did you modify the standard R19 hubs to fit them on? any pics from behind please?

chris-1916v · 16th March 2007, 08:33 AM

yup, standard 19 hubs will do. here's a pic:

you'll need to take off 1,5mm of the area where the drill is on. that is, if you use new discs that are 24mm. if you use second hand discs that are 22mm or thinner, then you won't have to modify the hubs...

**Neal** · 16th March 2007, 01:03 PM

good little mod, this.

nice work

chris-1916v · 16th March 2007, 02:53 PM

tnx, and the main reason why i did this upgrade is because i'm thinking of puting in a 2.0 16v lump in a few months or so

and offcourse because it looks really nice

9th March 2007, 02:20 PM	#8 (permalink)
chris-1916v Membre de bébé Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 9	just wanted to let you guys know that this works perfectly, here's some pic's of my brake-upgrade to clio RS brakes: before: after: braking power has increased dramaticly, and offcourse the looks are great to for this upgrade i used: clio RS 54mm cylinder brake callipers alfa 155 4x4 Turbo brake pads megane rs 280mm drilled discs and a pair of adjusted hubs to fit the brackets for the callipers, (you'll need to take of about 1.5 mm, or else the calliper won't be able to go over the disc). in total it cost me about €400,- (guess that would be around 550 pounds)

16th March 2007, 08:33 AM	#14 (permalink)
chris-1916v Membre de bébé Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 9	yup, standard 19 hubs will do. here's a pic: you'll need to take off 1,5mm of the area where the drill is on. that is, if you use new discs that are 24mm. if you use second hand discs that are 22mm or thinner, then you won't have to modify the hubs...

16th March 2007, 02:53 PM	#16 (permalink)
chris-1916v Membre de bébé Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 9	tnx, and the main reason why i did this upgrade is because i'm thinking of puting in a 2.0 16v lump in a few months or so and offcourse because it looks really nice