BA brakes onto AU... - Page 13

poolkeeper · 20-10-2007, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by DoreSlamR

Hey Guys, just finished reading this thread start to finish, quite the information overload!

I'm looking to upgrade the brakes on my A1 ute, i've found a wreckers selling the conversion to AU2 specs -- lower control arms, uprights, stub axles and swaybar for $250 i think this is pretty reasonable price.
I was then thinking of putting on this brake kit from ebay HERE

What do you guys think? any suggestions?

thats cheap as, with that kit you still need to convert your au1 to au2 brake setup.

DoreSlamR · 20-10-2007, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by D1XR2C

thats cheap as, with that kit you still need to convert your au1 to au2 brake setup.

Thats the kit on ebay...i think? AU2-AU3-Ba-BF 325mm rotors and calipers

Or is there something better out there?

poolkeeper · 20-10-2007, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by DoreSlamR

Thats the kit on ebay...i think? AU2-AU3-Ba-BF 325mm rotors and calipers

Or is there something better out there?

The brakes at the wreckers is cheap. The kit on ebay you would need to still do the conversion to AU2 brake setup, sorry about my post being a bit confusing...

DoreSlamR · 20-10-2007, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by D1XR2C

The brakes at the wreckers is cheap. The kit on ebay you would need to still do the conversion to AU2 brake setup, sorry about my post being a bit confusing...

Ah ok, no worries

Eu-GenixX · 21-10-2007, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by au^dude

Its been asked but i cant find it What exactly would i need as in parts to upgrade my AU1 Brakes to at least 330mm rotors.

Stub axles
calipers,
discs,
EB Sway bar (and the pins/bushes for it).

Is that what i need? also why the ED sway bar, I already have a white line one on my cant i just use that?
Thanks

also reaffirming this... but does it also need brake lines for the front? those that have done the EB sway bar method.. how have your results gone.. and what did you do to get them to fit.... i just read this thread from start to finish.. so i'm sure some info slipped out the other side of my brain the more i read.... i remember reading about drilling holes... where? and in what?.. heh..

any further help would be great.. as well as pics of the holes themselves? or atleast where the holes would be?....

Thanks
Trent

au^dude · 09-11-2007, 02:00 AM

Does anyone know if there would be a difference if goin the EB swaybar method as opposed to the Full front AU2-BF suspension?

loxxr6 · 09-11-2007, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by au^dude

Does anyone know if there would be a difference if goin the EB swaybar method as opposed to the Full front AU2-BF suspension?

Cost as far as I know is the big difference.

I've been using my car constantly since the EB swaybar way and I haven't had a single prob yet.

au^dude · 09-11-2007, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by loxxr6

Cost as far as I know is the big difference.

I've been using my car constantly since the EB swaybar way and I haven't had a single prob yet.

OK so say i would go the EA-EB-ED sway bar. should i get a stock one. or get a White line or something like that. Because atm i have a bigger then stock sway bar

DoreSlamR · 09-11-2007, 08:57 PM

Talking about swaybars....am i able to use the series 1 brackets for a series 2 swaybar?

sly · 09-11-2007, 09:53 PM

The D brackets off the series 1 look slightly deeper than the later ones. I compared my old ones against BA ones, s2 should be the same as BA. You'd need to put some sort of spacer between the bush and the chassis bracket. The sway bar would sit a bit further away from the chassis (ie lower) than stock. NFI if that would hurt the handling or stress other components.

sly · 09-11-2007, 09:58 PM

Just to confirm FWIW, that BA wagon/ute rear calipers bolt straight up to a s1 wagon without needing a 3mm spacer. According to the PBR and Bursons catalogues the friendly salesman at Supercheap checked, there are 2 different rear calipers for the BA, a sedan one and wagon/ute one. Does anyone know how many different rear calipers are used on the AU?

sly · 09-11-2007, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by sly

Just to confirm FWIW, that BA wagon/ute rear calipers bolt straight up to a s1 wagon without needing a 3mm spacer. According to the PBR and Bursons catalogues the friendly salesman at Supercheap checked, there are 2 different rear calipers for the BA, a sedan one and wagon/ute one. Does anyone know how many different rear calipers are used on the AU?

Ummm... just answered my own question... looked on the PBR site and found only 1 caliper type for the AU - 2 part numbers, LH and RH calipers... then completely confused myself...

Looked at the BA parts listing on the same site and found as expected 2 pairs of rear calipers, sedan and wagon/ute. Where it gets weird is...

the part no for the sedan LH caliper is the same as the wagon/ute RH caliper and vice versa...

... does this mean that, instead of making 3mm spacers for calipers that don't line up on the AU sedan rear (IRS????), you just swap the calipers from one side to the other?

Anyone want to try it?

au^dude · 11-11-2007, 02:41 PM

Does anyone know if these will fit with the AU2 Calipers.
These
I have asked but they said they dont know.

sly · 11-11-2007, 02:52 PM

AFAIK AU2 calipers are different to BA's as the BA rotor is bigger. You could try the catalogue on the PBR website & see if the AU2 calipers have a different part no to the BA calipers. If the part no's are the same then they might work.

loxxr6 · 13-11-2007, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by au^dude

OK so say i would go the EA-EB-ED sway bar. should i get a stock one. or get a White line or something like that. Because atm i have a bigger then stock sway bar

I went with a stock one because I heard there wasn't a lot of room for a bigger bar. I didn't install it all so I can't really help there.

DoreSlamR · 17-11-2007, 03:51 PM

Finished the install today! absolutely amazing difference, it feels like a totally different car.
For the record i got all the replacement parts (lower control arm upright etc) from a wrecked AU3, also fitted a whiteline 27mm adjustable swaybar, swaybar linkages and brackets from ford and FTG 330mm rotors and calipers.

Very, very pleased and highly reccomend it to anyone looking to do this.

Chad

blackers10 · 17-11-2007, 10:06 PM

any chance of putting up the price of all the parts ??
thanks mate

DoreSlamR · 17-11-2007, 11:24 PM

Lower control arms, uprights, stub axles -$250 (also got upper contol arm, shocks, springs and a bent swaybar link but didnt use these).
Whiteline Swaybar - $250
FTG brake kit - $650
Sundries (brackets, bolts, freight etc) - $200

Total - $1350
About 8 hours worth of work, obviously didn't have to get the after market swaybar and being on the other side of the country to FTG doesn't help freight costs but i'm happy with the results and price.

blackers10 · 17-11-2007, 11:30 PM

awesome thanks mate

au^dude · 19-11-2007, 10:27 AM

Someone has to be after these
Rh
LH
Calipers and rotors im selling
All you need now is the sway bar and mounts exactly what im after.

mr_xr8 · 19-11-2007, 12:11 PM

this may have been covered but will the 4pot brembos fit under the f6 18inch replicas?

XR Lita · 19-11-2007, 12:15 PM

Easily.

mr_xr8 · 23-11-2007, 09:29 AM

conversion is going on today, but the wrecker that is suppling parts is saying that the sway bar links are the same for au1 and au2. but im sure they are diffrent.
????

sly · 23-11-2007, 10:46 AM

Sway bars and links were very different when I fitted mine.

stavros68 · 25-11-2007, 01:02 PM

just done a conversion from sereis 1 to sereis 2 with the 322mm ftg kit on my fairlane V8 , all I could say what a of a job, the biggest problem was the sway bar mounting brackets inner bolts next to the etractors, had to tap into the rail, lucky ford have got some provisional holes set up but still needed tapping, had to dump the extractors on both sides.Have just driven the car braking feels way better and the brake pedal feels great, worth having it done

poolkeeper · 15-12-2007, 01:19 PM

Need to know asap. My car is au1, looking to change to either au2 or ba.(fronts only)
What parts do I need? Also what tools do I need to take them off the wrecked car? any special ones etc???
My local wrecker is having a sale... please help...

blackers10 · 15-12-2007, 03:27 PM

lower control arm
upright(with everything attached to it (coz thats the brakes)
sway bar and all mounts
brake lines

blackers10 · 15-12-2007, 03:31 PM

plus the calipers and rotors etc etc

**Stav** · 29-12-2007, 04:50 PM

I have been hearing from many people that the ba brake lines break clean apart very frequently so i would advise better brake lines guys.

EX-Y494 · 29-12-2007, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Stav

I have been hearing from many people that the ba brake lines break clean apart very frequently so i would advise better brake lines guys.

At our cab base we found the ba brake lines do brake so we replace them with the bf brake line and we haven't had a problem with them.