Stagea Brakes

[Pft shh 89]

so your saying put a piece of timber either side in the vice so its not touching the metal vice, or by soft do you mean wrap it in a cloth then wack that straight in the vice and tighten up?? still have to buy another set of rear pads though....i guess that's not as much as an upgrade.

[scotty nm35]

I use alloy angle, it won't mark/damage the steel like the teeth found on most vices.

[Pft shh 89]

aah ok cool will give that a try when i get back from holidays, thanks.

[Brotato]

Just wanted to give a big thanks for the information, I went to a few Sprint auto parts who just assumed mine was a 4wd....luckily I didn't buy anything, Repco weren't much help either but autobahn had some for me, does it really matter what brand we're using though?

[M35]

Ok everything coming together now for the conversion..just a teaser photos.

[Daleo]

Ok everything coming together now for the conversion..just a teaser photos.

Very neat on clearance there, but I' think you'll be impressed with the improvement!

[whitenight27]

I am fitting 32gtr to my s1 just got to get motivated lol plus still waiting on some cash to come in to grab 33gtst rears plus giving my rims a face lift

Edited February 9, 2013 by whitenight27

[M35]

Very neat on clearance there, but I' think you'll be impressed with the improvement!

Yip very happy with it. Calipers getting painted this weekend and rotors are getting skimmed this coming week to remove rust. Decided to go

for new set of wheels because Im not comfortable with wheels spacers. Suspension height will remain standard, as our roads still badly damaged from the quake 2 yrs ago! Cant wait next weekend to bolt it all together now

[Daleo]

Yip very happy with it. Calipers getting painted this weekend and rotors are getting skimmed this coming week to remove rust. Decided to go

for new set of wheels because Im not comfortable with wheels spacers. Suspension height will remain standard, as our roads still badly damaged from the quake 2 yrs ago! Cant wait next weekend to bolt it all together now

Have you thought about getting them to slot the rotors while they're there? Normally costs $50ish per rotor, if your rotors have plenty of meat it is a worthwhile exercise.

[M35]

Have you thought about getting them to slot the rotors while they're there? Normally costs $50ish per rotor, if your rotors have plenty of meat it is a worthwhile exercise.

Hmmm what a great idea

[GoldZilla]

I am fitting 32gtr to my s1 just got to get motivated lol plus still waiting on some cash to come in to grab 33gtst rears plus giving my rims a face lift

LOL, I'm in exactly the same boat. I have the R32 GTR front calipers, need to get a matching set of rears. If I can afford it when I do it, I think I'll also stump up for a new set of slotted rotors all around too.

[whitenight27]

I wouldn't worry about slotted rear it won't do that much. I was lucky to get a set with my front calipers chasing up s2 r33 rears as they came out with twin pot rears

[scotty nm35]

I think I have a pair of 32 gtr rear callipers floating about Nick, they didn't fit my whale... Make me an offer.

[BigDirtyJase]

I've been slack and haven't gotten around to upgrading my brakes (F&R R34 GT-T Rotors and Calipers). I cracked open the box since it's been sitting in the shed for about 2 months and looked at the lines I got with them...

This is one of the braded lines I got with it (good thing I saw that they are ADR Approved)

the other braided line is exactly the same

The rears are the stock R34 lines

As you can tell from the last photo it appears that it has been cut from the hard line I think (all the lines have been cut at that point)

Do you think these will work on a S2 Stagea and will the stock R34 rear lines work or will the standard Stagea's one work?? Is there anything extra I need to be aware of??

[M35]

Woohoo got my r34 calipers and rotors fitted on finally. As per some members described, the banjo fittings of the stagea wont screw in properly inside the r34 calipers and suggestions is to remove the olives inside the caliper. We didnt ended up doing this. We drilled the banjo fitting ENDS to TAPER and screw it in nicely(see pic). Also ended up not cutting the dust shields or grinding the steering knuckles, instead fitted a 3mm SLIP-ON spacers between the hub and the rotors which gave us a nice gap in between, washers with the same thickness was used to spaced the calipers and between the mounting lugs. Took it for a test drive and overall braking performance is now way better than the standard single pot calipers.

[nick88]

Is anyone able to confirm if the nismo braided lines to suit a R34 GTT (46200-RSR40) will be a direct replacement for the stock lines when upgrading using R34 GTT calipers on a S2 C34?

Cheers

[nick88]

anyone?

[scotty nm35]

No, the Stagea is front wheel drive and will most likely have 3 segment length brake lines, where the 2wd ones are 2 segments.

[nick88]

ok, so i should buy the nismo ones to suit my car then? i have the compete R34GTT brake line set-up from caliper to chassis connection, will i just use the last bit of the GTT line that goes to the caliper and screw that into the nismo braided lines to suit stagea?

Nick

[scotty nm35]

While I would normally recommend Nismo gear, remember their brake lines are not ADR approved.

Have you tried Maltech? Expensive but great quality.

There will be something cheap around that fits, what has everyone else done?