GranCab brakes

[CatmanV2]

No nails or sticks like sh*t should be fine.. Luckily I have the discs. Its the calipers that seem to have disappeared at present

Does no more nails cope well with shear?

C

 

[Gazcw]

Does no more nails cope well with shear?

C

Maybe gorilla glue has the grip. Its almost worth buying a shed to try it out for a laugh. On private roads of course.

 

[CatmanV2]

Maybe gorilla glue has the grip. Its almost worth buying a shed to try it out for a laugh. On private roads of course.

Would you not have to glue the wheels on as well?

C

 

[Navcorr]

Maybe gorilla glue has the grip. Its almost worth buying a shed to try it out for a laugh. On private roads of course.

Seems to be holding up fine on this one ...

… ah, not that type of shed!

 

[Zep]

Just a thought. Could a wheel spacer be used to convert the pcd to the the correct size. Guilla pcd on one side and the GT/GC pcd on the other.

Yes, to swap the wheels from one car to the other. Not for the brakes though as these are mounted directly to the hub with the original size PCD.

If the hub could be removed from the bearing (which it can’t) you could go mad and make a new one with a different PCD to fit the alternative discs then use a hub adapter to refit your old wheels to the new hub (but only slightly further out). This is only slightly more mental than the other ideas on here, but will probably wipe out all of the potential savings and some. If it were possible, which is isn’t.

 

[Gazcw]

Yes, to swap the wheels from one car to the other. Not for the brakes though as these are mounted directly to the hub with the original size PCD.

If the hub could be removed from the bearing (which it can’t) you could go mad and make a new one with a different PCD to fit the alternative discs then use a hub adapter to refit your old wheels to the new hub (but only slightly further out). This is only slightly more mental than the other ideas on here, but will probably wipe out all of the potential savings and some. If it were possible, which is isn’t.

Oh yeah of course. I was thinking backwards wheels to hubs doable doh. Shut up laffing!

 

[Doctor Houx]

Thanks Zep for confirming the Merc ones don’t fit so I’ll just have to cough up for OE when the time comes. Seem to be about £500 each for fronts.

 

[Zep]

Thanks Zep for confirming the Merc ones don’t fit so I’ll just have to cough up for OE when the time comes. Seem to be about £500 each for fronts.

Fair enough. Bear in mind that the upgrade bell and rotor discs start at £700 a pair....

 

[Doctor Houx]

Ah, thought that was each Zep. So by getting yours I would save £300 and still be able to fit the OE wheels and callipers that are on my car now?

 

[Zep]

Ah, thought that was each Zep. So by getting yours I would save £300 and still be able to fit the OE wheels and callipers that are on my car now?

Yes. That’s the long and short of it! If you spend roughly the same as OEM you can have the top of the line floating, curved cooling vane versions which have been very well received. Larger discs with caliper spacers are a bit more but they transform the braking. Ask @Gazcw and @Lavazza

Most importantly, when it’s time to replace to you just change the rotors, much cheaper than OEM.

 

[Doctor Houx]

Thanks Zep. No brainier to go with yours when the time comes then!