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Hey everyone!
i just brought an XL Wagon and want to upgrade the brakes so they atleast discs on the front.
What is the best option here? i have an XA falcon and i am taking the stock disc and caliper off anyway, will that go onto the XL without much hassle? been told i might get serious bump steer?
cheers
Dave
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I believe that you can fit the XA stub axle/disc assembly to an early girl Falcon. The challenge is that the early Falcons had smaller balljoint tapers than the later models. The fix is easy though as CRS sell a taper adapter kit so that you can just bolt |
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Didn't the XP have front disks?
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XP Fairmont's did but they are quite rare. I believe that they had 14" wheels to go with those disc brakes.
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The problem with the XP Fairmont and late XP Futura disc brakes is that they are still 4 stud which reduces wheel choice. If you are trying to keep the original look but with discs, you will need to upgrade to a 14" wheel anyway, but there are original st
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