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looking for all the bits and pieces required to convert the HG to HQ brakes so stubs calipers etc visited all the wreckers around me and they either want your first born or are sold out cheers
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Hi, Im in SA and have A LOT of HQ-HZs. Steel Calipers, Alloy Calipers, PBR, Girlock, Holden, etc... Where are you ?? And you tell me how much you wanta pay ? Cheers, Luke. 0428837490 [email protected]
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hi, if you get stuck i am in nsw and could help you out in a couple of weeks ,i have hq discs and calipers on my ht (ht stud pattern)that i will be removing soon,new bearings last week,discs look good and pads are about 90%, i would have a spare set of st
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New HQ-WB discs are about $100 each plus wheel bearings. Will go straight onto your stubs if they are already discs. Just need HQ-WB calipers and hoses, get rebuilt and away you go.
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thanks for the help Byron, so what you are saying is that all i need is the calipers and a set of rotors? and everything else will bolt straight up?
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where in melb are you??? if in SE, i can put you on to a few blokes, or i have heaps as well
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why? you end up with odd wheel stud patterns on front and rear and the performance is not that different between the hq and hg.
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Im doing the swap because HQ... commodore mags are so much easier to come by, less expensive and there is a lot wider variety of styles, also i have a Borg Warner rear end for the car so like you said i will have 2 different patterns if i dont.... makes a
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in general any brake modification needs engineering. but i am not in victoria so cant say.
what rear end is it off?
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the rear end is out of a vn, why do you ask?
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Dont forget that Commodore and HQ stud patterns are different as well.
If youre not 100% sure of what you are doing just be a tiny bit careful as well. Although its simply a caliper swap, you need to make sure the brake lines are clear of moving suspen |
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Another option to consider, to align the front & rear stud pattern, is to purchase new front HQ disc rotors with no stud pattern drilled, i.e. blank rotors. Take these to a reputable machine shop & have the stud pattern that you require drilled & get them |
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the VN is a couple of inches wider than the HG (not sure exactly how much) so you will have to watch the offset of the rims or you will be widening the track and that is a licencing no no if more than 1 inch each side.
also will the rears will be disks
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yeah the rear will be disc, Ive been told that if i use commodore wheels that the VN diff will be about right, not sure what Im gonna do about the handbrake or booster/master cylinder etc yet any suggestions?
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Hand brake cables can be made to suit, a friend of mine has stock for EH with Commodore rear disc brakes. I assume that the process to make one for your application is the same, dimensions different though. Email me if you need to contact him. jmb64@optus |
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This will shed some light on the subject... Maybe for some, a lot of light... http://www.hoppers.com.au/stoppin%20holden.htm
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