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Old 03-22-2010, 06:31 PM
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Brake Caliper Spacer?!?!

So I recently bought another set of 300zx brakes off another forum and I got them today. They were supposed to be 30mm calipers but it seems they are 26mm ones and somebody tried to rig em to be 30mm. and only one of them at that. Since I'm running the 13" cobra rotors i need 30mm. Look at this and let me know what you guys think.



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Old 03-22-2010, 07:53 PM
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WTF?
that's how Wilwood makes their calipers different widths, but that's a bit different story than with a modified OEM caliper...
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plus i know that there are seals where the two halfs meet, so I'm wondering whether there are any seals between the spacers and the halfs and whether the spacers have holes.
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I'd be really wary of that.

Can you do me a favor and measure the width of both of those calipers (the slot where the rotor goes) and post back? I've always been curious how wide the actual space that the rotor fits in to is on both the 26 and 30mm calipers.
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here are three pictures of the "definitive 300zx brake guide"



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