wigenOut-S30 Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 LOOK MA NO DRUMS!!!.. Well I finally got rid of the rear drums and did the conversion. I have had the stuff to do it now for about 3 years lol.. The swap went pretty smooth other then troubles getting the drums off and then hacking the back plate ..( to a point then its the ole bend bend bend .... bend bend bend...finnally break).. At anyrate.. its all done and here are some pics.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proxlamus© Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 looks great! im glad you just took a hammer and sheared off the drum covers lol I like the ebrake setup! i need to work on mine.. i made a boo boo and didnt tighten the bolt securing the ebrake and it fell out. been to lazy to fix it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickiewicked240z Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 did you guys cut the tabs were the brake lines are held were the hard line an rubber line meet, cause mine are hitting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wigenOut-S30 Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 did you guys cut the tabs were the brake lines are held were the hard line an rubber line meet, cause mine are hitting Yes I cut them off.. They are all up in the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Purple240zt Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Looking good gabe. Hows the braking performance now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZR8ED Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 That looks great! I'm falling behind now. I'm having trouble sourcing the hard line. Did you use it? I've been around to a few local suppliers, but most look at me kinda funny when I say japanese hard line? I don't have the calipers yet either..no one local has a left caliper?!!! But its ok. The weather is getting nice, so I'll just cruise until I get them. Sorry to hijack the thread a bit. Your pics help visualise it a bit. If you did the new hard line, could you describe a bit on how you did it? I can't picture where this line is/will go. I haven't had the wheels off in a while now. Cheers! Scott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug71zt Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Scott - Canadian Tire will have the hardlines in stock. Just ask them for the replacement brake lines that have metric flare fittings. They also have metric bubble flares for european cars - you don't want those. It is fairly obvious looking at the two different types, what you want is the standard flare. The line size is 3/16 as far as I can remember. I just ordered two sets of the brackets from Ross for some OZC cars. I got the calipers from Cardone through Canadian Tire also. They are pricey, at $100 each plus $70 core. Maybe you can find someone on the 240SX boards in TO that is parting out an S13. On a somewhat related note - are you running CV joints in your car yet? Do you want to buy a set of adapters - I have just done a run on 240 and 280 adapters for the Z31 CV shafts and have some in stock. PM me if you are interested. I just sold a set to the Boodoos for their 10 second 280. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrumpetRhapsody Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Awesome! I'll get around to that eventually. Let us know how the brake bias feels! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete280z Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Scott - I had exactly the same problem with the parts stores here. It was as if they heard "metric" and their brains shut off. Eventually I just asked if I could go back with them and look at the rack. I was able to pick out what I needed almost immediately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wigenOut-S30 Posted April 9, 2008 Author Share Posted April 9, 2008 Scott, I used the factory Z hard line and cut the bracket off. I then bent the hard line out of the way and connected the stock 240sx rubber brake line from the caliper to the hard line. Eventually I will get rid of the rubber line and replace it with a stainless line.. but for now this will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buZy Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Nice work Gabe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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