lowdown Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 i have the MM disk brake conversion for the Z, right now i set my ride height with my coilovers and the brakes hit the body, any1 else have this problem? I raised the car up to higher than i want to run and its only about 1" from the body sooooo i'm at a loss right now Thanks Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 tuff z Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 i have the MM disk brake conversion for the Z, right now i set my ride height with my coilovers and the brakes hit the body, any1 else have this problem? I raised the car up to higher than i want to run and its only about 1" from the body sooooo i'm at a loss right now Thanks Phil can u post a pic to help us see the problem more clearly? i'm running them on my z [for a few years now] and have had no interference problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armand Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I don't quite understand, what part of the brakes is hitting what part of the body? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Heres a picture from his website. Not sure how low his car is but Id also like to know how its rubbing. But then again his homepage is "lowdown customs" so he may be realllllllllyyy low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 Pic posted... and yes the plan is to be pretty low. few weeks ago slammed a z06 vette, it looked bad ass.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 sorry for the bad pic, it was done with my camera phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Can you rotate the bracket ccw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHADY280 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 i think the calipers are supposed to go rearward arent they??? no body to get in the way of there. kinda like a 280zx setup. i dunno never payed that much attention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armand Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Wow that is ridiculously low. The only way that's gonna clear at that ride height is to not use an e-brake. You can take that bracket off the caliper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 i think the calipers are supposed to go rearward arent they??? no body to get in the way of there. kinda like a 280zx setup. i dunno never payed that much attention Doesnt the 280zx setup sit at the front since the base of the struts in the way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglist Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 i think the calipers are supposed to go rearward arent they??? no body to get in the way of there. kinda like a 280zx setup. i dunno never payed that much attention If you look at the first pic (the one off of MM's website) you can see that they are not rearward in that picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastzcars Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I think you have to switch them around, driver side to passenger and vise versa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Unless you took the picture upside down, bleeder appears to be at the bottom of the caliper. This would not be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundmasterg Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 With the MM setup the only thing that swaps from side to side are the e-brake cables themselves. They stay attached where they are normally under the car, but the end that goes to the wheels gets swapped so that the cables cross each other under the car, and the former driver's side cable now goes to the passenger side wheel and vice versa. I've got the MM setup on my 240A and am running Eibachs and there are not issues with anything on the brake system hitting anywhere, so you must be going really low.... Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 tuff z Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 just checked mine, no clearance issues. my flex line is mounted at the top of the caliper and i did NOT cross my ebrake cable [i have not heard this about the mml kit and i've run it for now for years without mechanical issues]. i suspect that you put the R caliper on the R side of the z and vice versa. they should be oppositely mounted L to R, and R one on the L. when mounted the bleeder tubes should be on top as well as the flex lines. check and let us know-here's a pic of mine when i first installed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I'm wondering about wheel and rim hitting if the caliper is that close... have you tried this altitude with your prospective rim/tire combination BEFORE testing for parts that, by definition, will be inside the rim??? I think you have clearancing for the rim-tire to do, and that will solve any brake clearance issues. Brake clearance issues are usually referred to with RIMS and not the body! Am I the only one thinking this way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartman Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I think you have to switch them around, driver side to passenger and vise versa. I agree. I think you just need to swap your calipers. BTW - I have the ZX calipers and they're in the front as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 I'll just raise up the car some i guess. I liked the look of tucking some of my 17" wheel. MMs web site has it that same direction, so i'll just run without a ebrake if needed later. Thanks for taking a look at it. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 You asked for help. Look at 1 tuff z's picture of his brakes. Your calipers are on the wrong side of the car. SWAP THEM LEFT TO RIGHT! If you don't, you will never be able to bleed them, (besides the other problems). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators RTz Posted December 10, 2008 Administrators Share Posted December 10, 2008 Am I the only one thinking this way? No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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