S30TRBO Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 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 Looks like your calipers are in fact on the wrong side. Remember bleeder side is always up. Here are some older pictures of mine during the mock-up: Also the E-brake bracket is closest to the ground too. Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 well perhaps i'm a moron then, i could have swore it was up. If its not, then, well everyone can kick me in the but. Please only one kick per person. Thanks Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundmasterg Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 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. I got the cable swap thing from the instructions that were on his site and what also came with the kit. It works fine swapped, and before I did the swap under the car, I tried it normally, though I forget right now why it wouldn't work that way. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHADY280 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 i went and checked my car, the 280zx has calipers on the rear side below the strut mounting, i just didnt know the 240 well enough. maybe was confused looking at an upsidown caliper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drax240z Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 well perhaps i'm a moron then, i could have swore it was up. If its not, then, well everyone can kick me in the but. Please only one kick per person.Thanks Phil *kick* You can clearly see in your photo that the bleeder is down, you have your calipers mixed R for L. Trust me, this setup works fine on low cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddog Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I am contemplating this conversion. Clicking on your photos redirects to lowdowncustoms but there are no z pics there that I can see. Can you show photos of your wheels on car so I can tell what ride height you are describing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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