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Big Brakes #47854 April 04, 2007 04:44 am UTC April 04, 2007 04:44 am UTC
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 53 Edmonton, Alberta C Chris Rielly OP Junior Member
Chris Rielly OP Junior Member C Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 53 Edmonton, Alberta	Hi, I recently purchased a barely used big brake kit with brackets on Ebay. It was off a 93 Diamante. I got them in the mail today, they are huge compared to the single piston and in excellent shape. I also had ordered some drilled/slotted rotors for a 93 Talon TSI. Thinking they were a match for the calipers. I haven't put them on the car yet, but when I place the pads in the calipers and insert the rotor, the rotor seems to small and the hub of the rotor hits the bracket before the pad can fully reach the end of the braking surface on the rotor. Hmmmm... The rotors must not be big enough or they sent me the wrong ones? Can someone shed some light on this. Do I have to order rotors for a 93 Diamante? Will they fit 16" rims? Thanks Chris 1990 TSI AWD.EV016G,O2,Exhaust Mani,3" Exhaust,550 cc Inj,255 Walbro,16PSI, AeroFPR,Stage4 Clutch.

Re: Big Brakes #47855 April 04, 2007 05:08 am UTC April 04, 2007 05:08 am UTC
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 15,322 Loc: Loc: Rob Strelecki morum foderator
Rob Strelecki morum foderator Senior Member, with Far TOO Much Time on Their Hands Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 15,322 Loc: Loc:	Maybe you got rotors for a FWD. I think it was only the AWDs that got big brakes in '93. 1993 Eagle Talon TSi FWD 13.8 @ 106 :::: 14.1 @ 117

Re: Big Brakes #47856 April 04, 2007 05:37 am UTC April 04, 2007 05:37 am UTC
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,196 Newmarket, Ontario Daren Peacock Insane Member
Daren Peacock Insane Member Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,196 Newmarket, Ontario	Whats the diameter of the rotor, fwd should be 10.2" while the 93+ awd's with the "big brakes" got 11.2" rotors. I know that caliper bracket on these does sit very close to the rotor hat when installed. 98 Eclipse GSX DSM82HTA

Re: Big Brakes #47857 April 04, 2007 02:29 pm UTC April 04, 2007 02:29 pm UTC
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 53 Edmonton, Alberta C Chris Rielly OP Junior Member
Chris Rielly OP Junior Member C Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 53 Edmonton, Alberta	I just measured them, they are 10.2. They asked me if it was AWD and I said yes. They sent me the wrong ones. I will be sending them back. Thanks alot! 1990 TSI AWD.EV016G,O2,Exhaust Mani,3" Exhaust,550 cc Inj,255 Walbro,16PSI, AeroFPR,Stage4 Clutch.

Re: Big Brakes #47858 April 05, 2007 05:28 am UTC April 05, 2007 05:28 am UTC
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 53 Edmonton, Alberta C Chris Rielly OP Junior Member
Chris Rielly OP Junior Member C Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 53 Edmonton, Alberta	I contacted X4 Rotors(the ebay store where I purchased them) and they appologized and said it was their fault. I said I would send them back, and they said no, keep them, we will send you the right rotors on us. Thats customer service! Thumbs up for X4 Rotors. 1990 TSI AWD.EV016G,O2,Exhaust Mani,3" Exhaust,550 cc Inj,255 Walbro,16PSI, AeroFPR,Stage4 Clutch.

Re: Big Brakes #47859 April 05, 2007 01:44 pm UTC April 05, 2007 01:44 pm UTC
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,196 Newmarket, Ontario Daren Peacock Insane Member
Daren Peacock Insane Member Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,196 Newmarket, Ontario	Good to hear you got it sorted out, & sounds like that company offers great customer service, which can't always be said for Ebay stores 98 Eclipse GSX DSM82HTA

Re: Big Brakes #47860 April 07, 2007 02:59 am UTC April 07, 2007 02:59 am UTC
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 15 Hamilton V Vincent V Kuber Junior Member
Vincent V Kuber Junior Member V Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 15 Hamilton	I'm new to the dsm world. Can someone please tell me what consists of this big brake conversion?? I was looking into like Baer brakes and all that but if this is cheaper and pretty much the same thing I'd be interested.

Re: Big Brakes #47861 April 07, 2007 06:56 pm UTC April 07, 2007 06:56 pm UTC
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 15,322 Loc: Loc: Rob Strelecki morum foderator
Rob Strelecki morum foderator Senior Member, with Far TOO Much Time on Their Hands Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 15,322 Loc: Loc:	Vincent, here's a good way to find about DSM big brakes: http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=dsm+big+brakes&meta= 1993 Eagle Talon TSi FWD 13.8 @ 106 :::: 14.1 @ 117

Re: Big Brakes #47862 April 07, 2007 07:17 pm UTC April 07, 2007 07:17 pm UTC
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 10,749 Belleville, Ontario Ryan Laliberte No-Lift-To-Shift.... Stock. :)
Ryan Laliberte No-Lift-To-Shift.... Stock. :) Senior Member, with Far TOO Much Time on Their Hands Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 10,749 Belleville, Ontario	Vincent, using the search function of this forum will also get your answers sooner. Search for 2 piston calipers. Go from there. AWDAuto 1996 TSi AWD Automagic 12.24 @ 113 - Small 16G FP Green HTA - 11.42/123 Team Pump Gas and Meth RTMRacing - Your Canadian source for DSM Parts "Every moment you live is pregnant with the next moment of your life" --Jim Carrey Last Login: September 28, 2021

Re: Big Brakes #47863 April 08, 2007 02:39 pm UTC April 08, 2007 02:39 pm UTC
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 15 Hamilton V Vincent V Kuber Junior Member
Vincent V Kuber Junior Member V Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 15 Hamilton	Thanks Rob and Ryan I'll most definetly look into the 2 options!

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