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[RobG]

So can i assume my lowly 2.2 will have solids then .
I can go and whip the wheel of and check but its pouring down outside .
Im just about to buy some rear discs but now i better check first 

Yep. With the rears genuine aren`t necessary, same as the pads & shoes

[Andy B]

i have upgraded my rear discs to vented discs, and also the front to drilled and groved .
vented and drilled + grooved are just to disperce heat more so you dont warp your disc

ANDY

Upraded? You sure? Certainly by fitting vented at the back, you've now upset the front - rear bias of the original design, the master cylinders are apparently different. Drilled grooved discs have no advantage on the road over original fitment ..... but they look good. 

[andy broon]

i have upgraded my rear discs to vented discs, and also the front to drilled and groved .
vented and drilled + grooved are just to disperce heat more so you dont warp your disc

ANDY

Upraded? You sure? Certainly by fitting vented at the back, you've now upset the front - rear bias of the original design, the master cylinders are apparently different. Drilled grooved discs have no advantage on the road over original fitment ..... but they look good. 

yes i am sure well i am a mechanic and everything has been done i just like black diamond so thats whats on all my cars lol i have a rear disc conversion of black diamond on my fiesta too
but my miggy was damaged today

ANDY

[Shrek]

So can i assume my lowly 2.2 will have solids then .
I can go and whip the wheel of and check but its pouring down outside .
Im just about to buy some rear discs but now i better check first 

Yep. With the rears genuine aren`t necessary, same as the pads & shoes

I have GM pads here anyway .
I'll get some ebay specials for the rear discs 

[andy broon]

was just looking on ebay for some more stuff for my miggy when i came across this well it was first in the list
enjoy http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Omega-VENTED-REAR-Drilled-Grooved-Brake-Discs-94-03-/110485744366?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19b976aaee

[RobG]

I thought the vented rears used a different caliper :-?

[andy broon]

I thought the vented rears used a different caliper :-?

mah its all the same unless you are up grading the standard size of the disc .

A :yNDY

[Shrek]

I thought the vented rears used a different caliper :-?

mah its all the same unless you are up grading the standard size of the disc .

A :yNDY

Wont a vented disc be wider than a solid and hence need a different caliper ?

[andy broon]

I thought the vented rears used a different caliper :-?

mah its all the same unless you are up grading the standard size of the disc .

A :yNDY

Wont a vented disc be wider than a solid and hence need a different caliper ?

no should all be the same size again unless upgradingbut if you are uprating discs to vented you would be getting the pads aswell so it always fits, because you wouldnt upgrade one without the other

ANDY

[Shrek]

I thought the vented rears used a different caliper :-?

mah its all the same unless you are up grading the standard size of the disc .

A :yNDY

Wont a vented disc be wider than a solid and hence need a different caliper ?

no should all be the same size again unless upgradingbut if you are uprating discs to vented you would be getting the pads aswell so it always fits, because you wouldnt upgrade one without the other

ANDY

Ahh i didnt know that , learn something new every day 

[RobG]

I thought the vented rears used a different caliper :-?

mah its all the same unless you are up grading the standard size of the disc .

A :yNDY

Wont a vented disc be wider than a solid and hence need a different caliper ?

Yes.
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  Re: Any idea what type calliper I have?
Reply #7 - 07. Oct 2009 at 21:51     chrisgixer wrote on 06. Oct 2009 at 22:29:
Marks DTM Calibration wrote on 06. Oct 2009 at 13:50:
SteveD wrote on 06. Oct 2009 at 11:13:
Me being lazy here....

I'm lead to believe my V reg facelift 3.0 Elite Estate could have either Lucas or some other make(can't remember at the mo.) of calliper on the front.

Does anybody know for definite which type it will be or do I have to take a look? If the only way to tell is from looking, does anyone have a couple of pics so I can tell without removing a wheel?

Thanks

Steve

Only one type of caliper ever fitted to the front of the V6's

And rear calipers are wider if vented discs on the rear as well as the front??? Some body asked the other day and couldn remember for sure.

Cant help with the make sorry. Dont remember much in the way of markings either tbh



Fairly obvious but, vented discs are wider than solid ones and hence require a larger caliper 

[andy broon]

I thought the vented rears used a different caliper :-?

mah its all the same unless you are up grading the standard size of the disc .

A :yNDY

Wont a vented disc be wider than a solid and hence need a different caliper ?

no should all be the same size again unless upgradingbut if you are uprating discs to vented you would be getting the pads aswell so it always fits, because you wouldnt upgrade one without the other

ANDY

Ahh i didnt know that , learn something new every day 

we all learn somthing like i learnt that i hate polish bikers

ANDY 

[Andy B]

I thought the vented rears used a different caliper :-?

mah its all the same unless you are up grading the standard size of the disc .

A :yNDY

Wont a vented disc be wider than a solid and hence need a different caliper ?

no should all be the same size again unless upgradingbut if you are uprating discs to vented you would be getting the pads aswell so it always fits, because you wouldnt upgrade one without the other

ANDY

I'm with Shrek. Vented discs will HAVE to have a wider caliper, or you'll have vented discs the overall thickness of solid discs .... 12/13mm??  :-/

[RobG]

I thought the vented rears used a different caliper :-?

mah its all the same unless you are up grading the standard size of the disc .

A :yNDY

Wont a vented disc be wider than a solid and hence need a different caliper ?

no should all be the same size again unless upgradingbut if you are uprating discs to vented you would be getting the pads aswell so it always fits, because you wouldnt upgrade one without the other

ANDY

I'm with Shrek. Vented discs will HAVE to have a wider caliper, or you'll have vented discs the overall thickness of solid discs .... 12/13mm??  :-/

Correct

[Andy B]

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Correct  ....

I know     
IIRC they used to fit Princess vented discs to the front of Capris. The Princess calipers fouled so they used the old Capri calipers with a spacer fitted between the two halves.