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Twilightoptics

Well it's hard to tell in the picture.... but PWTC means two Camaro's in my front yard on jack stands. And at one point a firebird in addition to my own!

Some 5 hours worth of lathe time and about an hour worth of heavy hack saw we have:

Hubs fit VERY nicely with new bearings soaked in Red'N'Tacky. Replaced the end links because one nut was stripped. Found the whole shaft rusted with chunks missing! Painted the sway and wonderbar also.

Mmmmm Sessy

Couldn't have done it without you Mr. One Man Bleeder!

Heh. It's like lowering a car. The goal is to get rid of the gap!

Pedal felt a little spongy going through the bed in process but got better towards the end. I rebled all 4 brakes, rotated the tires, moved the 1/8" spacers to the back, and we'll see how she does tomorrow. Now leaks, no squeeks, all brake! Looks sick with the wide track now! Especially with the spacers and "front" wheels on the back.

I bet this setup would look really retarded if I didn't have "front" wheels on the back. Mike, get to looking for from Fronts, PRONTO!

Thanks to everyone for their support and offering to lend their hands!

And all that time waiting to get the last housing that works and what happens tonight? Bulb shatters. Looks like this one got some moisture in it. I knew those things weren't going to seal. It's the most ghetto design ever. I'm happy with the aesthetics but does anyone know where to get GOOD housings for the H4 Setup? Something... oh I don't know.... professional? Maybe some mild quality instead of KWALITY?!

Xophertony · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 11:40 pm Post subject:

glad it's back on the ground. looking nice too. Smile

rjmcgee · The Hammer Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 2328

Massive stopage, looks great.

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 9:13 am Post subject:

Sweet! Glad you got-er-done in time Paul!

Anything left to do on John's car?

Dewey316 · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 9:37 am Post subject:

lol, there is always stuff left on my car! But, no she is going to cows as she currently is. I'll give you the whole story tonight.

blue89 · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 10:03 am Post subject:

Dude, thats sick. You mentioned spacer? Where does that go? I've saved a set of old rotors to do exactly that. What caliper/hat did you go with?

Twilightoptics · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 3:00 pm Post subject:

alloy · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 9:54 pm Post subject:

I'm using 4 rear wheels, and the stock rear spacer on the front. Works perfectly.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 9:57 pm Post subject:

I like the wider track though :O)

John and I were actually having this discussion today. What did GM do for 1LE Cars? 4 Rears :O)

iansane · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 10:40 pm Post subject:

Paul that's gorgeous. I love larger brakes.

I've never had luck with those one man bleeder things, I just use a vacuum pump..

I've got moisture in my Schmucks specials too, so even the the beam pattern is really good they leak. I haven't tried yanking them out and letting them air though. I've heard that's all you really have to do to get the moisture out and then just seal them up more.

aaron_sK · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 11:22 pm Post subject:

Just don't try it with compressed air like BigDaddyVu did... Surprised

blue89 · Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 7:42 am Post subject:

Do you have to run the 1LE rotor/spindle setup? Could I do the same thing with a non 1LE?

Twilightoptics · Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 9:08 am Post subject:

Stock spindle, modified to accept the new bracket and removed old caliper mounts.

If you don't use a 1LE hub with the 13" HD setup, the carrier will not fit between the bracket and the rotor. It's off by .317" using a stock thirdgen disc rotor. The 1LE rotor/hub assembly has the wheel flange moved .317 outward and has thicker material for studs. Once the friction surface is turned down, the carrier fits in there perfectly.

The brackets are 1/2" thick. If you used a stock hub they would have to be .183 or about 3/16" thick to make the carrier clear. That's not strong enough.

HOWEVER< using the standard 12.X" rotor C4 brakes, you can use a stock hub because the rotor itself has a different offset.