ba brakes

[2002au]

hi everyone, looking at putting ba brakes on my xr6.

guessing all ill need is:

ba calipers,

ba rotors (going to get slotted)

ba pads,

brake fluid (dot 4?).

these all bolt straight up correct?

cheers

[2002au]

also do i need the ba lines? cheers

[BZINGA]

I think you need spacers if your using BA calipers .. not sure if it's xr calipers or standard or both so id ask about that.
I'm going BF xr8/6T/Territory fronts which bolt straight on.

[2002au]

i think i read somewhere that you only need spacers if you have a series 1? could be wrong. mines a series 3 btw

[Day-mow]

gotta use BA brake lines

[BZINGA]

Originally Posted by 2002au

i think i read somewhere that you only need spacers if you have a series 1? could be wrong. mines a series 3 btw

It came up when i was talking to the brake guy i know last week but as i said i can't recall if it was the standard or premium brake off the BA going onto the AU 2/3 ...
Long story short he said the BF option was better for what i wanted and was cheaper than the BA option but i'm upgrading to premium size not standard size.

[2002au]

just messaged "the monty" and he says its all a straight fit! win

[Day-mow]

so BF XR8/6T/Terry brakes are bigger then a BF XT? and BA XR8? are they a 322mm rotor still?

whats a set of BF XR calipers worth?

[The Monty]

Yeah guys, take off an AU caliper, and the disc, put on a BA disk, and caliper, use the brake line that comes with the caliper, hook it up and your done, couldnt be simpler. And I deffinately did not use a spacer of any kind. The BA XT brakes and calipers when side by side with the AU's are quite an upgrade.

[Day-mow]

so a BA XT set of calipers are all you need? winnnning!

what about the rear?

[2002au]

so my calipers just arrived from ftg autosalvage. and they have the ba lines but have been cut. so ill have to go to wreckers and get some, but what exactly am i asking for? the front ba falcon brake lines that go from the caliper to the....? sorry for stupid question but my brains not working well lol

cheers

[POELWYK]

Go buy new lines as you don't know how badly damaged the old ones can be

[XRGhia]

Cassidy, go into the supporters section, and go to Race Brakes Sydney - Get some braided BA lines....

[Day-mow]

you want BA lines. if u want to go braided now is the time because your going to bleed the system anyway with swapping calipers. but going braided fronts only doesnt do as much because the back will "swell" instead of having firm pedal feel like itwould with braided all round./

[The Monty]

Day-Mow, the calipers are the only change for the rear as well. Bolt straight on. The rotors are bigger, BUT, the calipers fit AU2/3 pads. So you can reuse the ones you have.