Finally Finished

[simonwedge]

Have finally finished my project to renovate suspension and brakes, It's taken a long time and been frustrating at times but i'm really pleased with the results. Some before, during and after pics follow. In summary, it's had:

Gaz shocks all round
New springs
Shot blasted and powder coated front suspension with new joints, bushes, drop-links, bearings, brake-pipes etc.
330 mm vented and drilled discs
Brembo calipers from a Mitsubishi Evo

Brakes are still to bed in properly but the difference is incredible already. Ride and handling are also totally transformed.

[hallsie]

Nice!

What wheels and offsets are they?

[simonwedge]

hallsie said:

Nice!

What wheels and offsets are they?

They're Azul Speedmesh from the US, 8 x 18 with 35 mm offset - theres a picture on my member page thingy that shows how they look on the car.

[pwd95]

Not usually keen on modern wheels on these cars but those look the danglies I must say.

[johntom]

Hi
looks good, do the evo calipers fit straight onto the existing mounts or are they modifield etc?
thanks

[simonwedge]

The brake conversion was custom made by: http://www.caprisport.com/ . They've done a fantastic job, all parts made in ally - really nice workmanship and they mate up to the standard stub axles. It was apparantly a bit of a nightmare to find discs etc. that had the right dimensions but they managed it the end. If you fancy getting them to do some for you remember that you'll need 18 inch wheels to fit it all in!

[Dave_M]

Looks great Simon

[Transmitter Man]

Congratulations Simon.

The Brembo's look great.

I exchanged mail with Mr Caprisport a couple of months ago and plan opn visiting him in the near future.

Phil
420 SEAC

[HOTTY]

Hi Simon
You put most of us to shame, they look great well, worth the cash and time you must spent.
This must be put on my never ending list of things that have to be done

[grahamw48]

Looks great....well done.

Always interesting to see (more modern) alternative braking for the Wedge,and those really fill up the wheels nicely.