Brake upgrade!

Found out the other day from ford i can upgrade my brakes without voiding my warranty.
im torn between st150 and st 170 discs on the front and i just don't really know what to put on the rear?
also have no idea how much its likely to set me back? any help would be greatly appreciated!

George Rees wrote:

Found out the other day from ford i can upgrade my brakes without voiding my warranty.
im torn between st150 and st 170 discs on the front and i just don't really know what to put on the rear?
also have no idea how much its likely to set me back? any help would be greatly appreciated!

I have done a 280mm focus st rear conversion on my mk5 and cost me £200,i think the best thing for yours is to have the st 170 setup on the front which is 280mm and standard focus ones on the rear which are 255mm and st150 handbrake cables

Price wise the front would be around £300 i think and the rears 200ish if you can find some descent ones from the scrap yard or ebay

tbh depends on what your planning with your car. Track or just occasional blitz on the road

Occasional blitz on the road and once the cars a bit older and the funds are a bit better it might see a few track sessions at ford fair! I have big plans for the engine once the warrantys ended!

What would it take to get ST170 brakes on front and rear would they go straight on or would there be some drilling and spacing and stuff?

monkeys setup is pretty sexy

i need to know whats involved with the fitting on my MK6

Would these fit my Mk6 on the front
http://www.hispecbrake.co.uk/Convers...20300%20B4.htm
and any suggestions for the back??

Monkey Space wrote:

I have done a 280mm focus st rear conversion on my mk5 and cost me £200,i think the best thing for yours is to have the st 170 setup on the front which is 280mm and standard focus ones on the rear which are 255mm and st150 handbrake cables

Price wise the front would be around £300 i think and the rears 200ish if you can find some descent ones from the scrap yard or ebay

Isnt st170 300mm, or did you mean st150?

Sorry i did mean 300mm on front what a spaz i am:(
The fronts will need drilling but the rears go straight on
and the hispec brakes,you need to check weather they will fit under your wheels depending on how big you want to go in rotar size

Thanks for the advice think ill just go for the st170 gear!

Consider the Mondeo Calipers, they use ST170 discs anyway, being 4x108 instead of 5x100 pcd discs

And alot cheaper and easier to find aswell, Edley will sell them for £20 per caliper.

oooo not bad

I have the Mondeo calipers on my car, there pap, but I think that's to do with the naff brake fluid and cheap pads.

However I paid £60 for pads and discs, add another £40 for calipers, £40 for some hoses and £20 for brake fluid and you'll be laughing!

youve got disc's on rear aswell havent you?

Yep

i might st150 the front and st170 the rears

280 front and 270 rear? :O

yea. mank was saying you can get more choice of pads up front

You can get pads for the Mondeo calipers, just harder to source!

I'll get some M1144's when I've got some spare money.