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Focus Rally Brake Kit Install. - Focus man. Focus. - 08-17-2010
Well it all goes in tomorrow. I dropped the car off at the shop tonight on my way home and they start 1st thing in the morning. For those of you that don't know I initally wanted to do all of the install myself but got hung up on the driverside CV shaft being stuck in the hub. So I gave up on doing it myself.
Here is the list of parts being put in.
2 CV Shafts
New lower control arms
Steering knuckles
Hubs & bearings
New pads, rotors, and calipers(2005+)
Flex hoses
I can't wait to finally get the vibration out of the front end. It was getting really bad under hard braking. Plus they are going to fill my 17's nicely.
RE: Focus Rally Brake Kit Install. - Oscar The Grouch - 08-17-2010
Did you get the CFM adjustable arms or replacement OEM?
RE: Focus Rally Brake Kit Install. - Focus man. Focus. - 08-17-2010
Just aftermarket stock replacements. My car won't be seeing any track time or anything like that. Just a little more stopping power for commuting.
RE: Focus Rally Brake Kit Install. - Spinal - 08-17-2010
how much is that all going to cost for labour?
RE: Focus Rally Brake Kit Install. - Focus man. Focus. - 08-17-2010
I find out tomorrow. I trust the shop where it's at. It won't be that bad. I don't think it will more than 4 hours.
RE: Focus Rally Brake Kit Install. - NikiterZTS - 08-17-2010
Too bad that it ain't gonna be tracked
RE: Focus Rally Brake Kit Install. - Focus man. Focus. - 08-18-2010
Well the car wasn't finished today as the shop had planned. They needed to order up a pinch bolt for the left lower ball joint. I can wait one more day. I did see her up on the hoist and man of man, those brakes look good. The mechanic even commented on how thick and meaty the rotors are.
I got the total for the repair. It is about what I was expecting. $500 cash. Not bad considering they put in close to 6 hours labour so far. And I have a loaner car in the meantime. Can't wait to get her back!
RE: Focus Rally Brake Kit Install. - Focus man. Focus. - 08-19-2010
She is all done and stops on a dime. I haven't really stopped hard with her yet as I am waiting for the pads to settle into the rotors. But so far so good.
RE: Focus Rally Brake Kit Install. - NikiterZTS - 08-19-2010
did you do bedding on those pads?
RE: Focus Rally Brake Kit Install. - konafocuswrc - 08-19-2010
(08-19-2010, 10:09 AM)Focus man. Focus. Wrote: She is all done and stops on a dime. I haven't really stopped hard with her yet as I am waiting for the pads to settle into the rotors. But so far so good.
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RE: Focus Rally Brake Kit Install. - GFXjamie - 08-19-2010
ya i sure hope you bed the pads in, once you do that you can brake as hard as you want and everything should be fine. thats the one mistake i made with my fronts is i forgot to bed em in, luckily i did it in time before they glazed over