Disc brake conversion kit for Nubira rear???

Adam454ss · Post by **Adam454ss** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 1:06 pm

Is there a disc brake conversion kit for a Nubira2? I would like to change from the drum brake system.

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 1:27 pm

does the ABS fitted Nubi got rear discs? if yes then you know what to look for.

MMamdouh

Adam454ss · Post by **Adam454ss** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 5:27 pm

No it doesn't have rear discs, that's why I am looking for a conversion kit.

tango · Post by **tango** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:59 pm

Only the 1.6L Nubiras came with drums so my advice is to look for a rear end from a 2.0L. Not sure what other car can work, though it MAY be related to an Opel.

UK_REZ_ESSEXRACERS.COM · Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:17 am

its not an opel, its a vauxhall...

try a search on MIGWEB under astra mk2 i belive. youll find pics and info on there.

AcingTeam · Post by **AcingTeam** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:26 am

Isn't vauxhall and opel the same company? Or one owned by another?

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:28 am

same company

tango · Post by **tango** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 2:06 am

UK_REZ_ESSEXRACERS.COM wrote:its not an opel, its a vauxhall...

try a search on MIGWEB under astra mk2 i belive. youll find pics and info on there.

<sigh> Opel and Vauxhall are the same company. Marketting and British pride keep the Vauxhall name alive, but strangely only in the UK. Every other market has gone to the Opel name because frankly, the name Vauxhall sounds utterly silly if spoken with anything other than a British accent. Even here in Jamaica we've dumped the Vauxhall name because people here just don't associate it with a modern vehicle. That said, these cars are more Opel than Vauxhall because everything that has to do with them happens through Germany. When I speak of Daewoo's associations I too usually say Vauxhall this and that because I grew up reading Autocar&Motor, a British publication. But let's be honest. Vauxhall as an individual company died years ago.

Secondly the Nubira is loosely based on the Cavalier/Rekord and not the Astra as you alluded to. The rear end may be similar but we have to be absolutely certain. That's why I am making it simple for the chap. Go for a 2.0L Nubira's rear end.

mocpac · Post by **mocpac** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 2:41 am

thats right, nubi 2.0 and not sure but thinks so the 18.. If it hard for you to find one just use the break system of the leganza and make a convertion to 5 lugs..

or whatever...

Post by **PrecisionBoost** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:47 am

Well..... I have to call it a Holden product just to be different.

The engine is the heart and it was manufactured in Holden's Port Melbourn engine plant in good old Australia.

The brakes are found in a number of vehicles...including a few Saab vehicles...... the older Vauxhall/Opel/Holden vehicles had the spindles welded on where as the newer ones were held on by four bolts.

I'd have to think 360Dynamics could source you the entire assembly from Korea ( if he can find the part numbers required )

UK_REZ_ESSEXRACERS.COM · Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:16 pm

i only said it cause i hate the name opel.

its a vauxhall, thats all im guna say on the matter!

Post by **PrecisionBoost** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:51 pm

OPEL OPEL OPEL OPEL OPEL

Just joking

I know you Brits are sensitive about this stuff.

Adam454ss · Post by **Adam454ss** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:59 am

My nubura has a 2.0 in it, I know it's not a 1.8 So why does my car, SX model , have rear drum brakes then??