mjrstar Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 Dear Ford Australia, You appear to have neglected put sound deadening in your Falcon utilities.. those tiny bits near the side window don't count.. Don't worry about it I will do it myself. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrstar Posted October 4, 2015 Author Share Posted October 4, 2015 Don't be afraid to pull your daily with only 40,000ks on it apart.. i was going to leave the roof due to possible head lining dramas but thought i might as well go nuts.. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrstar Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 It seems to stay cooler in the sun with the dose of sound deadner on the roof. anyway this was next on the hit list - Yes I am aware that a single pot sliding caliper really is the hillman hunter of braking layouts. But these units are at least an aluminum caliper and will take a vented disc. But when the ford accountants specified 300 mm solid rotors on the rear of the FG'S on the entire range *excluding FPV, something has to be done. Check out the size of that original pad. Job done. seems to have reduced the brake shudder and sits a bit flatter on heavy braking which is nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreatestben Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Are those the FPV rear brakes that you've fitted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrstar Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 Yes and no... these are just a pair of $100 territory calipers, but if your FPV came with 4 pot brembos on the front then these calipers are what is fitted to the rear. Normally referred to as 328mm PBR, and painted red if found on the back of a typhoon or GT. Intersting thing is that these were fitted to the BF turbo and XR8 too, so yeah nice and easy to get hold of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVMPAJ Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Brake shudder is a curse I reckon that Ford don't want tell anyone about the "fix" just so we spend dollars on pads , rotors , suspension , steering tyres etc! . I had the dreaded shudder on the motorway , like the wheels were about to fall off . Had front rotors replaced and still the shudder ...........The fix , undo the master cylinder from the booster , gently pull out the actuator , hold the nerled rod with small vice grips and turn the hex head clockwise a few flats........no more shudder. Also when car goes in for service , tell them to leave the bloody thing alone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 350kw and leaf springs in a 5 year old car  Ford Australia sure know how to build em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morkster Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Leaf springs because ute. They are stronger. Like Hyundai iload (load carrying van) has leafs, and imax (people carrying van) has coils and upper and lower arms, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrstar Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 Yeah the leaf spring is a bit of a laugh, but it does distribute the weight in two points instead of just at the point where thr coil mounts. If you buy a commodore ute it will have IRS but you'll be limited to around 500kg payload. (And will be lacking a turbo) With the sort of stuff I use it for IRS and lower payload would be ok if it improved ability to get the power down. Also NVMYPAJ the servicing happens in the shed at home. Im not paying fraud to do a rubbish job of servicing my ute. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrstar Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 Not the big 6 pots that were intended but at least it's got the 355mm rotors on it now. Took about an hour all up / pretty lazy upgrade. Edit: wow talk about shit photo's. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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