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[siggy]

When you tell your insurance company you have ground down the calipers, do you think they will insure you

Siggy

[Jake Blues]

Well that's told me then hasn't it.

A second hand Cooper S 7.9 system goes for 350 to 400 quid, a second hand 8.4 can be picked up for 30-40 quid. Doesn't that make it overpriced? There's a 200 quid difference in the new stuff too.

[siggy]

8.4 were fitted to all mini's after 1986ish

7.5 were only fitted to Cooper 'S' and 1275GTs in the UK

Mini spares sell a kit to convert from 8.4s to 7.5s for about £300

The last 2 sets of 7.5 I have cost less than £50, they did need work but less than £100 spent on them.


Also having a 7.5 set on your car will increase its value when you sell it.


Siggy

Edited by siggy, 02 October 2005 - 11:28 PM.

[Jake Blues]

8.4 were fitted to all mini's after 1986ish

7.5 were only fitted to Cooper 'S' and 1275GTs in the UK

Mini spares sell a kit to convert from 8.4s to 7.5s for about £300

The last 2 sets of 7.5 I have cost less than £50, they did need work but less than £100 spent on them.


Also having a 7.5 set on your car will increase its value when you sell it.


Siggy

Yes, thank you, I know. Therefore second hand Cooper S kits are rarer and would be more expensive but........new kits are now being made in both sizes....why the price difference?

We are talking about the same thing here aren't we? There is a difference between Cooper and Cooper S disc brakes. Cooper set ups were rubbish and can be sourced for around 50 quid but the cheapest S ones I have ever seen in the last 3 years was 250, so well done if you got some of those for 50 notes.

Most people I know, who have them seem to keep their 7.5 disc set up when selling their cars to put on the next project!

[siggy]

The reason 'S' ones are more expensive is they don't make that many compared with 8.4.

I don't mean Cooper discs which are 7.0.

I have just got a set of 7.5s on a Scamp, this cost me petrol money to collect the car, last year I got a Mini estate which had them on and that only cost petrol money.


Siggy

[clubman katie B.F]

a cooper 7 inch went on ebay for a tenner i think...only good for wheel barrows. when my cooper s caliper broke it cost me £160 to replace, must be hard to get hold of, either that or it's a kudos thing, if so we are buggered

[clubman katie B.F]

here the grinding that has caused a ruckus.....as pointed out by the great keith calver, as you will see it is not near a cylinder or anything lol..... tongue firmly in cheek

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[Jake Blues]

Thanks mate! This certainly steamed up the windows didn't it!

[siggy]

The photo is not too clear, but if you had said and posted the photo at first?

Looking at the photo the area that is pointed at, looks very close to the cylinder. Have you a clearer photo, or a link to where KC says this?

You have to remember that a lot of the people on sites have little knowedge of mechanics, let alone engineering. Just to say grind a caliper, is a little dangerous,

I have great respect for KC.

Siggy

Edited by siggy, 03 October 2005 - 07:20 AM.

[Jake Blues]

Just to say grind a caliper, is a little dangerous,

I'd deffo agree with that, which is why, despite a long background in motor engineering, I've got someone else doing mine!