HoSS Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Theres a very good but very expensive kit available from TigerExped, other than that the same flawed kits as before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1fzpower Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Bringing this thread back up. Working on doing a disc conversion here in the middle of the USA. I have been looking for ideas of best way to do this. @94Discovery did you ever get your portal conversion done with those calipers that appear to be from GM truck? Pic below. Do you happen to have a design file on the brackets you made for attaching the caliper? On a Finland board, I found these rings that are made to allow for the caliper bolt issue you ran into. Have a thread on IH8mud. Portal conversion discussion on page 20+ https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/what-the-foo-is-this.674113/page-24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94Discovery Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Sorry no CAD files the project is on the back burner made too many mistakes on this conversion yet i learned allot . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94Discovery Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 15 hours ago, 1fzpower said: Bringing this thread back up. Working on doing a disc conversion here in the middle of the USA. I have been looking for ideas of best way to do this. @94Discovery did you ever get your portal conversion done with those calipers that appear to be from GM truck? Pic below. Do you happen to have a design file on the brackets you made for attaching the caliper? On a Finland board, I found these rings that are made to allow for the caliper bolt issue you ran into. Have a thread on IH8mud. Portal conversion discussion on page 20+ https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/what-the-foo-is-this.674113/page-24 My advise to you do not ,do not machine the volvo hubs ,make a wheel spacer from the volvo wheel patern to what ever you want ,from aircraft aluminum lightweight and strong ,from the back i will make an inner hat the attaches to willwood rotors and calipers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1fzpower Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 11 hours ago, 94Discovery said: My advise to you do not ,do not machine the volvo hubs ,make a wheel spacer from the volvo wheel patern to what ever you want ,from aircraft aluminum lightweight and strong ,from the back i will make an inner hat the attaches to willwood rotors and calipers Thank you for your reply. Does anyone have a source for those spacers? Or cad file of the mounting ring for toyota calipers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Aluminium wheel spacers? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoSS Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 ^ What he said. C'on seriously, wheel spacers on wheels that size, or on any 4x4 for that matter... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94Discovery Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 8 hours ago, FridgeFreezer said: Aluminium wheel spacers? 5 hours ago, HoSS said: ^ What he said. C'on seriously, wheel spacers on wheels that size, or on any 4x4 for that matter... Ok ok ok make it steel then 🤪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1fzpower Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Sorry, these spacers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1fzpower Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Mcfly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandonium Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 I have a '75 TGB11 that I will be tossing discs on later this year once they arrive so I will post pictures/updates to this thread. Why this thread? Because I have read it at least 10x now and every time I would go back to researching disc options for a c303 it would lead me here...inevitably. The kit is from Kamo Oko Vidi and although he doesn't market dual caliper front setups his kit can accommodate dual front calipers. Hubs are machined to whatever bolt pattern you desire. 5/6 lug bolt patterns are a single hub while 8 lug hubs are two piece. I was going to keep the 8x222,25 pattern but decided to change to 8x165,1. I'll post more as I have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoSS Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 16 hours ago, Brandonium said: I have a '75 TGB11 that I will be tossing discs on later this year once they arrive so I will post pictures/updates to this thread. Why this thread? Because I have read it at least 10x now and every time I would go back to researching disc options for a c303 it would lead me here...inevitably. The kit is from Kamo Oko Vidi and although he doesn't market dual caliper front setups his kit can accommodate dual front calipers. Hubs are machined to whatever bolt pattern you desire. 5/6 lug bolt patterns are a single hub while 8 lug hubs are two piece. I was going to keep the 8x222,25 pattern but decided to change to 8x165,1. I'll post more as I have it. I'll be interested how you get on. I've been looking at this kit and thinking of adapting for dual front calipers. (The Tiger exped kit is just too expensive) Why the wheel choice? what wheels, tyres and offset do you think your wlll use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandonium Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 5 hours ago, HoSS said: I'll be interested how you get on. I've been looking at this kit and thinking of adapting for dual front calipers. (The Tiger exped kit is just too expensive) Why the wheel choice? what wheels, tyres and offset do you think your wlll use? It's actually an accumulation of reasons. I agree that the Tiger kits are just too damn pricey. On top of that in order to get one you have to get other people in on a purchase so that they can make a run of them vs Kamo who builds them to order and to whatever PCD you desire. Did you see the picture of what it takes to adapt to dual front calipers? Quite literally it's securing a second bracket and mounting it opposite of the other caliper. That's it. Some reasons for the bolt pattern change were that I already need new tires and my rims are also needing some TLC so at a minimum I'd have needed to deal with that. On top of that I wanted to make sure that I had no interference with the calipers. I know Kamo (Gordan) states they clear the stock rims but I figured I'd use the opportunity to change it up since he is making new hubs. I decided on Hummer H1 12-bolt two-piece rims which are ET50 / 8.25" wide. The rims are not that expensive to source and for the cost of 5 rims from Tiger I was able to get five H1 rims, refurbish them and also get 100% new surplus BFG Baha T/A's in 37x12.5R16.5. Using this bolt pattern also allows me to use Centramatics for the H1 on the hubs so no wheel weights or balance beads. I'm not running the run-flat inserts but I am installing a double beadlock PVC insert into each wheel/tire combo. Also 8x6.5 is a common Dodge and Chevy pattern here so if and when having 16.5's becomes an issue I will have an easier time working out options with that bolt pattern than I would the Volvo pattern. I'll have a wider track but I know a few running 14.5" wide tires on ET65 wheels without issue so I'll just work around whatever issues might arise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandonium Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 This is what the front caliper mounting brackets should look like with dual fronts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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