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Bottom of the hill, Sydney
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April 2004
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Location:
Bottom of the hill, Sydney
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April 2004
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Brisbane
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February 2003
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Re: RA40 struts into KE3x/5x..... now with pics
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Mon, 08 November 2004 10:57
 
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brad- the images on the web page are pointign to your local drive.
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Location:
Bottom of the hill, Sydney
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: RA40 struts into KE3x/5x..... now with pics
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Tue, 09 November 2004 07:35
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Sorry  First time I have set up a web page.
Hopefully they should be working now 
Brad
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Vic, AU
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September 2004
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Re: RA40 struts into KE3x/5x..... now with pics
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Tue, 09 November 2004 08:31
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Nice pics, I've got to take some of my setup as well.. Bit more butchered than that though.
As for wheels, I've got a nice set of Silvia rims fitted to my KE50 with XT130 struts, looks very nice and doesn't stick out of the wheel arch.
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Location:
Sydney
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May 2004
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Re: RA40 struts into KE3x/5x..... now with pics
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Tue, 09 November 2004 08:42
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a mate of mine fitted commodore brakes/struts to his ke35.
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Location:
Bottom of the hill, Sydney
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: RA40 struts into KE3x/5x..... now with pics
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Tue, 09 November 2004 10:11
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gr8r-x: Thanks for the tip on the wheels. I was thinking just a standard set of celica rims as I don't want to spend too much and I want to keep the look low key (sleeper  ) , but I think I will check out some silvia rims.
The reason I used the RA40 brakes is because I got the complete struts, rear drums and master cylinder for free. I didn't know about the difference in the bolt hole spacing at the bottom of the struts when I got them so I had to buy the lower control arms but for $40 I can't complain  . I plan on fitting the RA40 master cylinder to the KE30 booster and using the RA40 drums on the rear (although I think they are the same as the corolla ones anyway).
Hopefully the brakes will be a cheap upgrade that will satisfy an engineer, give improved street performance over standard and be a platform for possible future improvements.
BTW the reason for the brake upgrade is because I plan on fitting a 4AGE .
Brad
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Vic, AU
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September 2004
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Re: RA40 struts into KE3x/5x..... now with pics
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Tue, 09 November 2004 11:33
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| BradW wrote on Tue, 09 November 2004 21:11 |
BTW the reason for the brake upgrade is because I plan on fitting a 4AGE .
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Don't we all.. 
The Silvia rims aren't that expensive. I got mine for under $400 with great tyres (about 95% tread), fitted and balanced. Mind you, had to spend about a week just looking around for them, bastards...
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