Thread: Brake upgrade for Discovery 2?

Originally Posted by twr7cx

For a rear brake upgrade option, ICS Motorsport have made an adapter to change the rear brake calipers to the front ones - means you run a larger brake pad and twin piston setup.

I think their original idea is based on reducing the variety of spare parts/components required by allowing you to have a single brake caliper type front and rear.
But it seems like a reasonable companion for the rear after a Brembo front upgrade…

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With D2 rear rotors being unvented, I'm assuming theyre early Disco1 front calipers rather than D2 ones?

Originally Posted by rick130

Probably no different to what we've done with our pads that have better bite.
If anything it'd enhance it?

The tone rings 'read' the speed difference and the BCU modulates the ABS, with bigger brakes with more bite it shouldn't need to be as aggressive?

On road my TC is pretty seamless, you really don't know is doing it's job in the wet except for the light flashing on the dash.
Very, very different to the new Triton work ute. That just dies in the arse at any hint of wheel slip or sliding with the SC.
Thankfully it has a dash switch.

Yep Rick. In high range they combine braking with engine retardation for certain cases of slew and wheel spin (in AWD with Super Select 2 there is more scope for not having engine retardation I have found). Apart from turning off anti slew control in high range, in low range the engine retardation is off completely and the wheel braking only is employed (and is quicker and more advanced as you would expect 20 plus years on from D2. The best of the dual cab utes too. Very effective). I have a set of pads here still from that bloke down the Coast that you put me on to Rick. He made them from the pad composites he made for the 200 series the RAAF Air Defence Guards were running. Will have to put them on with fresh discs as some point. Should be good. Cheers

Originally Posted by Slunnie

With D2 rear rotors being unvented, I'm assuming theyre early Disco1 front calipers rather than D2 ones?

Nope. Disco 2 front calibers being fitted onto the rear. Along with the Disco 2 front brake disc rotors which means the rear brake disc rotors will now be vented, not solid, and slightly smaller as the front rotor diameter is 297mm and rear 304mm.


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Originally Posted by twr7cx

Nope. Disco 2 front calibers being fitted onto the rear. Along with the Disco 2 front brake disc rotors which means the rear brake disc rotors will now be vented, not solid, and slightly smaller as the front rotor diameter is 297mm and rear 304mm.

Ahhh thanks, thats a better setup!

Especially if you've got a spare set of front bits from upgrading those. I'm assuming doing it without upgrading the fronts would only be reducing required spares and that any additional breaking is going to be fairly minimal?