Thread: Vented brakes for Range Rover

Yes. Davis Performance Landys (formerly John E. Davis Motorworks) converted my '86 RR to vented for the previous owner.

Ron

Ok.
I was hoping there was some sort of kit or something so you could do it yourself.
I guess the discs and calipers from a later model don't just bolt on????

Originally Posted by walker

Ok.
I was hoping there was some sort of kit or something so you could do it yourself.
I guess the discs and calipers from a later model don't just bolt on????

I thought they would. My car was converted in the late Eighties.

Ron

I think there is a spacer kit that allows you to fit the appropriate rotors and calipers.

You can buy a spacer kit from dealers such as Graham Cooper or TRS in Adelaide. You can fit it yourself with vented rotors. Around $400 for the kit which is just a couple of spacers and O rings.

Or you can go to a wrecker and pick up calipers and discs.
BUT I think you would then have to have hybrid hoses made, as AFAIR vented calipers are metric and unvented imperial.
Regards Philip A

Easy to do.

Buy new discs DBR or the like.

Calipers 2 options.

Fit spacers available from numerous sources.
Buy calipers from RR with the vented discs.

straight bolt up.

or buy a set of vented defender calipers (46m Pistons) and fit these gives better braking. these will require some changes to front brake lines.

Michael.

Thanks everyone, just what I was after.

These are for the ute I am building and there is no problem getting new hoese made up. I will probably get some custom braded hoses made anyway.

I am pretty sure everything after '86 was metric as I had a similar problme with the 2 door. I had an 86 diff on the back which was metric but had to bolt up to imperial on the vehicle.

I will have a look at the Defender rotors, the more stopping power the better. I guess the hard part will be finding some calipers.