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EVO 8 Brembo's on a VR4 Question

GSX_TC

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Ok so Will JDM EA5A/EA6A Galant Steering Knuckles MR369425 & MR369426 found on restyled (1998+) Galants EA5A (sedan) and EA6A (wagon) Fit on my Galant? the reason im asking is because i wanna run EVO 8 brembos for the front and apparently these are the ones that allow you to do this but this was done for a 2G though. so what im asking is will these JDM Knuckles bolt up to a USDM galant VR4?
 

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2G front knuckes are totally different. Won't work.

I've been trying to find someone to sell me a frond evo knuckle so i can strip it down and see if i can make it work on a GVR4

use the search, this topic has been gone over quite a few times.
 

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Dammit! so much for that idea... so what JDM knuckle will work for our cars then?
 

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don't recall, im trying to get an evo 8 knuckle since the front suspension is similar, i think i may be able to use one, wont know til i get one /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 

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there's a guy on tuners that makes brackets to bolt up to our knuckles. i might just go that route
 

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i know for a fact that the evo brembos fit on the 99+ USDM galant/00+ eclipse with minor modifications (with the rear) fronts are bolt on, they share a similar front strut as the GVR4 just a thought maybe those might work...the setups are similar, im sure those would be cheaper and easier to find to test out vs finding evo ones
 
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Arent garfield in the process of making the brackets for this so you can run it???
 

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oh wow I hope so, that would be amazing man. I'd def get a set. would the EVO 8 brembo's bolt up to our rear ones?
 

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Nothing yet has been made up for the rear's to fit I believe and if so you'll loose the e-brake. As for the frt.spindals you don't need no jdm nor other spindals to make them work.
 

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yeah i'll prob just get that bracket to bolt them on from the guy on tuners, but if Garfield has some i'll get his
 

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i would like to do the front and the rears, i hope my 18's will clear them. they should though
 

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My rims are 18X7.5 i believe the offset is +40, not sure on the rears of the EVO 8
 

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Whether they clear of not is all down to the shape of the spokes, not the offset.

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here is a pic of my spokes on the rim. i dont know if this helps




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To do the rears and keep the e-brake you'll need 3000GT VR4 rear trailing arms, they use a drum-in-disc design like the Evo...
The guy you'll need to get in touch with goes by the name of KMV over on DSM Tuners, brackets ran me $150 shipped, with all the hardware you'll need.
I'm in the process of sorting the particulars out right now - the rear evo rotors being larger and with a higher hat than the stock rotors - so I think a spacer will be needed.
Everyone I talked to said the 3000GT rear arms were bolt on, but that's not what I've found - mine needed some die grinder modifications, and I haven't even got them fitted yet. I'll do a write up when I get everything sorted, but it's a process for sure.
 
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dam thanks for that great info brandon! I'll def be contacting you about this so i can do the same thing.
 

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Quoting BrandonEchols:
To do the rears and keep the e-brake you'll need 3000GT VR4 rear trailing arms, they use a drum-in-disc design like the Evo...
The guy you'll need to get in touch with goes by the name of KMV over on DSM Tuners, brackets ran me $150 shipped, with all the hardware you'll need.
I'm in the process of sorting the particulars out right now - the rear evo rotors being larger and with a higher hat than the stock rotors - so I think a spaced will be needed.
Everyone I talked to said the 3000GT rear arms were bolt on, but that's not what I've found - mine needed some die grinder modifications, and I haven't even got them fitted yet. I'll do a write up when I get everything sorted, but it's a process for sure.


please take a lot of pictures when doing the write up. Thanks
-Shane
 

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Mike from looking at your wheels I would say no on clearing the Brembo brakes. For Brembo setup you need a high pad wheel. The spoke design can help to clear the brakes, but it really boils down to the back pad of the wheel.
 

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lol yeah i know right, but what if i got one of those adapter plates that bolts up to our factory knuckles? wouldnt there not be any clearance issues? because theoretically they should fit since they bolt up in the same location as the stock caliper. even though they are greater in size though.
 

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^^^^

The caliper is much wider than the stock caliper. Only certain wheels will fit and size and offest will only be part of the equation. You have to make sure that what ever wheels you get will have plenty of clearence between the spokes and calipers.
 
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