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smillie
PostPosted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 3:27 pm 
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has anyone heard of this conversion and what is involved in doing it

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Festiva sold here (Mazda/Kia) don't fit, but UK made 80's Fiesta calipers do. However, you need disc brake swivel hubs and rotors, so you may as well use S calipers too. :lol:

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smillie
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well that takes the fun out of it then

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I have a pair of good condition working "S" calipers & a pair of "S" swivel hubs here,,, going cheap for today only,,, first in best dressed
Ph me if you`re keen
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i've never heard of a fetsiva, whats that?
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Spaceboy wrote:
i've never heard of a fetsiva, whats that?


Sounds Eastern European....

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slinkey inc wrote:
Spaceboy wrote:
i've never heard of a fetsiva, whats that?


Sounds Eastern European....


More like a device used in a New Zealund Fush n chup shop to save the cooking fat

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Wombat wrote:
Fush n chup shop


classic
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here's the how to Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fbBWdSD ... er&search=

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Seems like a perfectly good waste of disc brake swivel hubs :?

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Just buy these:

http://www.16vminiclub.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13526
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Even with freight ($100 at a guess from DHL), they're still cheap.

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