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Old Dec 5, 2014 | 06:15 PM
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5 lug axles and brakes.

So since RE Speed went out a while back. Where can we get 5 lug axles for the 1st gen rear?

Also, anyone here have dimensions for the rear caliper bracket to fit T2 brakes? That would save me a bunch of time measuring to make my own.
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Old Dec 6, 2014 | 01:23 AM
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you have to call moser and have them make you a set of gsl-se axles and have them use the 5x114.3 bolt pattern, or find some gsl-se axles and have a machine shop plug weld the holes and redrill the axles to the above mentioned pattern.

as for the rear caliper brackets, there was a group buy a while ago where a member was having some made iirc, but i think its over already. maybe they could give you the dimensions? only other options that i know of are fabricate your own, or find a set of used respeed brackets (good luck)
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Old Dec 8, 2014 | 08:56 AM
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Here is the bracket I used, don’t ask why it is in inches instead of mm, it fits perfect. Make it from .25 plate and add some spacers about .125 thick but I ended up trimming both sides a little after I had everything assembled and then measured the clearance on either side of the rotor to the caliper with feeler gages.



Oh yeah Moser is the source for either custom axles or redrilled stock axles. In our case we left the 4X110 and drilled the rotors to fit.
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Old Dec 8, 2014 | 06:18 PM
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Thank you! You sir, are awesome.

Where did you put the spacers? Did you just use washers?
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The spacers fit between the adapter brackets and the calipers, it is easiest to tack weld them to the brackets. They need to be about .250 thick, I made mine with a hole saw from some quarter inch plate I had. Once I had everything lined up I measured the distance on either side between the caliper and rotor and trimmed the spacers down, I believe I ended up right around .200 inch to center everything perfectly.

Don’t forget to flip your calipers right to left or you will never get them to bleed.
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Old Mar 30, 2015 | 05:36 PM
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I have a set of new 5 lug gslse axles that may never find a home in my car. Might be willing to sell them.
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