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[Omega6pot]

Hi was wondering if i ould put the vented rear brake setup of a late facelift omega onto my 00 mv6 estate? if so does it have to come off an estate
cheers al

[Jimbob]

You can, doesnt need to be estate.

Not much to be gained though

Elite pete did this a while back

[Elite Pete]

As Jimbob say's you can but there's nothing to be gained, I did it because I got a set of new genuine discs for pennys.

[Omega6pot]

its more i sad kinda fetish for changing parts i have, is it just the calipers and discs you change?

[Pedro]

To be honest, waste of time (as said) - and you'll be adding to the amount of unsprung weight.

[Turk]

You'll upset the brake bias if you just increase the stopping power on the rear.
In an extreme case of brake bias to the rear, as opposed to the front as it should be, it would be the same as yanking up a hydraulic handbrake.
Same goes for a bike, you can put sintered pads all round or sintered on the front and standard on the rear but you cannot put sintered on the rear if the front are just standard.
Under braking, the weight of the vehicle is transfered to the front, the rear becomes lighter and the wheels require less effort to stop them turning. If the brake bias is to the rear, that now lighter rear wheel will lock up, or put the ABS system under an unneccessary and excessive workload.
Properly maintained, the standard brakes on Omegas are as much as you will ever require for any road application.

[Elite Pete]

You'll upset the brake bias if you just increase the stopping power on the rear.
In an extreme case of brake bias to the rear, as opposed to the front as it should be, it would be the same as yanking up a hydraulic handbrake.
Same goes for a bike, you can put sintered pads all round or sintered on the front and standard on the rear but you cannot put sintered on the rear if the front are just standard.
Under braking, the weight of the vehicle is transfered to the front, the rear becomes lighter and the wheels require less effort to stop them turning. If the brake bias is to the rear, that now lighter rear wheel will lock up, or put the ABS system under an unneccessary and excessive workload.
Properly maintained, the standard brakes on Omegas are as much as you will ever require for any road application.

Mine was fine.