kraftor

Good to hear others have done this. Here is a picture of the problem, though it is not touching in this case as these pads are pretty new. And here is the swapped result. Brake lines are plenty long enough, in fact it is nearly symmetrical to old location or new. I got new rotors while I was at it.

I am hesitant to use spacers as the car is not lowered and this would increase the angle on the steering. If I want to lower after adding spacers I will need to buy different springs. the current ones are pretty long and stiff. I have been playing the replace early game (option A), but as I am about to do a full brake job I thought I might do the swap. I believe I have a set of longer brake lines if I need them. Thanks for the advice. I'll update with what I end up doing in a few weeks when it actually happens. Hopefully sooner than later as the pads I have on now squeal like crazy when they get warmed up.

I have a set of 280ZX strut coilovers and brake calipers on my 510. After the brake pads wear about 1/2 way the caliper hits the steering arm. It looks like bumpsteer spacers would fix it, but not being lowered, I do not need/want those. Can I swap the parts around right to left so that the calipers are facing front like I see on many newer cars? I think mechanically it will work, but the calipers will have opposite stress on pads. Anybody done this or have another recommendation?

I worked on replacing my heater core (recored) and getting the defroster to work again. It will be nice to not smell antifreeze anymore.