I'll let the pictures do the talking
Materials needed;
2x lengths of 100mm diameter aluminium rangehood ducting - Bunnings approx. $30 each.
Lots of cable ties.
DIY: (Facelift) front brake ducting
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Re: DIY: (Facelift) front brake ducting
Good mod if you don't have the factory driving lights installed!
Take you long to do?
Take you long to do?
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Re: DIY: (Facelift) front brake ducting
Now why would I need factory driving lights on a race trackAstron_Boy wrote:Good mod if you don't have the factory driving lights installed!
Obviously this is not a mod for your average street car. Only needed for serious track work
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Re: DIY: (Facelift) front brake ducting
Yeah, fair point.
The merc has factory brake cooling ducts built in to the bumper (meanwhile those brakes have to cope with near 2 tonne...)
A lot of peeps don't have the driving lights due to compliance, so a good mod to make use of the holes!
The merc has factory brake cooling ducts built in to the bumper (meanwhile those brakes have to cope with near 2 tonne...)
A lot of peeps don't have the driving lights due to compliance, so a good mod to make use of the holes!
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Re: DIY: (Facelift) front brake ducting
You still have all the plastic engine under gaurding as well, I would of thought you'd binned that as 'extra weight' long ago
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Nope, only the piece along the side of the belts. I kept this to give the belts a little protection from debris flying up off the track. And this now serves to keep the ducting away from the belts with the help of the alloy bracket you can see in the pics. But yeah the rest went, not so much for weight saving, more so for pita factor everytime I needed to take them off or put them back onBennoz wrote:You still have all the plastic engine under gaurding as well, I would of thought you'd binned that as 'extra weight' long ago
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Re: DIY: (Facelift) front brake ducting
Close enoughSupplanter wrote:How close is the ducting to the belts
There's plenty of clearance, 1 to 2 inches, and it's all held rigid thanks to the alloy bracket in the pic.
The power steering belt will be going soon anyway