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Hotchkis B/E UCA’s with a 13” and larger brakes anyon #2700799
09/25/19 02:44 PM
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Is anyone running this combo? I’m looking to make this my final upgrade to the suspension and I seem to remember that they was an issue with the ball joint or some other clearance issue with the kit.

I’ve got the Dr. Diff 14.25” kit with a viper caliper.


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Re: Hotchkis B/E UCA’s with a 13” and larger brakes anyon [Re: AlexP] #2700855
09/25/19 04:49 PM
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Not sure about teh Andy F stuff, but Willwood, Baer and Stoptech in the 13"+ range work fine.

Re: Hotchkis B/E UCA’s with a 13” and larger brakes anyon [Re: 68rrunner] #2704722
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so buy different UCA's, that would give you the super big brakes and I am not impressed with hotchkiss stuff. I think that Heims are [censored] joints for steering. Tim


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Re: Hotchkis B/E UCA’s with a 13” and larger brakes anyon [Re: AlexP] #2706444
10/13/19 04:41 PM
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I have this combo hotchkis arms 13" viper calipers - the only problem I had was I couldn't run the 17" rims I wanted - upgraded to 18"

Re: Hotchkis B/E UCA’s with a 13” and larger brakes anyon [Re: dangina] #2709914
10/25/19 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by dangina
I have this combo hotchkis arms 13" viper calipers - the only problem I had was I couldn't run the 17" rims I wanted - upgraded to 18"


Are you calipers mount in the front or in the back?

The Hotchkis A-body arm have a wide turn in the rear and can interfere with some rear mounted calipers. I think E-body's don't do that.

Re: Hotchkis B/E UCA’s with a 13” and larger brakes anyon [Re: autoxcuda] #2710167
10/26/19 02:12 PM
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I run this 15" setup. The calipers are rear mounted with Hotchkis arms.

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Re: Hotchkis B/E UCA’s with a 13” and larger brakes anyon [Re: tahoechallenge] #2710255
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A 15" brake with a wheel adapter eek?

Got to be more behind that story.


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Re: Hotchkis B/E UCA’s with a 13” and larger brakes anyon [Re: jcc] #2710333
10/27/19 10:17 AM
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i was looking mainly at the rotor surface.
i hope that's just a reflection from the camera ?
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Re: Hotchkis B/E UCA’s with a 13” and larger brakes anyon [Re: moparx] #2710354
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I need the spacers to run the Mustang bullitt wheels. I used them with the original disk setup as well. The brakes are from a 2015 Mustang. They were new take-offs that I bought on eBay for $300. I use the 15/16" power master cylinder. I have been running this setup for three years and it works great! At some point I would like to get new 18" wheels with the correct offset. But not today....
The grove in the rotor is just a scratch that occurred when I mocked everything up.

Re: Hotchkis B/E UCA’s with a 13” and larger brakes anyon [Re: autoxcuda] #2711239
10/30/19 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by autoxcuda
Originally Posted by dangina
I have this combo hotchkis arms 13" viper calipers - the only problem I had was I couldn't run the 17" rims I wanted - upgraded to 18"


Are you calipers mount in the front or in the back?

The Hotchkis A-body arm have a wide turn in the rear and can interfere with some rear mounted calipers. I think E-body's don't do that.


Mounted on the back! the rims were the year one rallye rims - The problem was the inside of the rim was rubbing against the top of the caliper...







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