Originally posted by sordz: this is going to be sweet! im callin the dealer monday to see if i can get the caliper brackets. what are we talkin about shims(just washers) and ill only need 4 right? or what?
I can't vouch for the exact size of the shim required, as I did not measure; though by all appearances, whatever other folks are using for the SVT Focus calipers complete for this swap, should work the same.
Now, just a little warning for you guys considering doing this. When you shim a caliper out on its mount, you make the mount less rigid. The caliper is now cantilevered out on the mounting bolts, making it more likely to flex about a line going through both mounting bolts. What this can cause is excessive DTV. DTV stands for disc thickness variation, and a lot of people will mistake a rotor with excessive DTV for a warped rotor, though not that it makes much difference to most people a the end result is the same (buying a new rotor, or possibly having the old one turned)
DTV can be caused by one pad on a caliper dragging on the rotor more than the other pad on the same caliper during normal driving (ie not while you are actually braking) and it sort of grinds away more of the rotor on one side, making the thickness of the disc different on one side vs. the other.
To make a long story short, it could lead to shorter life of your rotors and pads than would normally be expected.
