VE Brake Upgrade

[1987VLCalais]

Hey guys not to sure if anyone has done this but I’m curious to know if anyone has the ve brake upgrade on there vl I know a lot of people do the vt one. But the ve one seems bigger & better so be rude not too haha let me know cheers Wayne

 

[stick3]

i fitted the rda ve 321mm brake kit to my vs ute back in 2014 and it was a big improvement from the stock brakes but when i fitted a modified vt-vy booster/mc i got of ebay nearly 4 years ago that made the ve brakes work a lot better and the brake pedal feel firmer
so upgrading the booster/mc than you have a lot of brake options to choose from

 

[keith reed]

Go for better pads as well.

 

[Fu Manchu]

I wish I did this on my VP ute. Went with VT instead. VE would have been way better.

 

[1987VLCalais]

Cheers guys just gotta get decent discs & pads I reckon & she will be sweet you just don’t here it much but nearly every vl has by setup.

 

[gtrboyy]

ve look like they have sturdier caliper so probably less flex than vt caliper ending up with better pedal feel....m/cyl & booster makes difference too for some reason vn/p have worst pedal feel compared to the early girls or later vs with plastic booster.

That being said really liked vy brakes on daily sv8 even with cheap pads in it worked awsome on a heavy car.

Either caliper brake upgrade will be better than originals if done correctly.

 

[losh1971]

May need 18s if running VE brakes.

 

[Fu Manchu]

The VE Calipers work better than VT on pre VT models because they use less fluid to do the hydraulicy thing. That was the word years ago from memory.

I used a VS booster for the lazy straight swap.
VT-VZ booster better, and I guess if you were to mod a VT booster, may as well do it to a VE/VF booster?

 

[1987VLCalais]

Sounds like you guys have guided me in the right path apparently on the vl I can use vp hav discs that work with the ve valipers saves changing the hubs

 

[vc commodore]

May need 18s if running VE brakes.

VE came standard with 16" wheels....Maybe if upgrading to Brembos, then 18" wheels will be the go...