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Re: LIFE Is Short...Buy THE Car.
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2025 6:04 pm
by ChargerX3
Time to get stupid.
Re: LIFE Is Short...Buy THE Car.
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2025 6:31 pm
by ChargerX3
Tackled the rear mud flaps ive been wanting to put on. While i was at it i also wanted to spray on some High Temp engine paint from the late 1990s onto my rotors. Oddly they were starting to fade a little.
Flappy flaps installed. This took much longer than pictured. Had to drill holes in fender which i HATED.
It was a tough balance getting the right amount of up/down and left/right, but I got what i liked best.
Re: LIFE Is Short...Buy THE Car.
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2025 6:45 pm
by Jeff V.
Has anyone ever explained why Chrysler mounted the rear brakes down so low on the LX cars?
Re: LIFE Is Short...Buy THE Car.
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2025 7:24 pm
by aaronatstate
It looks like it's to get around suspension parts. Wonder if it has to do with how far inboard they decided to put the rotors, the calipers they decided to use, or if it's a legacy from Mercedes (didn't the LX start off as a Benz platform?)? Or maybe they mounted them low to move the CG down a bit
Re: LIFE Is Short...Buy THE Car.
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2025 8:43 pm
by alienviking
Started as an E Class didn't it?
Re: LIFE Is Short...Buy THE Car.
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2025 8:48 pm
by vr4
alienviking wrote: ↑Mon Oct 13, 2025 8:43 pm
Started as an E Class didn't it?
yes. i believe the early-mid 00s E-class
Re: LIFE Is Short...Buy THE Car.
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2025 9:12 pm
by Jeff V.
All the old E-class pics I can find show a normal caliper around the 3:00 position on the back edge of the rotor.
If this was about lower mass or center of gravity, then that's like a morbidly obese person choosing to wear thinner socks...
Re: LIFE Is Short...Buy THE Car.
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2025 9:20 pm
by Chris GTO TT
Jeff V. wrote: ↑Mon Oct 13, 2025 9:12 pm
If this was about lower mass or center of gravity, then that's like a morbidly obese person choosing to wear thinner socks...
Re: LIFE Is Short...Buy THE Car.
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2025 1:35 am
by aaronatstate
Jeff V. wrote: ↑Mon Oct 13, 2025 9:12 pm
All the old E-class pics I can find show a normal caliper around the 3:00 position on the back edge of the rotor.
If this was about lower mass or center of gravity, then that's like a morbidly obese person choosing to wear thinner socks...
The non Brembo floating caliper equipped ones have it in the 3:00 position.
My guess is to make the 4 piston Brembo fit with the size rotor they chose, they had to rotate it down to clear the suspension parts. Easier to rotate it down, then move it to the rear of the hub I’d think.
Re: LIFE Is Short...Buy THE Car.
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2025 4:18 pm
by ChargerX3
Re: LIFE Is Short...Buy THE Car.
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2025 4:29 pm
by vr4
Re: LIFE Is Short...Buy THE Car.
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2025 8:51 pm
by ChargerX3
Re: LIFE Is Short...Buy THE Car.
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2025 9:17 pm
by Chris GTO TT
Re: LIFE Is Short...Buy THE Car.
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 3:45 pm
by ChargerX3
Re: LIFE Is Short...Buy THE Car.
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 6:05 pm
by DCIV
Too nice to be real.
Coop
Re: LIFE Is Short...Buy THE Car.
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 6:18 pm
by ChargerX3
DCIV wrote: ↑Thu Oct 23, 2025 6:05 pm
Too nice to be real.
Coop
Re: LIFE Is Short...Buy THE Car.
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 11:11 pm
by Jeff V.
Re: LIFE Is Short...Buy THE Car.
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 11:26 pm
by ChargerX3
Dead link...is...dead.
Re: LIFE Is Short...Buy THE Car.
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2025 12:16 am
by Jeff V.
It was google images results for about 150 Facebook and Instagram matches for that exact photo.
Re: LIFE Is Short...Buy THE Car.
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2025 1:03 am
by tabasco122
i did that as well just didnt call him out on it lol
