V1 Parking Brakes

[IDRVSLO]

Who has done them and what have you done? Thanks!

 

[Nilbog]

Very interested in this thread, thanks for starting it! Its my only gap i know of in my build

 

[Dre]

I'll add when i get that far... it would be good to see photos of their setup also.

 

[RichN]

see my build

http://www.dfkitcar.com/forum/index.php?threads/richn-city-goblin-2007-lt-donor.94/post-4547

 

[Karter2026]

The brackets for the calipers are going through a redesign now. Haven't seen the new version so it is just a wait and see game. Parking brakes can be done. Rich who posted above and Bar-air have both done park brakes.

 

[ctuinstra]

The Missouri parking brake we use.

 

[terryjr]

Arent the front spindles on those CNC aluminum. Could the simply add a spot for a second caliper? or adapt to use a Mazda rear caliper that has a cable operated parking brake built into its normal hydraulic action.

 

[IDRVSLO]

I wouldnt want a parking brake in the front.....even if it is just for parking. Can you post a link to a Mazda Caliper you are referring to?
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[Lonny]

We are working on a parking brake kit that uses solstice rear calipers, cables and rotors.
We are waiting for the parking brake cables to come in so we can design the cable mounts.

 

[Lonny]

This is the prototype bake handle. We are fabricating one in house to test travel and function.
Then we will set up production. It is still a few months out.
The calipers and caliper mounts are available now for anyone with the ability to fabricate their own parking brake handle and cable system.

 

[IDRVSLO]

Nice Lonny! I will keep an eye on this as I get closer to the inspection point!

 

[terryjr]

That looks liek the mazda caliper. Pretty much any Mazda 6 rear caliper. Maybe others, probably some fords since they are one in the same

 

[Silverback]

We are working on a parking brake kit that uses solstice rear calipers, cables and rotors...

Will the Solstice calipers use the same pads as the base Cobalt rears?

 

[Brian74]

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This is the prototype bake handle. We are fabricating one in house to test travel and function.
Then we will set up production. It is still a few months out.
The calipers and caliper mounts are available now for anyone with the ability to fabricate their own parking brake handle and cable system.

Are you guys planning to add an optional purchase area to the order section of the website for stuff like this? Would be nice to see what all is available ie: rear coil over kit, NACA kit, rear parking brake calipers ect. as well as the prices and ability to order it there.

 

[Christopher Sanchez]

These calipers are on t/c models as well. Just got this point in my build.. is it worth saving the factory hand brake handle and cables? I assumed the frame had a place to mount but looks like I was wrong.

 

[Christopher Sanchez]

It looks the same to me

 

[Lonny]

The cobalt calipers are for a larger vented rotor. The solstice calipers are for smaller not vented rotors.

If you are going to use a parking brake save your cobalt parking brake handle, both aluminum tubes and if your donor was an SS you can use reuse your cables.

Below are a couple of images of the system during test a test fit.

 

[Nilbog]

Dangit! I knew i should have pulled the stock parking brake lines from the donor before scrapping it! Only thing i didnt remove!

 

[ctuinstra]

That frame seem suspiciously familiar. Glad to see it’s seeing some use of some form.

 

[Christopher Sanchez]

Thank you, I will set everything aside waiting for brackets/kit to become available.