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horus1970

Member Since: 27 Jul 2016
Location: north east
Posts: 105

1995 Defender 110 300 Tdi HT Portofino Red

1995 300tdi vented discs or solid?

anyone know what calipers i should get for a 1995 110 hardtop? ones for vented discs or solid? the reason i ask is my vehicle isnt here right now and i need to order new front calipers and discs,, if mine are solid discs is it just a case of changing calipers and discs to upgrade to vented?

1st Feb 2018 2:30pm

donmacn

Member Since: 06 Nov 2017
Location: Nth Scotland
Posts: 1841

My car is a 1994 110 SW 300Tdi. It's vented at the front, solid at the rear. I imagine this would be the same on a hardtop of the same era - but I'm afraid I couldn't say for sure. Donald

1994 Defender 300Tdi 110 SW - owned since 2002 - 230k miles and going strong
(The 'rolling restoration' or tinkering thread: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic58538.html )
2000 Range Rover P38 4.0L V8

in the past..
RR classic - fitted with 200Tdi
1984 RR classic - V8 with ZF auto box
1993 Discovery 300Tdi

not to mention the minis and the Type 2 VW camper...

1st Feb 2018 3:35pm

Retroanaconda

Member Since: 04 Jan 2012
Location: Scotland
Posts: 2640

Your 110 should have vented, though in 23 years previous owners may have fiddled with it.

But if you’re buying both calipers and discs then just get vented anyway as those are the only parts that differ.

1st Feb 2018 7:07pm

horus1970

Member Since: 27 Jul 2016
Location: north east
Posts: 105

Thanks for that lads, just wanted to make sure axle mountings weren’t different

2nd Feb 2018 2:51pm

Procta

Member Since: 03 Dec 2016
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 5161

are you getting braided hoses too? that would be another upgrade to do if you are sorting out the brakes

One thing is why the hell do defenders have the solid discs at the front? Id have thought due to the weight and what they used for, they would have vented at the front. Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

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3rd Feb 2018 1:46am

sako243

Member Since: 08 Jul 2014
Location: Wales
Posts: 1218

1994 Defender 110 300 Tdi CSW Alpine White

110s have since the 300Tdi always had vented as far as I know. Ed
82 Hotspur Sandringham 6x6
95 Defender 110 300Tdi

3rd Feb 2018 7:36am

GREENI

Member Since: 22 Aug 2010
Location: staffs
Posts: 10380

You can put vented on with 110 calipers. My puma, being a truck cab has solid discs, so I'm converting it to vented, I did it with the v8 too.

3rd Feb 2018 7:56am

horus1970

Member Since: 27 Jul 2016
Location: north east
Posts: 105

I’ve just bought a full set of vented front discs and new calipers and new rear solids with new calipers, will buy some braided hoses too, like you say I might as well put the braided ones on while there off and getting changed,

4th Feb 2018 12:27am

Moneypit

Member Since: 27 Feb 2018
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 271

I've fitted vented discs to the rear also using brackets from red.winches.com I'm building it into a camper which will be quite heavy + I'll reduce the service parts I need to carry.

27th Feb 2018 8:02pm

horus1970

Member Since: 27 Jul 2016
Location: north east
Posts: 105

im making mine into a camper too, hopefully ready for summer,

27th Feb 2018 10:30pm

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