Starting a New Retrofitting Project with my Wife's "KiaStein"
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Rear Disc Brakes.
So, I am perfectionist and I somehow "Need" that my cars run Mechanically as near as Perfect could be Possible, but my Wife's "KiaStein" needs monthly adjustments to the Rear Drum Brake's Shoes and I'm getting very Tired doing that monthly adjustment. (More info on this same thread's older posts and also, ~►
Here.)
Not only because it is a
Pain in the Rear to do such simple Job, due to the Lack of "Outside Adjuster" and thus mean that you "Need" to remove the tire and the Whole Drum to do the Adjustment (many times 'till is done right), There's No Such "Star" adjusters on the Sephia... I Wish they used that simpler design, 'cos usually the Star adjusters could be Reached from the Back (Behind) of the wheel hub, so removing the Wheel & thus the Drum isn't needed. But No, Kia used a part that they named "Strut Adjuster" see the Photo on the Above-Linked Thread.
Also it is a
Pain in the Rear to do that monthly adjustment Because I suffer from Deep & Horrid Gout Foot Attacks some times per year, and during those days, I couldn't do that adjustment ... and I have to drive my Wife's "KiaStein" because unlike my "BumbleBeast", the Kiastein is Automatic and thus mean to use only one foot...
I Know that there was a
"Top of the Line" Sephia Model (Premium) with Factory Rear Disc Brakes and other ammenities, but is not easy to come across one of those in Local Junk Yards. So, the Questions Are:
► Have anybody did the Rear Disc Brakes Swap or Retrofit on a 2000 Kia Sehia Before
?
► Where I could find Used parts from a Gen II Kia Sephia (1998 ~2001) or Gen I Kia Spectra (2000 ~ 2003) with Factory Rear Disc Brakes to do the Swap
?
The Second Gen Kia Sephia does have the Same 4
X100 lug pattern as the first gen Spectras, and the Local Kia Dealer's mechanics said to me that first gen Spectras Share the Same Brake parts in the Rear, with second Gen Sephias... Basically talking, those are the Same Vehicles. Despite that early Spectras got different Front Brakes & suspension parts, their rear axle is the same with the late Sephias.