handbrake

amateursilviadrifter · #1 15-03-2010, 10:43

Has anybody fitted hydraulic handbrake to S12 - ??recommend or not - my std one is ok - new cable and is tightened up - works ok - holds car but not v good at actually skidding - trying to drift the old girl by diffs actually getting it to skid - my donkey diesel passat is easy to get into a skid... Is there any quick and easy solution i am overloking?????

s13eater · #2 15-03-2010, 13:01

duncan on hear as fitted one.

lmrdave · #3 18-03-2010, 21:42

I'm going to be fitting one, but not done it yet.

Ones I've had in the past have been super effective.

Weld the diff.

umpkin · #4 18-03-2010, 21:48

am i right you have to keep the mechanical one operational too for MOT?? im sure i read somewhere it will fail if not.

doski · #5 19-03-2010, 07:58

yea you need the standard handbrake to pass the mot as i was going to run a bigger set of callipers on the back that didnt have the s12 type handbrake mechanism and run a hydraulic one but no mod i found would make it pass a test........

lmrdave · #6 19-03-2010, 18:27

MOT station will only look at handbrake links moving, so leave the cables on so it all moves and the hydraulic handbrake makes it look like it works spot on.
Never had any MOT preoblems.