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not just yet, few bit to finalise, bit of powder coating then i'll put up details, as a 1 off its not going to be a cheap moddification (but i'm working on bring the price down)
here's the pic
as you can see the edges of the braking material has disintergrated completey (you can crumble the material off with your fingers)
i had to use a hammer to get those pads out of the carrier, they should lift out with just your fingers
lots of factors to consider gally, people seem to forget that the tyre is a spring therefore changing tyre pressures can have a noticable affect
50psi in the rear tyres and 25 in the fronts - you'll be going sideways/backwards a lot ;)
pads (regardless of what car or caliper) must be free to move in the pad carrier or caliper, billy basic rule for motor cars/race cars etc
If you try and fit DS2500 into the carrier with the shims in place it WILL NOT slide straight in with just finger pressure
by removing the shims the...
simply you bin the shims so you don't have to grind the pads down as much, same on the clio cup cars, shims were removed on them
i'll post some pics tomorrow of what happens to the pads if you dont grind the back plates down/leave the shims in - whatever way you want to do it