Guest Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 You may or may not be aware, but I'm building an R500 at the moment and CC have managed to put my brain in a state of "cross checking everything" Anyway - R500 rear calipers, are they supposed to be single or twin pot? This review says lightweight twin, but I've got single http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/11/officially-official-caterham-r500-really-warps-time-and-face/ The review also states aluminium rear light housings - whereas mine are some form of plastic? TIA, Daniel. Edited by - Roadracer1977 on 16 Feb 2014 11:16:24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpy Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Hi Daniel, My 2013 R500 has black plastic light blocks between the arch and the lens if that is the part you mean. I have no idea regarding the rear calipers but hope the photo heremay be of some help to you. Edited by - simpy on 16 Feb 2014 13:30:03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ford Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Flash image viewer (why???) so can't be embedded. See page here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpy Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 thanks Roger. I don't post photos online much so I only use the club page I have for Caterham photos. When I viewed my post without logging in my photo/link worked fine but when I view it logged in it did not work for some reason . I have edited it so it should work now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Reaper Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I didn't think they did the R500 in a build it yourself option? Those calipers look like the sierra rear single pots to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative bluenose Posted February 16, 2014 Area Representative Share Posted February 16, 2014 As far as I am aware the R500 has the same rear brakes as all other Caterham models, Ford Sierra single pot ones. Would recommend upgrading to the flexible brake lines across the de dion rather than the rigid ones, although check this does not affect IVA. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelpugh Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Daniel, The rear brake units you have are the correct ones for an R500, they are the same as fitted to my first R500, and my current R500 too. I think the autoblog review is a bit confusing, as it was an early one in the release of the then new R500. Also my first R500 was supposed to be delivered with the aluminium light blocks, but they never showed up. When I questioned it, I was told cc had decided to not supply them due to production issues. So the not so elegant rubber blocks are what you get, unless you pay for the nice carbon units you can get! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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