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That's where I store my windshield shade from WeatherTech. ?

So after just short of two months I finally received the rear disc brake spindles from the UK. It was roughly $100 for both the left & the right including the hubs as pictured and then roughly another $100 for shipping to the US from the UK using the third party forwarding service Skypax. So I am $200 into this rear disc brake conversion at this point with the first major piece to the puzzle in hand. I will probably just slowly try to acquire the remaining pieces & parts every few months as time and funds allow...I gave the spindles to a buddy of mine from work that does a lot of auto work himself to see if he could clean them up by media blasting them and maybe powder coat them to match the rest of my flipped rear axle from modyourconnect.

I was also able to find some used rear disc spindles from eBay UK. Unfortunately they are playing ping pong between the seller and the forwarding service that I found to use. Sent to the forwarding service, refused, sent back to the seller, shipped a second time, returned to the seller a second time as being undeliverable...I paid the seller some additional postage to try it a third time after verifying all of the address info was correct - then the mail carriers in the UK went on strike...You really can't make this stuff up...Anyways my original order was back on October 29th and I just got notification today that the item has arrived at the forwarding service and is ready for dispatch to the US...So I guess it should be showing up sometime soon - probably some delay due to the Christmas shipping volume going on around the world at the moment. But no hurry - it's only the first piece of the puzzle at this point...still more to figure out...

I love that guy! I've watched all of his videos!

I just started to install my lowering kit that I purchased from ModYourConnect this past weekend. Still working around a few bugs that I encountered - nothing major - just trying to get what I want out of it...During the process I contacted ModYourConnect to inquire about the rear disc conversion - their reply was that they are just too busy at the moment to worry about figuring that out right now...So for now I am just trying to work the suspension stuff out - I'll worry about the rear disc conversion later - but it still is on my want list for the future. You can see pics of my progress with the suspension install in the gallery...Thanks!

I have my stock struts out at the moment and the gaz coilovers ready to go in. The stock measures 51.1 mm and the gaz measures 51.4 mm...

The knuckle/hub/spindle they are calling it - is the hard/expensive part to get. You can buy it new from overseas, but they are nearly $300 each and of course you need both a left & right hand side - so around $600 just for those…

lowspeedpursuit - The backing plates are the most expensive piece to this puzzle. I have searched eBay UK and have never been able to find any used or aftermarket, and when inquiring if someone selling a complete axle that includes them will sell them separately the answer is always no. And most all sellers refuse to ship to the US - no matter how much you are willing to pay for shipping - they just don't want to do it for whatever the reason. While searching the internet from one end to the other - I stumbled across this site which is a great help for Transit Connect parts/diagrams: ford.7zap.com

My 2012 van was originally from PA - so although I got it three years ago with only 16k miles on it - it pretty much looks the same. Trying to clean all of that. Since it is in NC now - shouldn’t be as hard to keep it clean.

I am going to purchase a conversion from ModYourConnect if they are successful sourcing all of the parts. It's just a matter of supply and demand and whether others are willing to pay the cost upfront if ModYourConnect will make additional kits available for purchase to other customers...I have my lowering kit now from ModYourConnect but am waiting to see if I can get the parts for the rear disc brake conversion before getting started on it - so that I can do it all at once...

The only reason I personally want to upgrade the rear drums to discs is for looks to be honest. I don't want to lower my van and put wheels & tires on it - to be looking at a big ugly rusted brake drum! A big brake kit would be awesome - but just stock size with new rotors and refinished calipers would be fine for me. If I had the newer mk2 van I would definitely just be putting the blue Focus RS kit on there like others have done - If I knew that would fit on the mk1 vans - I would have already gone that route - but I haven't been able to find out any info on that...

This is for owners of 2010-2013 vans here in the US that were only available with rear drum brakes. I am trying with help from ModYourConnect in the UK to get a conversion kit made that would fully convert the US van with standard rear drum brakes over to standard rear disc brakes that were available on some models in the UK. This is just an attempt to gauge interest if it would be worth the time and effort for ModYourConnect to offer such a kit to us here in the US? I know that pricing is going to be the main concern - and at this time there is no official price point. Just piecing the parts together myself that I could find from sellers on ebayuk - I was ending up around $800 US dollars. Some of the parts are not available aftermarket and have to be purchased from Ford - so it is not going to be "cheap". And then you will have to figure in having it shipped from the UK to the US which will also incur more cost. So is there any other owners out there that would seriously be interested in purchasing such a kit? Keep in mind that even if it were to be made available it would more than likely have to be paid for in advance - then ordered - so there would also be some wait time involved. If anyone knows of any other US based Transit Connect forums or groups please forward this info to them if possible. I will also make a post on the Transit Connect USA Facebook page - but the more interest that can be drawn up the better. More serious buyers may also mean that ModYourConnect could possibly be able to attain better pricing for larger quantities. Let me know what you all think. Thanks!

Hey formal - I bought mine off of eBay from an overseas seller. I think it was out of Germany. There are some on eBay currently like the one I purchased - you just have to make sure the seller will ship to the US. It has been a pain to try and find euro parts (door mirrors/tail lights/third brake lights/rear disc brakes/etc) from sellers that are willing to ship to the US. You can look through my gallery pics - there are some in there from when I swapped mine out - some show part numbers that you may be able to google search. Just a note - the little clips that you need to get to behind the steering wheel in order to release the air bag from the steering wheel are a major pain in the ass! I fought with those for quite some time before figuring out exactly what I needed to do. Even then it was a pain! You can search for some YouTube videos that will help give you an idea of what needs to be done. Hope this helps! Good luck! Post up some pics of yours if you get a chance!

Not sure if your euro 2013 'Trend' is the same body style as my 2012 U.S. version, but if so - I installed a steering wheel from a Ford cmax on mine. Looks just like the factory one, but has leather covering/aluminum covered spokes. Uses your existing air bag. All plug & play.