I'd been picking up parts and pieces this winter so that when spring arrived I'd have everything needed to install C5 brakes on the front of my Camaro.
parts required:
1) C5 front rotors
2) C5 front calipers
3) C5 front brake pad abutment brackets
4) C5 front brake hoses
5) C5 to Fbody adapter brakets
6) C5 front brake pads
Everything listed above was purchased used, except for the adapter brackets which were purchased new and the rotors which I happenned to have leftover from another project.
I disassembled everything completely, stripped the calipers down to bare castings and cleaned everything. I used a flat file on all the flat unpainted aluminum surfaces to make them look new. Then the calipers and abutment brackets got repainted with duplicolor caliper paint and then baked in the oven at 350F for 30 minutes.
After the refinishing was complete, they got reassembled with new parts.
1) piston seal rings
2) piston dust boots
3) brake pad clips
4) slide pin boots
5) copper washers for banjo bolts
6) Permatex brake lube
Everything is assembled and ready to bolt onto the car. All I need is spring to arrive so I can bring the car home from storage.
Here is a piston ready to be installed. There is already a new ringseal in the bore, and it is wetted with brake fluid.
![](http://bahrnet.dyndns.org:2980/webshare/brakes/1.jpg)
Install the seal on the the bottom of the piston
![](http://bahrnet.dyndns.org:2980/webshare/brakes/2.jpg)
Place the rubber lip onto the groove around the edge of the piston bore
![](http://bahrnet.dyndns.org:2980/webshare/brakes/3.jpg)
Push the piston home, when the seal reaches the top it will snap into the groove and seal.
![](http://bahrnet.dyndns.org:2980/webshare/brakes/4.jpg)
![](http://bahrnet.dyndns.org:2980/webshare/brakes/5.jpg)
![](http://bahrnet.dyndns.org:2980/webshare/brakes/6.jpg)
parts required:
1) C5 front rotors
2) C5 front calipers
3) C5 front brake pad abutment brackets
4) C5 front brake hoses
5) C5 to Fbody adapter brakets
6) C5 front brake pads
Everything listed above was purchased used, except for the adapter brackets which were purchased new and the rotors which I happenned to have leftover from another project.
I disassembled everything completely, stripped the calipers down to bare castings and cleaned everything. I used a flat file on all the flat unpainted aluminum surfaces to make them look new. Then the calipers and abutment brackets got repainted with duplicolor caliper paint and then baked in the oven at 350F for 30 minutes.
After the refinishing was complete, they got reassembled with new parts.
1) piston seal rings
2) piston dust boots
3) brake pad clips
4) slide pin boots
5) copper washers for banjo bolts
6) Permatex brake lube
Everything is assembled and ready to bolt onto the car. All I need is spring to arrive so I can bring the car home from storage.
Here is a piston ready to be installed. There is already a new ringseal in the bore, and it is wetted with brake fluid.
![](http://bahrnet.dyndns.org:2980/webshare/brakes/1.jpg)
Install the seal on the the bottom of the piston
![](http://bahrnet.dyndns.org:2980/webshare/brakes/2.jpg)
Place the rubber lip onto the groove around the edge of the piston bore
![](http://bahrnet.dyndns.org:2980/webshare/brakes/3.jpg)
Push the piston home, when the seal reaches the top it will snap into the groove and seal.
![](http://bahrnet.dyndns.org:2980/webshare/brakes/4.jpg)
![](http://bahrnet.dyndns.org:2980/webshare/brakes/5.jpg)
![](http://bahrnet.dyndns.org:2980/webshare/brakes/6.jpg)
![](http://bahrnet.dyndns.org:2980/webshare/brakes/7.jpg)
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