BRAKE UPGRADE

[SKEEVAY]

Can anyone tell me what is necessary to upgrade 93-97 front brakes to 98-02 brakes? Thanks in advance

[Squat13]

You should search for that topic. I think about two weeks ago the same topic came up.

[Christopherrr]

seaching would answer your question rather quick...if you can't find your answer then post...usually works out better.

be sure to read the rules...i know you haven't cuz you posted with CAPS..that's a big no-no on the board....it's all good though

Welcome...this is the place to be for F-body anything.

[Kevin - Blown 95 TA]

Shoot, just get you some vette brakes - Cut off the ears of the stock spindles, get some new brackets, and the rest is all GM - costs about $600 total.

[hotwhip9]

Kev, how hard was that to do, and do you have pictures of where to cut and so forth? I want to upgrade mine, eventually, and that looks really good! Is that vette calipers and all?

[Kevin - Blown 95 TA]

Not hard to do, but it helps to have a grinder and a sawzall. The real trick is to get a set of brackets which are custom made - if you find the brackets, then the rest is cake - I've seen a few guys offering them - some have a complete package. Yes the calipers are C5 Z06 and you need vette C5 brake lines because they are 1" longer than stock F-Body, but the rotors shown in my pic are Baer. I have the plain Vette rotors in perfect condition with only a few miles on them when & if you are interested in rounding up the parts. I can post more info on this later tonight when I get home. I did take some pictures of the cuts to the steering knuckle.

[fastTa]

Shoot, just get you some vette brakes - Cut off the ears of the stock spindles, get some new brackets, and the rest is all GM - costs about $600 total.

Geeeesh! Kevin when are you going to wash that filthy ride of yours?

[bn_bullet]

Moderators,

I hope that it is OK to post this here. If it is not please remove my post and accept my apology.


If you are looking for C5 caliper brackets for your f-body, check out this link:

http://frrax.com/rrforum/index.php?a...=6&t=2615&st=0

I have no affiliation with FFRAX but I do have Bob's brackets on my car and can vouch for their quality.

Brian

[Kevin - Blown 95 TA]

Bob Bishop is the guy that designed the brackets that are on my car. They were a PERFECT fit, and Bob went through a lot of trouble to make them as tight and sturdy as possible. At he time I bought mine, he was making very limited numbers of them and I just lucked out. If you get these brackets, you won't be sorry.

[Kevin - Blown 95 TA]

Geeeesh! Kevin when are you going to wash that filthy ride of yours?

I don't ever wash it. I just dust it every month with a pair of Miss Suzy's silk panties

[fastTa]

I don't ever wash it. I just dust it every month with a pair of Miss Suzy's silk panties

I hope Mr. Suzy isn't watching when you are dusting Mrs. Suzy in her silk panties.

[Kevin - Blown 95 TA]

Anyway, here are a couple pics of the cut steeering knuckles...




And of the parts...