So it turned out the grinding noises I thought was a bearing was actually the front inboard brake pad on the passenger side of the car....

Turned out somehow this pad was right down to the metal backing plate while its outboard counter part and both inboard and outboard pads on the driver's front were fine... I may have blown out the pad when I had to make a radical emergency stop two weeks ago when a douche bag lady cut me off so badly that I nearly t-boned her...thank god I missed her... she decided to go from one side street to another without heeding the stop signs as if she had the right of way... I was like wtf???? Some people are a menace to the road.

So for the time being I have replaced the front pads with a cheapy set and stuck with the stock rotors, although the inboard rotor surface on the passenger side now shows some battle scars from the previous brake pad.

But, I have began to compile my parts for my brake up grade:

Acquired: A set of f-body calipers, brackets, banjos, and sleeves. 100.00
Acquired: Rear Hawk HPS Ceramic pads for stock calipers. 70.00
On order: Fronk Hawk HPS Ceramic pads for 98-01 f-body application. 90.00
In the process of pricing/acquiring: front and rear cnc'd and cross drilled and slotted brake rotors in factory dia. 150.00 or less.

When I went to my parts place where I order stuff (its called Automotive Warehouse), the guy on the parts counter told me something interesting when I asked for a caliper re-build kit for my f-bodies... first, you cant really get rebuild kits anymore, and seconf, I can get completely re-man calipers for an LS1 application for 50.00 bucks each with core trade-ins... so for basically 200 bucks I can get fresh f-body calipers.

Will start posting pics shortly.

I cant wait.

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2004 GTP Comp G. The Daily Driver.
JULY 2011 GPONA COTM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uNwgZGrvJ0
1992 GTA Trans Am. The Toy.
2003 VW Jetta. The Spousal Unit.

You should've went CTS-V....I kid

Looks like a good setup man! Can't wait to see it when you finish

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04 Supercharged American and 01 Turbo Swede

^Seriously, I need to upgrade my suspension/brake set up a bit too, good thing you didnt hit that smeeze, she could have put you in such a worse position. But keep us updated sir

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2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STi My Build Thread
2004 Grand Prix GT2 : September 2011 GPONA COTM : SOLD
1997 Grand Prix GT1 : SOLD

Update: That I will do.

Trying to decide if calipers will be red or something different.

CTS V: Too pricey for me, but damn'd exotic for sure.

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2004 GTP Comp G. The Daily Driver.
JULY 2011 GPONA COTM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uNwgZGrvJ0
1992 GTA Trans Am. The Toy.
2003 VW Jetta. The Spousal Unit.

on my old gtp i literaly bought the last 4 rebuild kits for an fbody caliper (one per piston is needed)

i got one from ohio one from canada and two from mexico

fastkatt has them now

and this was years ago

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