So since my thread was getting thread jacked and didnt want to rename it for search purposes
so post up ANY pictures of your brake setups.

Please Include:

• Quick Description & Any Modifications Done
• The Rotors Being Used
• The Pads Being Used
• A Rating On How The Parts Preform

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Gloss Black Powder Coated Calipers and Brackets, Goodyear Stainless Steel Brake Lines, R1Concepts Black Zinc Coated Rotors, PosiQuiet Ceramic Pads, 8/10 Appearance, 7/10 Total Performance, 3/10 For Hard Time To Install

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Sorry man! Peer Pressure's a b***h! lol

R1 Concept Drilled and Slotted Rotors (Zinc Coated)
Hawk Ceramic Pads
Stop on a dime!(Well, at least within 3 inches from an idoit that pulls out in front of you) Zinc coating has held up well for about 6 months now. Depends on how you drive, but it produces some brake dust.
A to B+

Beautiful brake set-up, Ugly ass rims!

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Front brakes - F-body calipers with Power slot 12" rotors and Hawk ceramic pads
Rear brakes - stock calipers with Power slot rotors and Hawk ceramic pads
Intense stainless steel braided brake lines on all 4 corners.

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'02 Galaxy Silver GTX Coupe. SLP Headers, SLP cat-back exhaust, SLP 1.8 RR, ZZP 3.4/3.25" MPS, SLP hood, SLP CAI, Overkill PCM, 180 t-stat, SSIC, S1 TB, AL 104's, F/R STB's, F-body calipers.

here is my current set up







and for christmas my grandpa got me these


stock 2001 Monte Carlo / Impalla rotors





2001 Firebird Formula aluminum duel piston calipers

i also got braided steel brake line and semi metalic napa pads. we will see how this works out

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92 LeBaron Convert: Turbo 3L 97 Grand Prix GT 4dr "Frankenstein": L67 4t65 swap
97 Grand Marquis: Summer DD 99 Grand Prix GTP: Top Swap Beater

I'm seriously considering the calipers from an early 80s Toyota truck. 4 piston, and dirt cheap.

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2012 Ford Focus SE Sport
2012 MINI Cooper Clubman

I have ADHD and drive a Focus. Ironically.
Although gold dust is precious, when it gets in your eyes, it obstructs your vision.

R1concepts zinc plated drilled/slotted rotorx, friction master (a.k.a. morse) ceramic pads, repowdercoated calipers, black powdercoated brackets, rebuilt.

1 being lowest/worst, 10 being highest slash best

performance over stock - 9/10

performance compared to friends f-body setup - 7/10

zinc plating - 9/10 (very good, still no rust)

brake dust - 8/10 (very low dusting, incredibly better than semi-metallic pads)

ease of install - 10/10 (ive done a lot of brake work, so im used to it. easy stuff at this point)

overall - 8/10 (will buy again)

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'05 WRX STi - COBB Stage 2|Invidia DP|3" Borla XR-1|Coilovers|Camber Plates|Swaybars|Endlinks|Bushings|Braces|Anti Lift Kit|DBA4000s|SS lines|
Sold: 06 Cobalt SS/SC, 99 GTP 245WHP/326 Ft-lbs, 06 R6

Good topic. I'll partake in this, why not.

Front:
2000 Camaro Front Brake Calipers (F-Body)

Mods: drilled out the stock mounting bolt holes and re tapped for my stock W-Body bolts to be used.
disassembled, casting mark/edge that was left on the front of the caliper when it was made machined off, and calipers and brackets powder coated "Red Barron Red" then fully rebuilt using all new GM Parts. Good Ridge stainless brake lines.

Rotors: Roto-Tech cross drilled and slotted - flat black painted rotor hats
Pads: Wagner



Rear brakes:
Stock caliper, disassembled, powder coated the same color as the front, and rebuilt as well. Good Ridge stainless brake lines.

Rotors: Roto -Tech cross drilled and slotted - flat black painted rotor hats
Pads: Wagner



what I use to paint my brake rotor hats:


My brakes I give a 5 out of 5 rating for feel, and stopping ability. Before, with the stock brakes...I would rate them at a 2.5 to a close 3 out of 5 for the same. They sucked.




The GF's GTP
Front and rear stock calipers, disassembled, powder coated "signal blue" and fully rebuilt by me.
Rotors: O'Reilly's house brand of rotors on the front, still on her original stock ones rear I believe.
Pads: Wagner.


I dont get to drive her car much, but when I do, I would give her brakes a good soild 4 out of 5 rating.

~F~

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wait can yota brakes be used on w bodies?

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12" Impala/Monte Carlo caliper brackets (front)
Centric slotted rotors (front & rear)
Powerstop ceramic pads (front & rear)

Overall performance:
These were a significant improvement over stock. I noticed the difference as soon as I started breaking in the rotors. The pads are very quiet, and produce very little dust.
The biggest improvement I noticed was in the rain. Before, the brakes would fade horribly when they got wet. Now, they still fade a little when first applied in the rain, but it's a lot less than it was before.

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2003 Lincoln LS V8 Premium Sport
RIP: 2002 Redfire Metallic Grand Prix GT Coupe
One man's treasure became another man's trash.

heres the passats current setup....

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Behold the majestic beast as it strides

LS1 front swap (getto'd up with the vert logo)
Rotorpros.com drilled/slotted/coated rotors front and rear
Redstuff pads / yellow stuff pads for the track.

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04 GTT - Retired
Best ET 13.016
Best Trap 115.56 MPH

^ dude, your car just has that "I have attitude" look to it just sitting there in your sig.

Bad ass!

~F~

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LOL thanks, its a shame its just for show.

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04 GTT - Retired
Best ET 13.016
Best Trap 115.56 MPH

stock

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i know why did i post the caddy lol, but i didnt get a chance to put them on my gtp yet

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B4:

After Powder Coating:

The Calipers were "too red", so they went back for an other try. (don't quite match the rear Comp-G calipers)

After resurfacing:

The rotors weren't "true" and the zinc wasn't 100% (started seeing rust)
Somehow 1 rotor is more warn than the other...
I won't have SS Lines, but should look much better than the F-Body set-up I'm removing to install this one.

I'll add pix from the swap once I get my calipers back.

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that would be the shops fault

they put it all on w/o rebuilding the calipers

so they seized and the asshats tried to do a burnout...

thats also the same shop i got whiplash in from them using diesel for engine cleaner

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Just found out today that i have f-body brakes when i went to replace them today. a pleasant surprise i suppose. makes me wonder what else is done to the car that i dont know about. heres a crappy cell phone pic, nothing special.

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