Regcabguy
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I crackup when guys say the 37's or a hardsided camper doesn't affect their stopping power. If you put your five yr old on your back will it be harder to stop and start? Of course.
Doing the Power stop pads and rotor upgrade
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My Heavy Duty isn't modified suspension. I saw no reason to.
Why do some of you replace the calipers? Nobody I know does this.
Why do some of you replace the calipers? Nobody I know does this.
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Just to say they replaced them with the powerstop ones? lol ... what people don't know is that those calipers are actually remanufactured calipers lol .. I rather keep the OEM ones if they are good...
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I’m not ready for brakes yet but just did my daily with stop tech slotted and green stuff pads,which are good for one lap at the autobahn in Joliet then they went to the floor. One thing that didn’t happen that did with drilled is no cracks.
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The replacement calibers are rebuilt OEM just painted. There’s nothing special about them.
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Yep. Look at the casting numbers and some have had the old Chrysler Pentastar on them.
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I am just going to paint mine when it starts cooling down more , but yes they are OEM calipers re-manned and then sold lol ...
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Same. Going to hit them with some paint. I unfortunately have yet to get the pads and rotors installed. I started to install them but just didn’t have the time needed to beat these rotors off. What a pain in the ass. So I’m hoping to tackle it again this weekend.
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What color are you going with on the calipers?
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I am going to do delmonico red and see if it holds up .... might even do black though since you can't really see the calipers with the wheels I have on my truck lol ...
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I hear yah' lol ... I hate my truck dirty especially my wheels lol ...
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I don't get much brake dust on my wheels, never really though even with the OEM brakes but might be because of the design? ...
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Yeah maybe. Mine isn’t terrible unless I’m towing then I will notice quite a bit of dust. I may one day upgrade wheels but I don’t really mind the look of the factory chrome clads.
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Finally got the job done. Only had to use a 3lbs sledge and a 3 ft pry bar but they come off. What a pain. So far i really like the stopping power over the stock brakes. Can definitely tell a difference.
What I’m getting now and after I did the proper breakin procedure is when I come to a stop they seem to grind the last 5ft of the complete stop. They don’t make a sound all the way thru the stop just the very end. Maybe they need to break in some more but never had this with any other brake job I’ve done. Gonna tear them back apart if it continues on my drive back home from work.
What I’m getting now and after I did the proper breakin procedure is when I come to a stop they seem to grind the last 5ft of the complete stop. They don’t make a sound all the way thru the stop just the very end. Maybe they need to break in some more but never had this with any other brake job I’ve done. Gonna tear them back apart if it continues on my drive back home from work.
