Suspension and Brakes
'96+ Front Brake upgrade
Well here's a project that ended up costing a lot more than it was worth :lol:
rough expeditures:
$200 for both front strut assemblies from a junk yard, complete with struts, springs, calipers, rotors, etc.
$30 Craftsmen jackstands, on sale
$70 Stanley torque wrench (didn't need it, didn't use it, brought it back)
$10 T60 torx bit
$66 cheapo front rotors
$50 semi-metallic front pads
$20 electric impact gun rental
$10 chisel set
$10 pin set
$2 cotter pins
$35 balljoint
$10 grease gun
etc. etc...
Project entails swapping a '96+ w-body front strut/knuckle assembly (mine came off a Lumina) so that larger front rotors can be mounted. W-body brakes suck, so every little bit helps. The updated strut/knuckle design moves the caliper back to fit 11.25" rotors over the old 10.5" or 10.6", I forget.
New strut assemblies:
Driver side done with new rotors and pads mounted:
Old strut assemblies:
Raybestos PG semimetallic pads:
Comparison between old and new pads & rotors
pads had NOTHING left. The rotors go old 10.6s, old 11.25s, brand new 11.25s.
Nasty looking underbody and DISGUSTING WHEELS..
Those wheels are soon going to be dosed with aircraft grade paint remover and wet sanded down to a mirror finish, then reclearcoated.
Guys at the junkyard killed the passenger side ball joint boot so that had to be replaced.. required a bit of heat persuassion. not that hot, but hell propane torches are fun.
stuff laying everywhere
T60 torx bit
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Page 2: Specs/Stuff to do
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Page 4: Interior
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