Thread: 14" Brakes...Lets discuss this

yes light speed...pix should be here by now
I second the 100-0 video.

I might vomit from excitement. Long live Dave, the king of non go-fast mods!

Maybe its the angle of the pic, but is there going to be room for the caliper? That rotor looks close to the rim.

Looks nice though..pimpin

Originally Posted by Ridin ON Chrome

Maybe its the angle of the pic, but is there going to be room for the caliper? That rotor looks close to the rim.

Looks nice though..pimpin

Yeah the angle was bad, the wheel isn't all the way on, but it should clear I have a good 2-2.5" around, wheel to rotor space

BIG UPDATE and the news IS GOOD!

So I test fitted, it bolts straight up, rotor is the perfect size, only issue is I will have to get washers and space the caliper just like the f-body guys (but thats not big deal, CHECK OUT THE SIZE of the BOLTS, they are super long)

Other downside...Some douche painted these calipers red but $220 I can't complain. I will clean them down and paint them.










I know some pictures look like its contacting the rotor, thats because this **** is heavy and I can't bolt it down fully, but I did bolt it down, saw the front of the caliper hit the rotor but the rear of the clears perfectly, just need 1 or 2 washers and it will space perfectly, everything is the perfect fit so far.

The money shots:

YEz

You win Dave.

OKAY the bad news, I just remembered....You need low offset wheels. OEM GXP wheels are not gonna clear. I have like 8mm clearance of spoke and caliper on 32mm offset wheels.

One last thing....

WHO THE **** IN THEIR RIGHT MIND PAINTS A BEAUTIFUL CTS-V CALIPER RED!!!!!

Originally Posted by DrunkieTheBear

OKAY the bad news, I just remembered....You need low offset wheels. OEM GXP wheels are not gonna clear. I have like 8mm clearance of spoke and caliper on 32mm offset wheels.

Goddamnit. You know Dave I was really considering doing this as well. Then you have to tell me that I need to get new rims too. Ah well, I guess maybe it is a good thing it won't work because now I will save a lot of money lol.

Good job though. I can't wait to see them on the car.

Yeah I don't know what the offset is on the GXP wheels, but they might or might not. I'm just judging this by my new wheels being so close as it is, I'd put money that OEM GXP wheels won't work.

+32mm isnt low offset.

Originally Posted by DrunkieTheBear

Yeah I don't know what the offset is on the GXP wheels, but they might or might not. I'm just judging this by my new wheels being so close as it is, I'd put money that OEM GXP wheels won't work.

I forget the offset for the GXP but I know it's greater than +32. Bio, little help...

its in the +50mm area, way higher than +32mm.

Originally Posted by Bio248

its in the +50mm area, way higher than +32mm.

That sounds right, 52mm IIRC and the backs are 40mm.

Dave, what is the offset of your current rims?

The new ones are 32mm

Originally Posted by DrunkieTheBear

The new ones are 32mm

The ones on your car right now, lol.

Originally Posted by RedDawnGXP

The ones on your car right now, lol.

35mm...no idea if they will clear yet, but they should

Looks great

What color are you going to paint the rotors?

So I found some 2-piece rotors

Girodisc Lightweight Mustang GT500 Front Brake Rotors 2 - eBay (item 130432612276 end time Mar-15-11 12:02:12 PDT)

Someday LOL

between drunkie and victor smalls i cant keep a clean pair of boxers