eye candy for anyone interested



last pic is w/o pads....just checking for any possible clearance issues before I paint the spindles.

 

How much

 

Too much! lol. I neglected to get the right banjo bolts for the calipers. Was so anxious to get this done and now it just sits on the jackstands while the *impossible to find locally* corvette caliper brake line bolts get shipped to me.

 

Looks fuggin good ****!

 

Thanks ****. Hopefully I'll get this done today. Going to the upholsterer tomorrow for new carpet and headliner.

edit: whats the damn secret about some guys can say m a n g?

 

Couple more pics before and finished



I chose the Akebono (sp?) ceramic pads for the low dusting and they are rated as the poorest pad out there as far as stopping power goes. Even with the weak pads, the difference between the LT1 and the C5 brakes are incredible. Absolutely effortless braking power now

 

So... what was the actual cost?

Thanks

 

all new parts
Calipers - 225
Rotors - 90
Pads - 140 (I got ripped off...ya I know)
Abutment brackets - 70
Pins - seals ~ 20
brake lines - 90
UMI conv brackets - 215

850 total
If you have the time and are or more resourceful than I was, you can get used calipers/brackets/cheaper pads/doubt you will find rotors cheaper than 45/ea
You can save a few on the conv bracket as well. I saw some on ebay for ~150 but I gotta tell ya....the UMI ones are nice. Reeeeeal nice

 

Me likey!

 

Thanks dude! After getting them broken in, I decided to test the waters. I didn't push them really really hard but enough that the old ones would have faded to next to nothing. I'm happy so far.

 

Thanks for the cost breakdown Del... not too bad and I'll probably spring for it rather than refresh my stock units here in ~5k miles.