Just wondering where i could get some new calipers for cheap for my 87 GTA. Or if you guys new any place that has some nice brake kits that would be fine to. Thank you

 

Are you wanting to upgrade your stock brakes or just replace the calipers?

Ed

 

just wanting to replace the stock ones, but if you know of any good upgraded ones let me know

 

There is only one company I know of making claiper upgrades for 10.5" rotors. Actually, I'm not even sure if they have them released for 82-92 f-bods yet. They were supposed to have them ready last May.

aluminum, dual piston calipers.

Cant remember who makes them (Same company that makes the Force10). Look in Jegs/SUmmit catalogue.

Anyway....$400 for the set. Very pricey and you still have 10.5" rotors.

You can upgrade your stockers with a rebuild kit, stainless steel pistons, and ceramic caliper paint.

For a few dollars more, you can have stainless, braided brake lines.

Get a good set of pads along with the above and you'll be much happier.

If you are feeling really productive, you can run some brake ducting to keep your rotors cool.

The goal is to dissipate heat from your brakes as efficiently as possible.

 

Thanks alot, but do you know where i can get a pair of those stock calipers from. Thank you

 

Well....the stock upgrades are something you'll have to do yourself. Its not difficult at all.

Go to parts store and get the rebuild kit (just includes piston seals). Get some new bleeder screws too.

Order the stainless pistons from summit or jegs.

The ceramic paint: I found some at O'reilly's. You may look online or search local parts stores. Many have caliepr paint, but you are looking for the paint with ceramic in it. Painting will be the last thing you do anyway (or else the new brake fluid you bleed out of it will eat away all your new paint).

To get the old pistons out, pull your bleeder screws out and take your calipers to any shop around with an air compressor. Most auto shops have them for air-tools etc. Just stick the rubber end of the compressor in your bleeder hole and pop the pistons out (careful to use a piece of wood on the other side of the piston). Or just slip $5 to a mechanic and ask him to do it for you.

 

If you reinstall your stock calipers, I STRONGLY recommend rebuilding them with the recall kit before you install them. No sense in reinstalling calipers that will eventually freeze up on you and not work. Your best bet would be to upgrade to the '89-up PBR rear discs and be done with it. That's only around $600 for a complete bolt on kit.


Ed

 

Ed:

Where is a good source for the PBR brake kit? I wouldn't mind upgrading my early '88 GTA.

Thanks

 

If you decide to go PBR, check the following link:

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=249098

JamesC

 

Excellent!

Thanks James

 

If you're replacing with stock, you can get remanufactured calipers at Autozone for like $12. I'd do that in a hearbeat before trying to rebuild my own. Just recommend you paint them with high-temp paint before installing unless you're into the rust look.

 

Looking to loose the stock Iron calipers on my GTA. I have replaced the calipers in the past in an attempt to get it to stop like I think it should. As you all know, there is no getting the early 4wheel disk system to stop well.

 

Yeah, can't argue with you there, it just looked like GTAFitz was set on a stock replacement.