Here's one side that I finished up tonight. Got the brackets and hubs from TPI383. Everything went in fine, it was really pretty simple.

Big download, but should help people understand the steps involved. I'm glad they fit my 17" GTA's, as I never checked until tonight!

And since some people don't believe it, I found everything I needed just searching the threads, didn't have to ask anyone about it..

Kevin D.

 

Nice job, on the brakes and the animation!

 

looks good.

 

Dude that side looks awesome. What is the general cost to upgrade to c5 brakes.

 

Thanks.. General cost... hmm, lets see..

Hubs and brackets (from TPI383) $200 or so..
Rotors $60 shipped from ebay
Calipers $100 shipped from ebay (still have to sell the rear calipers I got with them) so really about $50
8 bolts for the brackets from GM and Fastenal $20
caliper brackets, ceramic pads, caliper bolts and boots $230 shipped from Dal at Van Devere olds..

So I guess about $600 would be a good average. Slotted GM rotors would add about another $60. New calipers would add to the price. If you owned a machine shop and powder coating business you could probably do the hubs and brackets cheaper, but you might as well get them from Chris (TPI383)..

Don't forget the 17" rims and tires to clear the new brakes..thats the expensive part.

Kevin D.

 

that is cool. I will have to do the hubs and brackets from TPI 383. That is not a bad price. Did you retain the stock spindles?

Bill

 

Yup, that's the nice thing about all these brake upgrades, stock spindle just has the caliper arms cut off and two dust shield holes drilled and tapped.

Check out the main LS1 brake upgrade thread in the FAQ section of the forum, and then I think there's a C5 specific one in the brake board. Those two tought me everything I needed to know.

Kevin D.

 

can you explain these items for me and clarify? Did you get the empty caliper carriers from ebay then by a used set and transfer the parts over or what?

Can you get the complete loaded carrier(cheaper)..or am i missing something?

 

You can't buy a carrier + caliper combo. The carrier is always separate. If you buy a new caliper you get the bolts, pins, and boots needed to slide the caliper into the carrier.

A lot of C5 guys upgrade to Z06 calipers (same thing, just red), so can find used sets of calipers pretty cheap (since they typically replace all 4 at one time). They reuse their stock bolts, pins, and boots so you typically have to purchase those with used calipers.

The hubs and brackets are the essential pieces needed to get stock C5 parts to bolt on your third-gen.

Again, there's hundreds of messages detailing HOW to do this, I was just showing visual examples of what those messages are talking about.

Kevin D.

 

the bolts you had to order were the
- "abutment to bracket" bolts, m14-2.0x35mm (fastenal)
- "bracket to spindle" bolts, 11508133(gm)

correct?

sorry, those 10 page long posts really mess with my ADD.

thanks a bunch. and thats an awesome animation.

 

You got it! Use a M12 x 1.75 tap on the spindle holes for the GM bolts to work.

Kevin D.

 

Thanks alot...i'll be ordering bolts and rotors monday while the car is in the shop for exhaust

 

Yeah I will probably be starting the project here shortly, too.

 

Hey shr00m, how did you cut the arms off of the spindle? Did you do that while it was on the car?

 

Brand new sawz-all blades 18 teeth count I believe. Should have only taken one, but I broke it half way through the second side.

I did do it on the car, and it was actually one of the easiest parts. I used the cutting oil I got for the tap and it went through like butter. The rounded allen bolts lets you cut a little less out too. The cuts don't end up straight, but it's easier to go straight and then angle after you get a better idea of what needs to be cleared.

Kevin D.

 

My question is how/where did you get the 17" GTA wheels....

 

Hehe,

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