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Old May 21, 2006 | 08:46 PM
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C5 brake hubs

Do C5 brakes have a one-piece sealed hub?

I'm getting things ready for my C5 brake upgrade. I'm going to use Rondell R58 wheels and wonder about the center cap clearing the grease cap on the hub. I'm sure it won't on a stock hub, but am pretty sure it will if the C5's have sealed hubs.
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Old May 22, 2006 | 12:05 AM
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C5s do have a one piece sealed hub. But how do you plan on mounting them to your spindles? There a few places making custom spindles that use C5 hubs on older cars but I know for the G-Bodies they are about $695 a set and you need other items also to make them work.
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Old May 24, 2006 | 06:15 AM
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C5 hubs won't bolt onto our spindles, totally different design.. you have to use a bearing mounted hub.

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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 01:55 PM
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Where do you get hubs for such a brake upgrade?
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 03:00 PM
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contact ebmiller, he can get them for you
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 04:47 PM
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I have been trying to, but I can't get a hold of him...

I was looking for another source.

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contact ebmiller, he can get them for you
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 07:34 PM
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Not sure how you are trying to contact him but he replies to PM's very regullarly. I just got some braided lines from him last week.
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 07:40 PM
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I had pm'ed him last sunday, and then I emailed him either yesterday or the day before (can't remember) and I never heard from him... it's ebmiller88 correct?

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Not sure how you are trying to contact him but he replies to PM's very regullarly. I just got some braided lines from him last week.
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 02:37 AM
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I'll get back to you later today, sorry for the delay.

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Old Jun 21, 2006 | 02:16 PM
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You can modify your stock camaro hub/rotors. have the rotor machined off and its a hub. the C5 rotors mount to that. I'll post a link later that should help you a lot.
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Old Jun 28, 2006 | 12:13 AM
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A link to a very informative site regarding the C5 swap. standard C6 are the same, calipers are just a different casting.
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Old Jun 28, 2006 | 02:16 AM
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C5 brakes
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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 01:52 PM
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lol, i typed the message but forgot to post the link lol. thats the site i was refering to. thanks for fixing my mistake lol.
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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by livewire
lol, i typed the message but forgot to post the link lol. thats the site i was refering to. thanks for fixing my mistake lol.
Just don't let it happen again! lol. Adam :-)
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