Im getting a 4th gen rear free and was wondering about brakes.. the rear will not have the brakes on it so will my brakes work? or do i need the calipers and rotors and stuff from a 4th gen?

 

If you have a 10-bolt now you should be able to move them over.

 

Think it depends om the rear maybe. 1993 - 1997 are different (with regards to brakes) than 1998 - 2002.

 

They are different. The 1989-1997 brakes are all interchangable (the 89-92 brakes look a little different but to my knowledge are functionally identical). But the 1998-2002 rear brakes are dual piston calipers and do slightly complicate the swap over process - but you could still take the backing plates off of whichever 10-bolt and move them over.

The only real complication with the 98-02 brakes is the emergency brake. The 98-02 e-brakes need a special bracket setup in the trans tunnel. You'll likely need to cut it off a 4th gen car and weld it into your own. But if you have an automatic trans car you may be able to just live without it. But since the OP just wants to put his current brakes on the new rear end that shouldnt raelly be relevant.

Either way, you can move backing plates around and bolt up whatever you need to to make your current brakes work I should think. It may require some drilling or cutting but it can be done.

 

yes, 89-97 all used the aluminum PBR calipers, and those will swap between years. But if the new rear the OP has in a 98-02, no dice. You will have to use the 98-02 brakes, which are quite nice. the parking brake is the trick, but easily solved by custom brake calbes available from flynbye and hawks.

and FWIW, the 98-02 rear discs are not 2 piston, just one.

for the OP, does this new rear have backing plates? a pic of them will determine what brakes they are for

 

You can swap the early 3rd gen, late 3rd gen/LT1 and LS1 brakes by just getting the right backing plates/brackets- depending on what you're starting with you might have to drill out/slot 2 of the holes slightly to mount the later brake backing plates.

 

What's the conversion? Disc to disc or drum to disc?

JamesC