Decision: 5x4 (SBP) or 5x4.5?

Advice from not so smart new guy to Mopars. My drums all the way around with sbp worked fine. I upgraded to bbp front discs and rear drums just now (buttoning up the front end in the next couple days) because I went with an 8 3/4 rear end with 15in wheel and tires.

If you do it buy a complete kit. I had parts from the purchase of my car but even with having them I'm in it for almost the same $$ as if I would have purchased a pirate jack, wilwood kit etc. A full kit would have been roughly the same price and easier than sourcing all the parts or multiple runs to the auto store for the small things (which you will still have to do). Wilwoods are cool but I'd probably do the pirate jack kit with drilled and slotted rotors because $ and sourcing parts from the auto store vs from wilwood.

I have rear drums, but will probably go to discs next year because I'm short on space on my passenger side rear with 245s. Plus they look cool.

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nice looking car. You didn’t have to change lower control arms to convert them, unless you just wanted refurbished ones ready to go.... you are right, sometimes rounding stuff up is a pain. When I do project like that I get everything I need prior to starting. When getting used spindles I always try to make sure they give you the dust shields, bolts and caliper brackets if they have them available. The rest can be bought new easily.

now that you’ve done the conversion you can get parts for them just about anywhere which is a huge plus.