Porsche brembo caliper brake swap for 473$
After the brackets were fabricated, I moved on to rebuilding the calipers. I was able to find a kit on eBay that had all the seals needed for both calipers including two new bleeder screws for 30.64$ (Centric P/N 143.37013). Once I was finished installing those, I could finally move onto the extremely important step of applying the brembo decals to the calipers. Which I purchased from amazon for 4.57$.
When that project changing step was completed I was finally able to mount the calipers with a set of power stop pads I purchased off amazon for 44.30$ (P/N Z23-737 and mounting bolts bought from my local rural king for 19.43$ (12mm by 80mm socket head cap screw part # 87443 with related 12mm hardware)
After mounting the caliper, I could tackle the brake hoses. Which are the rear brake hoses from a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 8.1 (Dorman P/N H620042) that were purchased off amazon for 31.80.
Banjo bolts, new dust caps, and two cans of brake clean were sourced from advance auto for 27.70$ (Dorman banjo bolt 14100 x2, Dorman hub dust cap 13996 x2). I had to remove (from memory) around four threads off the banjo bolt in order for it not to bottom out in the caliper, and bend both hoses accordingly to make them fit.
I also had to file off the factory locating tang on the hose where it meets the factory A body brake hardline. So it would fit in the factory A body brake hose frame bracket.
* WARNING This is the part of the swap that’s not for the faint of heart* I had to sand down one of the rotor hats due to a high spot in the metal left from the manufacturing process that was making contact with the pad. The other rotor fit wonderfully. Also I needed to sand the brake pads themselves due to the friction material being only marginally too thick to correctly install.
After the brackets were fabricated, I moved on to rebuilding the calipers. I was able to find a kit on eBay that had all the seals needed for both calipers including two new bleeder screws for 30.64$ (Centric P/N 143.37013). Once I was finished installing those, I could finally move onto the extremely important step of applying the brembo decals to the calipers. Which I purchased from amazon for 4.57$.
When that project changing step was completed I was finally able to mount the calipers with a set of power stop pads I purchased off amazon for 44.30$ (P/N Z23-737 and mounting bolts bought from my local rural king for 19.43$ (12mm by 80mm socket head cap screw part # 87443 with related 12mm hardware)
After mounting the caliper, I could tackle the brake hoses. Which are the rear brake hoses from a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 8.1 (Dorman P/N H620042) that were purchased off amazon for 31.80.
Banjo bolts, new dust caps, and two cans of brake clean were sourced from advance auto for 27.70$ (Dorman banjo bolt 14100 x2, Dorman hub dust cap 13996 x2). I had to remove (from memory) around four threads off the banjo bolt in order for it not to bottom out in the caliper, and bend both hoses accordingly to make them fit.
I also had to file off the factory locating tang on the hose where it meets the factory A body brake hardline. So it would fit in the factory A body brake hose frame bracket.
* WARNING This is the part of the swap that’s not for the faint of heart* I had to sand down one of the rotor hats due to a high spot in the metal left from the manufacturing process that was making contact with the pad. The other rotor fit wonderfully. Also I needed to sand the brake pads themselves due to the friction material being only marginally too thick to correctly install.