Rotors are $35 each at RockAuto and pads are $30 for a full set front and back. Again RockAuto Calipers all the way around was $225 on Amazon no core. For sure the backs were Power Stop by Callahan and the front Brembos knockoff were Callahan. Adaptors are about $100 and the spacers were $50. Thats a little under $600 for all the parts.
What are the measurements/offset of the base wheels?
Base is 18x8 and 44 offset. The Brembo wheels 19x9 and 42 offset. Then 20mm spacer=8.5mm clearance which is a lot. 17mm Spacer = 5.5mm clearance which is just right and 15mm spacer is 3.5mm clearance which = absolute minimum.What are the measurements/offset of the base wheels?
Thank you for your help.Base is 18x8 and 44 offset. The Brembo wheels 19x9 and 42 offset. Then 20mm spacer=8.5mm clearance which is a lot. 17mm Spacer = 5.5mm clearance which is just right and 15mm spacer is 3.5mm clearance which = absolute minimum.
Looks good. Is this the 14” set up and what size wheels are you running?In terms of bite force, Yea theres DEFINITELY a noticeable difference. The weight shifts much more forward under hard breaking (when bedding brakes, all my stuff went flying when I slammed the brakes)
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Yea 14 inch rotors (DFC)Looks good. Is this the 14” set up and what size wheels are you running?
I was thinking all along that those PP wheels of a second and third gen cars would fit over the Brembo brakes of the Gen 1 cars. I guess not. Using Second Gen PP wheels, you need a 1/2 inch spacer for the fronts vis 17 mm for the Base Wheels. For me I ordered 2009 GT 500 front brakes and 2014 GT 500 back brakes. Then one of those aluminum Ebay adaptors from a guy in NC. Nothing fancy. Just Raybestos stock street parts from RockAuto and the Calipers with no core charge from Amazon.Because of the spoke design. They’re more concave.
Ford designed the S550 to have the hub stick out further like by a 1/2” so the wheels can stick out further and away from the calipers. Pretty much like using spacers. They also don’t have to design wheels with a lower offset or design the spokes to be concave. This is why S550 wheels require spacers when using them on S197 cars.
I bought and installed a pair from O'Reilly, the ones I got were definitely cheap copies. I needed to have one replaced as it was leaking by the piston seal, and the replacement had different hardware as well as the bleeders took a different wrench size. They are working well now, but I would not recommend.those are “remanufactured” from Nugeon. Who knows if they’re real or not with that price.