i bought the front cobra brake kit and added some brembo cross drilled rotors out back. this is more than adequate for my needs. i see no need to shell out the cash for brembos unless you are doing some serious track racing. under most street conditions, the cobra upgrade is more than plenty. 100% improvement over stock.
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I would buy these and have summit price match. For ~ $310 shipped, I don't think you can beat the price anywhere. They have cobra ones for $329. Cheapest place that I have ever found them!
I would buy these and have summit price match. For ~ $310 shipped, I don't think you can beat the price anywhere. They have cobra ones for $329. Cheapest place that I have ever found them!
illwood
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That Brembo kit used to be around $1200 IIRC. I used to drool over it alot.
Now that the price has gone down, maybe I'll finally pick that kit up.
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BlackVert
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HUGE change. You'll be a very happy man. might want to check to make sure the lines will work.
I think Roger is convincing me to go with Cobra's all around...Same Caliper as my PBR but will perform better than stock rears and Stock PBR rotor in front.
If that's the case, I will sell my front PBR's cheap.
RC
Leeroy697
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I got the front calipers from a 2000 gt from my buddys yard for 20 bucks. I slapped them on a couple years ago. I am hoping this year to get steel lines and slotted rotors. It was definatly a nice difference over the stockers.
this is what I will be doing this spring. I wanted to go with the 4 pistons up front...but I simply don't have the cash at the moment. The nice thing however is if you decide to upgrade in the future, the 4 pistons will bolt right up to the cobra setup, so instead of having to buy a whole new kit, all you need is the calipers.
BlackVert
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i remember seeing some that were like the cobras, but they had a horse on it instead of the word "cobra". was i hallucinating?
blksn955.o
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I am preaty sure the bullit and mach had cobra style brakes that had the horse instead of cobra writen on them.
bullits have the horse, and the machs are plain.
as for the brembos, i reused my brake hoses with no problems.
my whole deal with upgrading to the brembos is the fact that i would get alot of fade from the cobras(hawk hps pad) if i was doing some "spirited" highway driving. since then i've done quite a bit of highway racing and not had one hint of fade.
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YOU need them on yours!! Haha!
Not sure yet...either the Brembos, or I will just swap rotors on the fronts, since I already have PBR's!
RC
You have the PBR's up front. Swap out the rotors for 13 inch rotors up front and 11.5's out back. Get Akebono ceramic pads and you're done. No need to shell out un-needed money. Especially with a new motor purchase down the road.
That's whay I thought was All I needed. When the time comes, Ill contact you for places to buy this stuff.
My PBR's were polished anyways so I would like to keep them.
RC
BlackVert
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these are the ones i want (summit #FMS-M-2320-F), but what all is needed to install them?
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