Is this what I need for my 5-lug?

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  1. mr.bubbles New Member

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    allright, so..... would that set of calipers and rotors I posted earlier be what I'm looking for as far as the actual brakes? Has anyone seen them cheaper? I seem to recall finding cobra front and rear calipers in a summit cataloug for 499.99 but now I can't the book.
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    Buyfordracing.com has the cheapest calipers and misc brake parts period
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    500 bucks for calipers?? Hit the junkyards man. Both my notches had my junkyard brakes on them. I made sure everything was in working order, sanded them down and painted them. Looks like new, and they don't give me any problems.
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    My entire 5lug setup was from a Junkyard.

    The only thing i bought new was the North Racecar Brackets and e-brake cables.



    Oh another thing, I have no idea WTF bumpsteer kits do :shrug:
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    Well you get the calipers, pads, Brembo rotors and stainless brake lines.

    My Mach 1 kit was $310 for all that stuff which i thought was pretty good.


    I have a mix of junkyard and new stuff on my conversion, and in total it cost me about $700ish.
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    On lowered cars, they keep the tie rods parallel to the road because if they are at an angle, the wheel tends to pull in slightly when it hits a bump and cause the car to steer oddly
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    Ahh...


    I guess once my car is running and aligned i'll have to see how bad she steers over bumps. Thanks for straighting that up!! :nice:
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    Where did you get the kit from? That's the lowest price I've heard of.
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    I think it's $350 now

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