Rear Brakes

y2k2GT

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Upgraded the rear brakes with the 13" baer rotors I got from Steeda, what do you think? Fills in the wheels much better than the stock brakes. Balances out the front and rear.

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Ehhh looks good as far as size is concerned.... but like mentioned above, you have a stock caliper on the slotted rotor out back and an aftermarket caliper on a flat rotor up front.
 
The front's are from buyfordracing.com and they don't offer slotted. When I bought them they were only $350 so I figured I'd get them like they are and later I'll get some sloted ones for the front. The rears came from Steeda and they only sell the sloted. I agree they should all be slotted, but it'll do for now.
 
you have a stock caliper on the slotted rotor out back and an aftermarket caliper on a flat rotor up front.


They are both technically stock calipers :shrug:



I'm just not thrilled about the center section of the rotor being angled like that. It looks odd. I also heard you can special request a plain-faced rotor from Baer. Supposedly it fixes the "click" problem a lot of people expeirence with that kit.


How's the e-brake? Does it hold? I've been hesitant to do the 13.25" rears myself since i heard it tends to screw with the e-brake. I need a STRONG e-brake since i park on a steep hill.

Also, i don't want to have to buy a 17" cobra spare or keep a full size 17" wheel in my trunk if i get a flat. :(
 
The rear is still the stock GT caliper, The front is the Bullit caliper, same as the Mach I and Cobra. Thought about getting the rear caliper but everything I read said they were the same as stock, so I just painted them red. I did this mainly to fill in the rear wheels, I knew I wouldn't gain much braking from them, just hated how small the stock rotors looked in the 18" wheel. I know, seems like kind of a waste of money for little gain but it was only $300, I don't think it was going to brake me. And I'm much happier with the way it looks. The fronts definitely made a difference in braking power.