Ok......C5 caliper WTF?
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Ok......C5 caliper WTF?
Me and my buddy have spent the last three hours trying to do my C5 brake conversion.........the adapter brackets DO NOT fit!!!!!!!! 
Does anyone have any pictures of how the adapter bracket is supposed to fit and what theirs looks like? Im pretty sure that the adapter brackets that I ordered are just the wrong design....
Does anyone have any pictures of how the adapter bracket is supposed to fit and what theirs looks like? Im pretty sure that the adapter brackets that I ordered are just the wrong design....
Burning Brakes
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Originally Posted by Zidane
Me and my buddy have spent the last three hours trying to do my C5 brake conversion.........the adapter brackets DO NOT fit!!!!!!!! Does anyone have any pictures of how the adapter bracket is supposed to fit and what theirs looks like? Im pretty sure that the adapter brackets that I ordered are just the wrong design....
Does anyone have any pictures of how the adapter bracket is supposed to fit and what theirs looks like? Im pretty sure that the adapter brackets that I ordered are just the wrong design....
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Yes, they are the exact same adapter both sides. We've twisted them and tried to make them fit in every way possible. It just aint gonna work.................................... ..... Does anyone have any ideas?
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Originally Posted by Coupe89
Who made the brackets ?
Car-vette.com which seems like a pretty reliable vendor....( sorry its not a CF vendor please dont edit the post because I am trying to show people what the adapters look like).
Melting Slicks
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Here are mine.
They are on my 89.
Electro-Dynamics - BF-004 Brake Adapter Kit
http://www.ong-inc.com/car/vett/brake.html
They are on my 89.
Electro-Dynamics - BF-004 Brake Adapter Kit
http://www.ong-inc.com/car/vett/brake.html
Last edited by Coupe89; Oct 7, 2005 at 11:26 PM.
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St. Jude Donor '06-'07
well where your adapter brackets are curved mine are not so they just ram right into the bearing housing.......
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Originally Posted by Zidane
Yes, they are the exact same adapter both sides. We've twisted them and tried to make them fit in every way possible. It just aint gonna work.................................... ..... Does anyone have any ideas?
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Originally Posted by Corvette Kid NC
They should not be the same, side for side. There is definitely a right and a left. If these are not entirely the wrong adapters, at least one of them should fit, though. It sounds like someone at your supplier end screwed up, majorly. My brackets were a piece of cake but I didn't get them from these folks.
See pic above. They are identical. We have tried mounting them from behind and it only makes caliper another half inch off. I am SOOOOO freakin pissed off. Also, the ***** didnt include friggin DIRECTIONS!!!!! WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!
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Did you just get the adapters or the entire kit?
This pic from their site is small but the brackets appear
to have the general shape. I wondered whether it was
possible that the vendor accidently sent brackets for
another application, but since Car-Vette's site seems
to be exclusively for 'Vettes, this doesn't appear to be
likely.
Can you post pics of your actual brackets? Maybe
of them in approximate position?
.
Last edited by Slalom4me; Oct 8, 2005 at 01:56 AM.
Drifting
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Originally Posted by Zidane
Here is what the bracket adapter looks like.....wtf?
Otherwise, you could just order them from Rich at upfronttechnologies.com. He stocks them as well, although not listed on the website for some reason lately.
http://www.upfronttechnologies.com/c...ategory=Brakes
I almost forgot, there is a certain nice guy by the name of ed on the forum you might seek out for these as well. If you look through this thread, you might even see his id listed. edsalinas. Sorry ed, it was late.
Last edited by wdo-mkr; Oct 11, 2005 at 12:05 PM.
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Originally Posted by Zidane
Here is what the bracket adapter looks like.....wtf?
With out a doubt, if your car is an '88 thru '96, those are the wrong style................
