C4 to C5 brake conversion
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Racer
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C4 to C5 brake conversion
Does anyone still make the adapters to put C5 on a 95 C4? I just tried the phone number on the website for electro-dynamics and it wasn't in service. Any help would be aprrecaiated, and I'd REALLY like to talk to someone who'd done the conversion themselves.
By the way, Ive only been on the forum for a few weeks, and this is great! I enjoy the info and the whole scene.
thanx
Ed Rushing
By the way, Ive only been on the forum for a few weeks, and this is great! I enjoy the info and the whole scene.
thanx
Ed Rushing
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Welcome to the forum! There are several here who have done the swap, so I'm sure they'll chime in with where they got the brackets. There was actually a guy selling calipers, brackets, and pads (I think) over in the C4 Parts For Sale section. Pretty decent price, if I remember correclty. They may still be for sale.
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Found it: calipers, brackets, and lines for $250 + shipping: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-p...and-lines.html
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Doesn't Jeff over at the Guru sell those adapters?
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I'll look and see where my adapters came from. Ended up with a few minor fitment issues that worked themselves out once the rotor ground off the bracket. 
To be honest, the stock brakes work for 99% of the population. Unless you're headed to the track for some DE events, I'd probably pass.
To be honest, the stock brakes work for 99% of the population. Unless you're headed to the track for some DE events, I'd probably pass.
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C5 to C4 Brake
So I talked to Exotic Muscle and I'm told that you can't thats Can Not put the C5 Calipers on a C4 they won't fit has anyone have any input on this! If you do can you give me some direction on this!
I have 5 spoke mags and asstecics tells me to stay with all the same calipers!
I have 5 spoke mags and asstecics tells me to stay with all the same calipers!
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So I talked to Exotic Muscle and I'm told that you can't thats Can Not put the C5 Calipers on a C4 they won't fit has anyone have any input on this! If you do can you give me some direction on this!
I have 5 spoke mags and asstecics tells me to stay with all the same calipers!
I have 5 spoke mags and asstecics tells me to stay with all the same calipers!
If he meant the rear C5 calipers cannot fit without removal/modification of the parking brake, then there is validity to his statement.
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Burning Brakes
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Here is another source: LINK. This conversion is very well-documented and has been done by many members of this same forum. One seller of adapter brackets used to be a member also, Jeffvette, as aforementioned. You can find him on corvette-guru.com now, username Jeffvette. Here is even a CAD drawing in PDF form of the custom adapter bracket (from forum member Eike of Germany): http://www.corvetteforum.de/userfile...6_c5-brake.pdf.
What exactly did Merle say? Word for word? I find it hard to believe a vendor of C4-->C5 brake adapters would say you cannot convert them.
-Jonathan
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Does anyone still make the adapters to put C5 on a 95 C4? I just tried the phone number on the website for electro-dynamics and it wasn't in service. Any help would be aprrecaiated, and I'd REALLY like to talk to someone who'd done the conversion themselves.
By the way, Ive only been on the forum for a few weeks, and this is great! I enjoy the info and the whole scene.
thanx
Ed Rushing
By the way, Ive only been on the forum for a few weeks, and this is great! I enjoy the info and the whole scene.
thanx
Ed Rushing
Bought my adapter brackets from Jeff. Worked perfectly; direct bolt-on.
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Here is another source: LINK. This conversion is very well-documented and has been done by many members of this same forum. One seller of adapter brackets used to be a member also, Jeffvette, as aforementioned. You can find him on corvette-guru.com now, username Jeffvette. Here is even a CAD drawing in PDF form of the custom adapter bracket (from forum member Eike of Germany): http://www.corvetteforum.de/userfile...6_c5-brake.pdf.
What exactly did Merle say? Word for word? I find it hard to believe a vendor of C4-->C5 brake adapters would say you cannot convert them.
-Jonathan
Thanks for that. I think I am going with the C5 brakes.
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If I had it to do over again...I would.
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