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Apr 21, 2008 | 07:23 AM

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Tom/99

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From: Houston,Texas USA

Apr 21, 2008 | 07:29 AM

#22

sneakelman

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St. Jude Donor '08-'09

The rotors and calipers look great. What's with the rash around the outer lip of the front drivers wheel? Get that fixed and all your hard work will look even better.

Apr 21, 2008 | 08:01 AM

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istsme98

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From: york pa

Good job

Apr 21, 2008 | 09:58 AM

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bucwheat

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Is that curb rash on those rims?

Apr 21, 2008 | 06:02 PM

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ecoman

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Burning Brakes

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The rash is compliments of the last time iit was at the dealer i have to replace both front rims they both have damage.

Apr 21, 2008 | 06:56 PM

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csexton

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From: Danville Virginia

Nice work and it looks great

Chuck

Apr 21, 2008 | 07:03 PM

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Sabre34

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St. Jude Donor '06 thru '26

Looks great! I have some questions. What kind of rotors are those and how difficult is it to swap them out? In years gone by I have replaced calipers and pads, mostly on my old C3, but never rotors. Since I have decided to keep my C5 instead of moving to a C6 I am interested in updating the brakes, rotors and wheels.

Apr 21, 2008 | 09:31 PM

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Atmcpunk

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Looks good getting ready to do the same all the parts are in the garage. Did you replace your brake lines also?

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MIKE-C5

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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'08

Looks Good ! ! !

Apr 21, 2008 | 10:15 PM

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damilleniumboy

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From: LAND OF OZ Kansas

Those make the car/wheels stand out more.

Apr 21, 2008 | 11:43 PM

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Magred6sp

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Those look great.

Apr 22, 2008 | 12:12 AM

#32

Slotcar

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Quote:

Rotors are easy to replace. Remove the two caliper bracket bolts and take the assembly off the rotor and pull the rotor off. That simple. I put a lug nut on to hold the rotor in place while replacing the caliper assembly. It makes it less cumbersome. The rotors are cryo treated and zinc coated that I bought off a popular online auction site. Did the setting in runs this afternoon..............wow, they stop nice!

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Did you replace your brake lines also?

No, I didn't want to get into a brake bleeding effort. I had read that the anti-lock system is particular to bleed so I just stuck with what I had.

FYI- The service manual I have states that the caliper bolts should never be reused. Of course I did this on a Sunday so the Chevy parts place was not open so I reused them. I torqued them to spec with 271 locktite. They looked new but were murder to get off even with my impact wrench. If someone knowledgable knows that they should definately be replaced, I will replace them. Having a lift is the nuts for doing this work!