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Default 1996 J55 Brakes.......someone made an oopsie

I started doing the mockup on my 96 to check the clearances with the CCW wheels and C6 brake swap. Low and behold i found something frustrating and to me unforgiveable. Upon removing the factory caliper i took notice of the pads. The top 1/4 inch of the pads had no wear marks......wtf. I then took a better look at the rotor, sized it up next to the C6 rotor and realized the error. Yup...... 12inches. Previous owner had the wrong size rotors on the front of the car.

I never had a reason to pull the calipers until now so i never thought differently of it. Seriously pissed me off. Anyway, the C6 calipers are going on, they seem to barely clear with the CCW Classics. Doug Rippie brake lines and bias spring were also installed. I should hopefully have everything wrapped up by next weekend time permitting.


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Some progress. At least the rotors are correct now. Calipers get painted tomorrow.
Some progress. At least the rotors are correct now. Calipers get painted tomorrow.
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