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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 01:10 PM
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You could always buy new wheels to clear the bigger breaks. it is my perfect excuse to go with new rims. i plan to buy the SSCC or SSSC breaks, and i will upgrade the wheels and tires too. IMHO the ugliest thing i have seen, is people who upgrade to bigger wheels, and stick to the stock breaks. it don't look right to me, IMO, just my two cents.
 
Old Dec 12, 2012 | 01:15 PM
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I would upgrade to bigger wheels. But I have two aftermarket sets that are 16 already. I paid a lot for them so thats out of the question to buy bigger wheels. lol. And oh gotcha. I really dont know what I'm going to do. I really want the vette ones but not sure if I want to be grinding them and repaintig them
 
Old Dec 12, 2012 | 01:42 PM
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I would upgrade to bigger wheels. But I have two aftermarket sets that are 16 already. I paid a lot for them so thats out of the question to buy bigger wheels. lol. And oh gotcha. I really dont know what I'm going to do. I really want the vette ones but not sure if I want to be grinding them and repaintig them
oh i see, well your aftermarket rims may fit around the rims a bit different then the stock 16 inch rims that come on our cars. but you can probably sand them down and it will work just the same, i believe. but think about how cool they will look a different color then the car, and you are rolling around.
 
Old Dec 12, 2012 | 01:44 PM
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yea I know. They are deff going to be red but I think I'm just going to chance the vette ones cause then it will be red with the corvette in black or white
 
Old Dec 12, 2012 | 06:13 PM
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Imo it cost more than its worth to do the vette ones, bout $100 each caliper & around 70 for brackets when you can get a set of f body calipers right now on ebay for $85 with brackets & just put a corvette decal on em
 
Old Dec 12, 2012 | 11:17 PM
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sorry don't have close up pic but you can see they fit fine on the grand pee 16" wheels. i think i might saw real light fins touching the wheel, but you should be ok. i ride with 16" to the track and didn't hear any loud grinding. the fins only touched different spot on the wheel. i know pass side wheel was little banged up so that may be the reason too.




 
Old Dec 13, 2012 | 07:25 AM
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Ok sounds good to me. I'll give the vette ones a shot. It really looks great when you can see nice big vette calipers through the rims. Just gotta buy the red ones.
 
Old Dec 14, 2012 | 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by boost junkies
Those Dunlops are a really nice tire too.
I had them on 18's on my Cav.
 
Old Dec 15, 2012 | 09:04 AM
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Does stock rotors and brake lines work with this conversion?
 
Old Dec 15, 2012 | 09:13 AM
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I run stock rotors & brake lines, heres camaro calipers on ebay

1998 99 00 01 02 Chevy Camaro SS Z28 Front Dual Piston Calipers Used Hot Rod | eBay
 



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