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Old 12-15-2012, 11:08 PM
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nice man. I'm just going to order mine from gmpartsdirect. cost a little more but they are new
 
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Old 01-04-2013, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Yellowjacket
I think I might go with fbody calipers and make them say what ever I want them to. What I would like to know is how you powder coated them? Dont you have to take them fully apart to do that? Can you use high temp engine paint instead so I can do it myself?
I installed 2002 Camaro calipers on my Monte sunday 12/30/2012
Love the looks an the stopping power , Its not hard to do, nice mod..



Here's a pic of the stock monte front pad on top
stock front camaro pads on bottom..Camaro pads are bigger..
 
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Old 01-05-2013, 10:40 AM
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Nice I cant wait to get this done. going to try it soon I think, Once I know I need to do a brake job then I'll just do this instead.
 
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Hey I havent been on in awhile so Ive been missing post's. If you havent bought them yet you should go for the vette caliper's the C5 Z06 brakes will fit they are the same exact part as the stock black one's only diff is the Z06's are already red. I hade to buy new custom stainless brake lines becasue mine stock one's where not long enough, and the bracket could not be bent, NBD. These calipers get second looks all the time I love them. I dont know how to post pics here so you can look in my garage pics for the brake set up I have if you want
 
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Old 01-12-2013, 10:17 PM
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Nah not yet had a repair that cost me a little more than I thought it would. Now do you have 16 inch rims because everyone says with 16s you need to grind down the fins for them to fit so just checking?
 
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I have 18's so I don't know but I did alot of research before buying the brake set up and I've honestly heard both you have to and don't have to. I dont' know what the fins look like on the F-body's but the vettes are not that big so they might fit without grinding I've sold my stock wheels so I cant throw them on to test it out for you.
 
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Will the rear Corvette calipers work on the monte carlo or will I have to use the stcok monte carlo calipers or some other calipers??
 
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Old 01-21-2013, 11:00 AM
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Rears dont work, GP GXP rears will work
 
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I'm going to buy a set of the Fbody calipers from Zippy02 soon and I can't wait to get them
 


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