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Rear disc swap on a 5g?

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Old 12-31-2008, 06:49 PM
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Default Rear disc swap on a 5g?

Is it possible? If so how would I go about it and roughly how much would it cost?
 
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Old 12-31-2008, 07:15 PM
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Do you mean on a 5th gen? The Z34 montes have rear discs. All you need to do is find one in a JY and highjack the parts.
 
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The cost depends on how cheap your local junkyard is. I would imagine $500 would be all I would give- these parts get thrown out and crushed every day- they're not highly sought after items.

I got knuckles, calipers, rotors, padsand all the hardware for $100 shipped off the forums. Then I paid $100 for some SS brake lines (I did all 4 corners, so it would've only been $50 for the rears)- plus $50 for new pads, and $125 for new rotors (I could've reused the pads/rotors, but I wanted to upgrade while it was apart). I also did KYB GR2 struts, coilovers, and all the BMR arms at the same time- but that was just because I wanted to, and wasn't related to the swap.
 
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Old 12-31-2008, 08:52 PM
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Sorry to hijack the thread but what do you think about the GR2s on your monte? How do they feel?
 
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Its too hard to tell- I did too many other suspension mods at the same time. Trying to concentrate on just them, and the effects struts would have- I would say they feel very similar to new-stock struts. If they are more aggressive, then it is only a very small amount more.
 
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I have an eye on a set of disc brakes on a Z-34 so all i would need is the entire assembly
 
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