It took about 5 months to get the funds (I'm dirt poor), but here's my rear brake upgrade. My car's a 5AT, so pretty much anything is an upgrade from the stock brakes.

I had already purchased the 6mt OEM brembo calipers for the rear, painted them, painted the logo, and was waiting for the rotors.


Here's the OEM 5AT rotor next to the stoptech rotor. There's a bathroom scale in the corner. The 5AT OEM rear rotor is roughly 10 lbs. The Stoptech rotor is about 13 lbs. Not the most accurate scale, but it gives you an idea of the relative weights.



Here's the backside of the rotors.


Here's a closeup of the new rotor, it's a nice 2 piece floating design.


Here's everything mounted. The toughest part is cutting the dust shield. I had to go to Home Depot and get some metal snips for $10, that made the job much easier. I also installed Stoptech SS lines. I'm just using stock brembo brake pads, to not throw off the brake bias.



I'm still need to bed the pads, so I can't give a great driving impression yet, but everything bolted on perfectly.

 

damn.. that looks real clean..

i'm jealous, much like many other coupe drivers i bet..

i can't wait for my stoptech or brembo conversion

 

Good job. Look nice.

 

i plan on changing my 5AT's brakes too.. however.. no $ at the moment. nice mod though! ;D

 

Very nice. I like the new look.

 

nice nice!!

Ed

 

no offense - the rotors look excellent - but I'm suprised anybody would by those damn rear stoptech rotors for what they're charging!

 

No offense taken. I got these for $650 shipped. Considering tax and/or shipping would be about $50, this is not a bad deal.

Incidentally, the calipers were $500, so total for the "brake kit" is about $1200.

 

Where did you get the rotors? I like 'em.

Lou

 

Did you get just the rear calipers for $500? Or both F&R for $500?

 

looks really tite. how do they stop? pedal feel? etc? let's hear some driving impressions.

also, looks like you could bleed the caliper without even taking the wheel off. is that true?

 

lowrider, I got the rotors from Avalon Racing.

Moog, the rear calipers were $500. The fronts were $700. Retail is crazy at $700 for each rear, $900 for each front.

Dudefish, pedal feel is very good, but there isn't a huge change from before after changing the rears. I already had the fronts for a long time now. This is with daily commuting. I have found that the rear brakes don't heat up as much as they used to after the drive home.

Oh yeah, you probably could bleed the brakes without taking off the wheels, but you'll have to somehow reach the inboard bleeder screw as well. It would be easier just to take the wheel off.

 

I think I would have went with brand new Wilwoods for that much... but to each their own and your kit did turn out very nice and is "one of a kind"