Bear 14 inch rotor upgrade
03-14-2014, 11:43 PM
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So I take it you've called Baer to make sure your 17" skinnies will fit? As their website say it may clear OEM wheels but usually requires larger wheels. Definately a vague statement as 17 and 18" wheels are OEM.
I think this upgrade is overkill if you are just concerned about slowing down from a few triple digit runs at the strip. If you take it on the road courses then its fine.
I think this upgrade is overkill if you are just concerned about slowing down from a few triple digit runs at the strip. If you take it on the road courses then its fine.
Here they are all installed using the OEM caliper and SBC red pads, Those rims are 20's
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03-15-2014, 10:22 AM
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The Racestars are what I have for the track, this is good to know. I was wondering about the Baer 6P fitting.. Your setup is exactly the same as I have, 17x4's up front and 15x10's in the rear..
What size tire are you running on the rear?
What size tire are you running on the rear?
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03-17-2014, 05:41 AM
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Takes some work to get them to fit - of course trim the sway bar bracket (for the 15" rims) and then relocate the jounce bumper to under the frame rail and cut off the jounce bumper "stop bracket" extending out from the frame rail. Let me know if you want me to post pictures of what needs to be done?
03-17-2014, 06:21 AM
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Takes some work to get them to fit - of course trim the sway bar bracket (for the 15" rims) and then relocate the jounce bumper to under the frame rail and cut off the jounce bumper "stop bracket" extending out from the frame rail. Let me know if you want me to post pictures of what needs to be done?
Yeah, the sway bar I already took care of, installed a whiteline and cut the original sway bar brackets off. The bounce bumper I already cut the tip off. I would like to see some pics of what you did to the bracket? It looked like 12 inch wide slicks should not be a problem with these rims without cutting that bracket.
Right now I'm casually looking around for some 4 piston calipers new or used that will work wit my setup.
Last edited by slickman; 03-17-2014 at 06:23 AM.