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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 09:11 PM
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do you guys know of anyone making a complete front and rear 14" brake kit, with calipers all the way around. All the kits i am finding re-use the rears...
Old Mar 21, 2008 | 09:26 PM
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That's because the majority of the braking load rests on the front calipers. i'm guessing that Baer, Steeda, Brembo, and other manufacturers don't develop rear calipers because poeple won't notice much of a difference to justify the cost.
Old Mar 21, 2008 | 09:31 PM
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they do make them try SSBC, there are others but that's what comes to my mind right now, i was searching this and these were about the cheapest, total about 2500 for front and rear 13" but they make 14 also. i'm sure baer, brembo and the others make them too.
Old Mar 21, 2008 | 09:37 PM
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If upgraded my brake kit I would just change the rear rotors to match and keep the caliper since I believe it does a good enough job for rear brakes. I would just paint it to match the new ones up front. But if you could find a complete rear upgrade kit that significantly increases performance over the stock rears that would be pretty sweet.
Old Mar 21, 2008 | 09:40 PM
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http://www.ssbrakes.com/products/sea...d/Mustang/2007
they have front 14 and back 13 w/ calipers
Old Mar 21, 2008 | 10:09 PM
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Actually, Steeda makes a 13" rear kit as well. Up until the previous post, I thought they were the only ones..
Old Mar 22, 2008 | 12:18 AM
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ORIGINAL: onederful100

they do make them try SSBC, there are others but that's what comes to my mind right now, i was searching this and these were about the cheapest, total about 2500 for front and rear 13" but they make 14 also. i'm sure baer, brembo and the others make them too.
SSBC are terrible brakes, and very poor quality and performance.
Old Mar 22, 2008 | 12:25 AM
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Are they really? I was actually considering them, they are located about 5 miles from my house..
Old Mar 22, 2008 | 04:21 AM
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the only kit i would go with is the AP rear brakes offered by stillen. they are specifically designed for s197 mustangs and retain the factory e-brake. all other kit you loose the e-brake. they will set you back about 3K though. check them out @ www.stillen.com
Old Mar 22, 2008 | 07:45 PM
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the majority of brakeing force is going to be handled by the front due to the weight shift under hard braking.
it cant be that much of an improvement over stock in the rears
save your money
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