Scarebird brake kit
6th Gear Member
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 5,232
From: PA
Umm, Scarebird doesn't sell anything but brackets and hubs. If you had problems with lines, fittings and master cylinder, it was because you bought the wrong parts.
He gives you a shopping list and sometimes a couple of options. You have to pay close attention to get the correct parts.
He gives you a shopping list and sometimes a couple of options. You have to pay close attention to get the correct parts.
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Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Colorado
Having never put one together, I have only taken one apart, I'm not sure that the kit from CSRP would not be more economical. With scarebird you have to provide you own rotors, calipers, hoses, pads, seals, bearings and master cylinder. If you don't have a good source and are paying retail for all that stuff it can really add up in cost. With CSRP everything you need comes at one time and you put it all together in one afternoon with no hunting for parts. Plus I did have to run spacers with the scarebird kit that was on my 66fb using 15 inch shelby cragars. Not so with CSRP.
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Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 486
From: Texas
I'm not sure that the kit from CSRP would not be more economical. With scarebird you have to provide you own rotors, calipers, hoses, pads, seals, bearings and master cylinder. If you don't have a good source and are paying retail for all that stuff it can really add up in cost.
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Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 3,946
From: Colorado
I'm not trying to bad mouth scarebird it just wan't what I wanted for my application. The kit its self runs $145. Are you saying you have $230 in your set up plus the cost of the kit? I would say that is pretty good shopping. I'm not sure I could do it for that unless I was using junk yard parts. Since I didn't put the kit on the car it was a pain trying to figure out what brakes were on the car just to do a pad replacement and repack the bearings.
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Joined: Nov 2005
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Brake fittings were wrong, lines too long, master cylinder threads wrong, master cylinder rod wrong length. No where in their instructions of mine did it say all of this stuff would have to swapped out to make it work. Wasted my time and money to make this work and it wasn't even worth it IMO.
One good thing about it is I can get wilwood calipers to replace the stock ones I have on it now.
One good thing about it is I can get wilwood calipers to replace the stock ones I have on it now.
Umm, Scarebird doesn't sell anything but brackets and hubs. If you had problems with lines, fittings and master cylinder, it was because you bought the wrong parts.
He gives you a shopping list and sometimes a couple of options. You have to pay close attention to get the correct parts.
I've just ordered his butdget 5 lug kit for '63-'73 Mustang, Cougar, Falcon & Fairlane. It should be here tomorrow. I also ordered everything specifiec for my brackets from RockAuto.com and it all arrived exactly as it should. It looks like installation will be a snap after the brackets come in.
Wheels shouldn't be an issue with the 4 lug kit. It was set up to use OE 14" wheels, so anything that size or larger should be fine.
He gives you a shopping list and sometimes a couple of options. You have to pay close attention to get the correct parts.
I've just ordered his butdget 5 lug kit for '63-'73 Mustang, Cougar, Falcon & Fairlane. It should be here tomorrow. I also ordered everything specifiec for my brackets from RockAuto.com and it all arrived exactly as it should. It looks like installation will be a snap after the brackets come in.
Wheels shouldn't be an issue with the 4 lug kit. It was set up to use OE 14" wheels, so anything that size or larger should be fine.
Not sure why you had so much trouble with it.
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Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 486
From: Texas
The kit its self runs $145. Are you saying you have $230 in your set up plus the cost of the kit? I would say that is pretty good shopping. I'm not sure I could do it for that unless I was using junk yard parts. Since I didn't put the kit on the car it was a pain trying to figure out what brakes were on the car just to do a pad replacement and repack the bearings.
The kit for $145 requires no machining and uses a different combination of parts. It will run another $50-$75 over the other.
Shopping is key. You have to pay close attention to get the correct parts and at the best prices. I use RockAuto.com so I can see the tech details on the various parts and get the best price.
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