157dB

You wont see it once the bolt has been used.
The new brackets come with new yeild to torque bolts
with locktite already applied.
Once you retorqued your old bolts, they yeilded to torque
for a second time making them weak where they yeilded.
Bad news especially with brake hardware.
Those break and you are looking torn up rims at the least.
I would procure some new yeild to torque hardware from
the dealer and get those accidents waiting to happen off of there.

changmo

cool, so as long as i used the new bolts, im good? (sorry, forgot to mention earlier that i used the new bolts)

157dB

Yep, the new bolts should have had the blue loctite on them.
If not, you should have used some blue loctite.
Did you clean any residual loctite from the threads
before installation of the new hardware?
Get some new yeild to torque hardware and
some blue loctite and try it again.

http://iihs.net/fsm/?dir=103&viewfil....6L%20(3V).pdf

fullmonte60

i did my upgrade last night. it went well. only about an hour & a 1/2. i can feel the difference. good bang for the buck. it ranks right after the rear sway bar add-o.

heslekrants

I just bought a set of (New car takeoffs, 5 miles) GT front rotors, complete caliper assembly, brake hose, supports, and pads for $103 including shipping. Guess I'll be putting the calipers on Ebay (:

I was going to pay $70 just for pads at the local auto parts store.