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Old 04-22-2017, 11:57 PM
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C5 brakes on thirdgen ?

Please point me to the best build thread for this.
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Re: C5 brakes on thirdgen ?

They are very close to the same as LS1 brakes. The calipers are a bit better and are red. Other than that, pretty much the same principle.

Check out bigbrakeupgrade.com, I think they have kits for that swap.
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Re: C5 brakes on thirdgen ?

http://lukeskaff.com/projects/car/th...brake-upgrade/

walks you through most of what needs to happen for all of the options.
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Re: C5 brakes on thirdgen ?

Big Brake Upgrade for parts. Brakets, bolts, hubs..
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Re: C5 brakes on thirdgen ?

Going through Big Brake Upgrade folks. Just for the front, and the package is around 1k, but now they use C6 calipers because it's basically the same from their perspective.
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Re: C5 brakes on thirdgen ?

I also concur on the brake package from bigbrakeupgrade.com. He sent everything that I needed except for the inside bearing and bearing seal for the hub. Those bearings you can scavenge from your existing rotors, and the seal is $5 at the parts store. They are strong enough to flat sport your tires faster than you can say "scrrrrt!"




Corvette brakes from bigbrakeupgrade.com
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Re: C5 brakes on thirdgen ?

Originally Posted by ws6transam
They are strong enough to flat sport your tires faster than you can say "scrrrrt!"
Hahaha! Very eloquently put
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Re: C5 brakes on thirdgen ?

Not sure if it's an optical illusion or not but that pic looks like the disks are drilled on the bottom half and slotted on the top lol




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