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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 04:51 PM
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i'm tired of drum brakes so to make my life easier i'm going to convert my drum brakes to disc. i know the acr hae rear disc do the r/t's have rear disc as well.
 
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 04:55 PM
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Yes.
 
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 05:13 PM
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i have te setup sitting in the shed
 
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 06:09 PM
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Any model can have them, Even atx cars do. Just have to look. Got mine off an 03 r/t. Certainly more appealing than painted drum[:'(]
 
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 06:47 PM
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don't really care about looks(since i don't have rims) or performance. its just a pain to put it all back together. but this project will have to wait another month or so but if i can't find any cars in the local junkyard i'll hit ya up spud thanx.
 
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 07:09 PM
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SO, you are doing a swap only for the fact you dont have to mess with drum brakes?[&:] Drums on neons are easy... Took me about 25 minutes to do both sides, and a new wheel cylinder in one. Seems like alot of work to swap over to discs just so you dont have to do drum brakes in 30k miles...
 
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 07:13 PM
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pretty much
 
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 12:01 AM
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i love disc brakes....cant stand drums[&:]
 
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 01:31 AM
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drums weigh less then disk brakes too it's a over rated swap imo....to do a big swap seems stupid if your not looking for looks...but if it's what you want why not
 
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 01:35 AM
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how do u figure drums wheigh less?
 
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