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Old 03-09-2009, 04:28 PM
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Hey so my spring break is coming up and i plan on going back to my parents house and working on my truck quite a bit... First off im going to get a stage 1 clutch and have a shop put it in (since its quite a bit of work) but there is still some things me and my dad will do... first of all is the brakes, i wanted to put on some drilled/slotted performance brakes up front, any of yall done this?

These are the ones i am looking at:

http://www.car-stuff.com/carparts/do...n8738xpr1.html

with these pads:

http://www.car-stuff.com/carparts/do...b307f7951.html

Then on a side note this the clutch im going to have a shop put in for me:

http://www.car-stuff.com/carparts/do...h29905111.html

So i guess my question is, who has done upgraded brakes before and what did you use and also is there a kit out there that can convert my stock drums to some discs? I hate the idea of a nearly 5000 lbs truck that has drums so i am trying to look into solving that problem...

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if you wanna drop the chunk of change for the conversion...
oh wait, there is no kit, you gotta junkyard the rear axle with brakes, and the booster, probly master cylinder too
 
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damn, i was afraid of that... ok well i will just wait on that portion...
 
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if you wanna drop the chunk of change for the conversion...
oh wait, there is no kit, you gotta junkyard the rear axle with brakes, and the booster, probly master cylinder too
yup, pretty much. Using parts of a ram with rear discs would be the closest thing I could think of...
 
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[QUOTE=batman13;1580228]if you wanna drop the chunk of change for the conversion...
oh wait, there is no kit, you gotta junkyard the rear axle with brakes, and the booster, probly master cylinder too[/QU there is a kit checkout Sidewindercustoms they got a lot for daks
 
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That's what i was thinking- use viper discs and modify 02+ ram rear bracketry to work with it all. I'm just not sure how parking brake and the master cylinder would work out.
 
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[QUOTE=Spike300;1580242]
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if you wanna drop the chunk of change for the conversion...
oh wait, there is no kit, you gotta junkyard the rear axle with brakes, and the booster, probly master cylinder too[/QU there is a kit checkout Sidewindercustoms they got a lot for daks
yes, i posted it up before you
its a viper conversion but it dosnt have the master cylinder, its just the brackets and calipers
 
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ya but $425 is quite a bit... if i do it i will just have to wait for more $$$
 
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Like i said...can you use the rear ram bracketry (same 8.25" axle isn't it??) off a half ton, and use viper or dakota discs (since the ram is 5 lug)?
 


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