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Old 07-10-2010, 03:48 PM
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Question Brakes!!!!

Quick question are all of the calipers you get at all the local parts store is basically the same? If not what do you guys recommend. The dealerships prices were outrageous, like $200 a piece!!! Also what kind of brake pads would you recommend?
 

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Just get the calipers with the lifetime warranty. You will pay a bit more, but, nothing like what the dealership wants to grip you. (of course, you realize that the dealership pieces are handcrafted, individually, with loving attention to detail, by highly skilled craftsmen, in a controlled environment, in an orbital factory, so that pesky gravity doesn't screw up their perfect molds, etc......)
 
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Cool Brakes!!!!

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I appreciate all of your information. I loved that!!!! Those are the same guys that made the brilliant plenum gasket for our trucks correct?
 
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I appreciate all of your information. I loved that!!!! Those are the same guys that made the brilliant plenum gasket for our trucks correct?
Alright, who let the cat out of the bag.
 
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My cat likes boxes better.
 
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No wonder Chrysler went under.. Spent all their money on space stations with built-in margarita machines. Because we all know the design of that plenum was affected by large amounts of alcohol.

But then again, what awesome idea hasn't been?
 
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i think it took a little more than alcohol to screw something up that bad, and to the OP as far as im concernd yea there all the same liked mentioned earlier get the lifetime warranty ones
 



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