Not five lug but most lift kits fit 94-late 2010 somewhere 2500s

 

I would like to stick with 5 lug.

 

You can't put bigger rotors on the front, without addressing caliper mounting points as well. The stock 2500 calipers (single piston) will bolt directly to the stock mounts on the 99 and older trucks, with zero modifications, use 2500 pads. Caliper piston is larger, so, you get much more clamping force for the same pedal effort.

Rotor diameter isn't the end of the story either. Need to take into consideration piston diameter, (which is usually quite a bit smaller on rear disk brakes) and swept area of the rotor. The larger diameter does potentially give you more leverage, but, that is usually balance by piston size, and the proportioning valve.

Another alternative *might* be grabbing knuckles, outer axles, rotor, caliper, etc, from a 2000 or newer truck, and having the dual piston front calipers..... Don't know if it would be any better than just putting the 2500 calipers on there though...... certainly not as cheap/easy.

It probably does "look" odd, with larger rotors in the back though, I can understand the aesthetic value of larger rotors in front, but, so far as I know, no one makes a 'big brake' kit for the 2nd gens...... might be able to custom order one, but, that would probably be well into four digits for cost.......

 

Okay so to recap, just for a better caliper, I should get calipers from a 2500 of my same or similar pre-99 year and they will bolt right up?

Thanks.

 

Correct! That's what I did, and it's your cheapest and easiest option. You'll also need 2500 brake pads.

 

And make sure you get the single piston calipers...... they might be listed as being for the "light duty" 2500..... even though mine isn't a light duty..... it still has the single piston calipers. At some point, the 2500's got dual piston as well, and not everyones parts books are what I would consider 'accurate'.

 

I've got the Heavy Duty calipers on mine, no complaints here.

 

Single or dual piston?

 

Single Piston. The Light Duty Calipers are 80mm wide, the Heavy Duty Calipers are 86mm wide.

 

I am real curious just how many different calipers Dodge used on the front end of their trucks....... so far, I think I am up to four... or maybe five.....