R1 Concept installation (pics inside) 56k sucks!
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R1 Concept installation (pics inside) 56k sucks!
Hell yes I did it tonight, I didnt get the Hawk Pads, I got Raybestos instead, I think they will do just fine, anyways heres some pics!
BEFORE-Rears
AFTER-Rears
BEFORE-Fronts
AFTER-Fronts
EXTRAS for the hell of it
there I am done!
BEFORE-Rears
AFTER-Rears
BEFORE-Fronts
AFTER-Fronts
EXTRAS for the hell of it
there I am done!
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yea, the hawk pads were like 5$ more, but id also have to pay shipping, which was 20$, Id have to wait another 2 weeks with sqeeky rear end noise cause of the brakes and I wasnt having that, I cant take all the credit, my dad helped me out lifting the car and installing the rotors and pads. I think over all my dad and I did an awesome job and my dad only made me pay half for the brake pads...whoo 140$ in pads...ahaha
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Those pads were that much? I was thinkin they were cheaper than that...yea I did the wheel swap myself, but I would need my dad's help too if it came to taken of the calipers and bleeding the lines and stuff. How long did it take?
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That's not bad at all...the C5 kit will be freakin awesome. I'm gonna get a lid next and then prob some new rotors and pads because these new wheels really show off alot of the brake equipment (or lack thereof lol).
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thats a lot of money for pads. i got new standard duralast rears for 20 bucks and then got new Bendix drilled and slotted rotors and Bendix ceramic pads for 75 bucks. i love it! looks nice, good work
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ahaha, I can always get new pads, the old rotors in the rear havent been changed in I dont know how many years...might only be the second set on there. The fronts were rusting because they didnt have any coating on them, so, the pad wear wasnt even bad at all on the old fronts and the rears of course were getting sqeeky and there was a groove grinded into my right rear rotor from a small pebble getting stuck inside the caliper...so my car just needed new stuff. If they go bad as you say...I will buy hawks.
