swap/upgrades to front calipers

[Giiventofly]

what about rotors? are we stuck with these pathetic tiny rotors?

 

[TruckinAin4Sissies]

what about rotors? are we stuck with these pathetic tiny rotors?

From what I've gathered- you'd use 2/3500 Rotors & Calipers.

 

[squeaky3]

so to do the swap to the hd truck calipers you need to use the rotors too...that mean the light duty 2500 6 lug rotors?

im in need of new calipers and lines pretty soon but no so much in need of the rotors of pads last time i looked at them though

 

[kevhill85]

Ok see if I understand this fully. I have a new set of DJM spindles for a 96 1500 Tahoe. Will this change me to a 6 lug or I will keep my 5 lug.these will give me move stopping power.
1) ss 454 caliper
2) ss454 rotors

 

[borahshadow]

From what I've gathered- you'd use 2/3500 Rotors & Calipers.

I thought part of the idea of this is that you could use the 1500 rotors so that everything is still 6-lug and therefore an easy bolt on.

 

[TruckinAin4Sissies]

I found out you'll need to use 3/4ton [8600lbd] calipers with new 1/2ton rotors/PADS.

 

[TruckinAin4Sissies]

Also to use a NBS 3/4 ton Master Cylinder. For better brake peddle feel.

 

[kevhill85]

Ok ordering this stuff now to see how this works

 

[squeaky3]

ok so the 8600gvw 2500 calipers with stock 1500 pads and rotors and brackets correct

my brakes should still have plenty of life left, i just want to replace both calipers and lines to hopefully help with the 3/4 ton rear brakes

 

[JollyGreen]

So the 3/4 drums aren't bigger? So just by upgrading the calipers it will increase our stopping power a little, a lot, dramatically???