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Old 11-27-2006, 04:02 PM
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Re: Looking for opinions on brakes

Drums all around worked good on mine, but the disc/drum is far superior. I switched mine over a few years back. The only used part (and most important) is the spindle, which I got from a 67-69 Camaro. It's an easy swap to do. All the other brake parts I bought new from the local parts shops pretty cheap. I got new calipers, pads, flex lines, wheel bearings, and upper and lower ball joints (you don't really need the ball joints, but I replaced them since I had it all apart anyway). This cost me less than half the cost of an aftermarket kit and everything is new + new balljoints, with the only used part being the spindles. Now I was lucky because I had power drums, so I didn't need a new booster. If yours isn't power drums, you'd have to factor in the cost of the new booster as well.
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