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Danny2v

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Hey everyone, I had a little bit of a odd question. I have a 02 gt and I have a hard time spending 1500 for a big brake kit. Although I'd love the added braking power, I can't get myself to make that purchase. I was wondering if there's bigger calipers or just better ones that directly fit that I may be able to find out of a junkyard on a different car. For instance my daily driver Cadillac comes with 4 piston brembos, if there's a way to find something like that in a junkyard that I can bolt up to my 02 that would be great
 

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Cobra front brakes are a reasonable upgrade (2 piston calipers w/ 13" rotors). Summit and Rockauto have the the calipers/brackets (Summit has them for about $115 a piece new, unless they accept the GT ones as cores...). That's about $400-500 all together (pads/rotors/calipers) for new parts. Cheaper if you can find used Cobra calipers/brackets.

Cobra rear brakes are hardly worth the effort. Slightly bigger rotor, same single piston caliper.
 
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tsemmett said:
Cobra front brakes are a reasonable upgrade (2 piston calipers w/ 13" rotors). Summit and Rockauto have the the calipers/brackets (Summit has them for about $115 a piece new, unless they accept the GT ones as cores...). That's about $400-500 all together (pads/rotors/calipers) for new parts. Cheaper if you can find used Cobra calipers/brackets.

Cobra rear brakes are hardly worth the effort. Slightly bigger rotor, same single piston caliper.
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What I'm really looking for is that sharp initial bite, my GT has no bite and you really have to sink the pedal for a good stop. There's no air in the system, and Duralast max ceramic pads. Do you think maybe stainless hoses might give that bite I'm looking for?
 

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It certainly can't hurt, but I imagine it'll take more than that. Our brake systems are kinda light. Even my girlfriend's little 4 cylinder Dodge has better front brakes.
 
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