upgrading to cobra brakes

[03 Black GT]

where did yall who have done this buy the upgraded brakes and rotors?

 

[squares98]

I bought mine through my tuner. who bought them from Baer. I think Gene Evans in GA has the cobra kit cheap. Any ford racing ford dealer has them, I dont like some of the rotors that come with the cheaper kits

 

[HoustonGT]

I'm actually about to upgrade my front brakes to the 13" Cobra ones too. I keep trying to remember where i saw the kit for 399.99 shipped online

 

[bakos24]

MustangTuning has them for $399.95. + free shipping http://www.mustangtuning.com/ford-racing-cobra-brake-conversion.html

 

[HoustonGT]

MustangTuning has them for $399.95. + free shipping http://www.mustangtuning.com/ford-racing-cobra-brake-conversion.html

Bah! You beat me to it. Also, you get 5% off with the "stangnet" coupon code so it comes out to $379.95 .Thats about as cheap as you'll find it

 

[bakos24]

Thats right, I forgot about the 5% discount. that makes it an even better deal. It will be hard to find a place cheaper.

 

[Pertums]

i got my stuff from www.stangsuspension.com they got back to me fast on pre-sale questions, and everything arrived as expected.

and so far, their zinc washed rotors are holding up great.

 

[HoustonGT]

Thats right, I forgot about the 5% discount. that makes it an even better deal. It will be hard to find a place cheaper.

Ya i wish mine was only 379.95 but since im going with the red calipers its about $429.49


Would anyone happen to know if the install can be done in a driveway with simple tools?

 

[Dingleweed]

Ya i wish mine was only 379.95 but since im going with the red calipers its about $429.49


Would anyone happen to know if the install can be done in a driveway with simple tools?

Check out this website for the rears:
http://www.2kgt.com/item.php?itemid=104

 

[Mustang5L5]

Ya i wish mine was only 379.95 but since im going with the red calipers its about $429.49


Would anyone happen to know if the install can be done in a driveway with simple tools?

Yes, very easily. All it requires is unbolting 2 bolts, sliding the old caliper and rotor off. Unhooking the brake line. Then slide on the new rotor and caliper, bolt it down. Both on the brake line and then bleed the brakes. Should take 1-2 hours at most.

 

[bdcardinal]

i got my whole brake setup from buyfordracing.com. they had the cheapest cobra R brakes i could find.

 

[03 Black GT]

should i upgrade both front and rear or just front?

 

[bdcardinal]

diff people will give you diff answers. i upgraded the rears too because i planned on road racing. also the bigger rears look a lot better. heres a pic of my setups.

 

[Mustang5L5]

should i upgrade both front and rear or just front?

For the price i would do both. The rear kit is $170 from summit and is everything you need and you must reuse your GT calipers.

The larger vented rotor offers better fade resistance and looks better behind open wheels

 

[bdcardinal]

you can also buy cobra rear calipers. thats what i did, and it saved a ton of time on the install.

 

[03 Black GT]

so is there anywhere i can buy front and rear brakes, rotors, and cobra calipers all in one bang. or do i have to buy front separately from rear

 

[HoustonGT]

so is there anywhere i can buy front and rear brakes, rotors, and cobra calipers all in one bang. or do i have to buy front separately from rear

Mustang Tuning and Blue Oval Industries have that whole kit

 

[mity2]

off topic little, but I'm thinking about doing this as well, but i was thinking of Baer craw system(here) for $634.
Someone from LT-1 forum told me that these baer clow caliper is identical damn unit as Cobra/mach1/bullitte calipers. Is that true???? Anyone know?

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[Maza4ever14]

bdcardinal, would that brake set up fit on my stock bullits? and which one would be better, the plain, cross drilled, or slotted rotters?

 

[03 Black GT]

i also wondered about the different rotors. I really like the look of cross drilled rotors though