Has anyone here upgraded from v6 front brakes to GT?

Legion5 · 05-18-2008, 11:06 PM

Just curious how popular it is. I have my reasons for wanting to know.

danbevsv6rumbler · 05-18-2008, 11:10 PM

I plan on upgrading when I do my suspension the end of this month.

You can never have too much braking power

Sancho805 · 05-19-2008, 12:42 AM

i got a hold of some gt sway bars from a local guy and he also offered to sell his gt brakes if i was interested. he upgraded all his suspension on his gt which is why he was selling. i was wondering if i should get buy his brakes also. he says he has about 5k on them. is it worth it?

Legion5 · 05-19-2008, 01:49 AM

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ORIGINAL: Sancho805

i got a hold of some gt sway bars from a local guy and he also offered to sell his gt brakes if i was interested. he upgraded all his suspension on his gt which is why he was selling. i was wondering if i should get buy his brakes also. he says he has about 5k on them. is it worth it?

How much is he asking?

JimC · 05-19-2008, 04:41 AM

I upgraded my front brakes and can feel a difference in the stopping power. Was very easy to do - simply pull off the calipers and rotors. Remove the bracket from the old caliper and put the bigger bracket on, put the rotor on and reinstall everything. No need to change the caliper itself because they are the same, just need to change the bracket and rotor.

The bigger rotor also fills in the wheel better.

I also painted my calipers

bigdaddy0987 · 05-19-2008, 05:14 AM

how much do you figure one should pay for these GT brakes

157db · 05-19-2008, 10:21 AM

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ORIGINAL: bigdaddy0987

how much do you figure one should pay for these GT brakes

Its not the brakes that are changed.
Its the GT caliper brackets and GT rotors
that are needed.
You need 2 GT caliper brackets part #6R3Z-2B134-B, the same left and right.
And either OEM GT rotors or aftermarket GT replacement rotors.
And you need to do this upgrade when changing from 16x7" OEM rims to
18x8.5" OEM Bullitt rims.

http://www.mustangforums.com/m_48191..._1/key_/tm.htm

Avalanch3 · 05-19-2008, 10:33 AM

http://newtakeoff.com/index.asp?Page...mp;ProdID=8052

For the full set, $170.

If you just want the rotars, like 30 bucks.

Sancho805 · 05-19-2008, 10:42 AM

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ORIGINAL: Legion5

How much is he asking?

well i bought both gt sway bars for $50 so i'm gussing no more than $100 for all four brakes and components. i just told him i would get back to him if i was interested then we would negotiate a price.

JimC · 05-19-2008, 08:10 PM

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Its not the brakes that are changed.
Its the GT caliper brackets and GT rotors
that are needed.
You need 2 GT caliper brackets part #6R3Z-2B134-B, the same left and right.
And either OEM GT rotors or aftermarket GT replacement rotors.
And you need to do this upgrade when changing from 16x7" OEM rims to
18x8.5" OEM Bullitt rims.

While you can't do the upgrade with the 16" wheel set, you can do it with the 17" wheel. The 18" isn't required - the stock size wheel on the GT and Pony package is the 17".

Also, Sancho - the rear brakes are the same whether you have the GT or V6 - no difference between the rear brakes so no need to change to the GT rear brakes.