I just finished installing the "kit" that ron makes. He sells adapter brackets and centering rings to fit 2000'ish Cobra 13" front rotors and 1998'ish Camaro front calipers on our cars. If you want to keep 4 lug you can by drilling 3 new holes in the rotor hats which was suprisingly easy. Unfortunately the calipers didn't fit under my old wheels so I went to 5 lug with 2004 Acura TL wheels. It was a pretty straight foward install and the only difficult part was figuring out what to do about the brake lines. I ended up getting a 9 inch long #3AN hose from BCS and a pair of adapters from Earl's. The line from the strut to the caliper is replaced by the one I just made. I got the calipers from a junkyard for like $60 shipped for the pair, cleaned them, rebuilt them, and painted them. BTW they are 2 piston aluminum calipers. Pedal feel is outstanding (just as it was before) but now I KNOW the car can back up its power with some serious braking too. Just a little peace of mind I guess. Here's a couple of pics:











I was suprised how well the wheels fit given they are 17x8 and have a -45mm offset. The fronts fit better than Evo8 wheels since the don't stick out at all and even "tuck" under a little bit. The rears are VERY close to the lower control arm that goes up towards the front but they haven't rubbed at all. Anyway, just another possibility for wheels, tires, and brakes. I saw a set of these wheels go for around $300 shipped on ebay the other day. The only drawback is that they are about 23lbs each.

John

What are you going to do for the rears?
How does the balance go front to rear?
I know, I'll do a search on this kit/recipe for details.

I've been tinkering with my brakes and I just frown every time I look at the non-vented tiny rotors in the rear. Our cars could use front AND rear upgrading!

Looks sweet, though!

-PJ

Bling Bling.

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Bling Bling.

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+1 Looks awesome. Are you planning on keeping the TL wheels plain or painting them?

Brush off the haters John.

I meant to bring the Cobra rotors to FedEx and weigh them when I checked the weight of a wheel but I forgot. I'd bet its pretty close to breaking even since the aluminum calipers weigh nothing compared to the cast iron GVR4 ones but the Cobra rotors are considerably heavier. Oh, and I was trying to get the "Baby on Board" in the same frame with the two "Class Winner" stickers from Englishtown but it didn't work.

John



John

The weight of the brakes parts doesn't bother me much, its the wheels being so damn heavy that kills me but they were free so I can deal with it.

John

Thanks Daryl. I don't see any oversize rear rotor kits on that site though. Am I just missing something?

John

I'll have to find out what ron has in the back of his car then. I'm pretty sure he told me it was a kit that AEM used to make that used bigger rotors with a bracket and a stock caliper. I'd be happy with just moving the stock rear caliper out a little with a bracket to accomodate a larger rotor. It looks so empty in the rear wheels with those little rotors back there. If I still worked at Mitsu I could grab a rear 2G rotor and compare it to a 1G rear rotor. If the stock ones are close enough then I would think I could make the 2G rear rotor kit work.

John

Yeah, I was hoping to figure out if I can use the 2G rear big rotor kit. Even if just the rotor would work I could definitely get brackets fabbed up.

John

The GSX tails and spoiler free trunk really work. Looks nice John.

Also, although I know there is a lot of emphasis placed on lightweight wheels and the fact that pound for pound weight reductions in unsprung weight are far more important than pounds stripped off the chassis but I still don't think that heavier wheels are the end of the world.

My Compomotive wheels are listed as competition and motorsport wheels as well as road wheels and I think they weigh more than yours. I'm more concerned about strength to be honest especially with the roads around here.

Paul

No changes to the master cylinder are needed since the piston sizes are almost identical to those of the stock ones.

I like the tail light/wingless combo a lot with these wheels.

John

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No changes to the master cylinder are needed since the piston sizes are almost identical to those of the stock ones.

I like the tail light/wingless combo a lot with these wheels.

John

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Nice job John. I think an m5 style lip wing would look hot.