There are 2 stickies at the top of this forum... one for a Dodge Neon swap, the other for an independent rear suspension swap from a Grand Am / Alero
Both are for rear discs.
Both have their advantages/disadvantages. There isn't really a best.
ask 10 people- get 10 different answers
- How much do you want to spend, how much work can you do, what is your final goal- looks or performance??? I have had the 12" high dollar setup- I've done the fiero setup and now just recently completed a setup using cobalt ss/ G6 parts. there is also the neon setup that people rave about but has issues with the e-brake-here's the link for the G6/Cobalt SS
G6 brakes
^issues? I think your mistaken. The ebrake is very functional and works great with the neon setup.
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^issues? I think your mistaken.
I think issues as far as getting the actuator to fit.
I have no problem w/ my e-brake w/ the neon setup. It holds as strong, if not better than the stock J-body drums.... Only issue I've hadi s some slight rubbing w/ the dust plate that I haven't pinned down yet, but I have time to find that problem since the car isn't running at the moment...
actuator to fit? the actuator is a neon part and fits fine in the neon braket where it has fit for years in dodge designs. Maybe you mean the cable? If so, thats no harder than getting the ebrake handle to suck up some of the cable which is as easy as pulling up on the handle and dropping it to suck up some of the cable. Sorry, dont mean to come off like a cock but there are no problems with the ebrake setup. That is just a bunch of bad information.
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Maybe you mean the cable? If so, thats no harder than getting the ebrake handle to suck up some of the cable which is as easy as pulling up on the handle and dropping it to suck up some of the cable.
^^ that's what I meant.... in some cases, there isn't a whole lot of slack to work with on the initial install (depending on how many miles on the rear brakes before doing the swap, etc.), in which it requires a little usage of the gray matter, but other than that small detail, the rest of the install is cake.
^Agreed. Gray matter is required.
is the brake swaps cheaper and better than buying the kit that baer or willwood make?
"kits" such as the Baer, SSBC and Wilwoods are pretty much bolt on with very little modification. Conversions such as the Neon rear will involve more modifications to work, especially if you do it all yourself.
baer and SSBC are the only companies that I know of that do rear disc conversions...
as for the neon swap:
$215 for the machined brackets, SS lines, fittings from the GP
$155 for rotors
$100 for calipers (with the core charge)
$35 for pads and shoes from the GP (I think that was the price)...
less than 60% of the cost of a commercially available kit. Granted they aren't 12 or 13" rotors,
