The PRO's have now made it even easier to build your Ultimate set of disc brakes. First, you select the bolt pattern you want to use on your car. The Wide 5 option you will notice shows a increase in price. This is due in part to the sizing of the 9" material not being common as 6" and the raw material is sold to us at a premium. Second, you will need to select your front caliper option. Titanium Grey anodizing from Wilwood is our standard caliper and is part of the kit with out increasing the total cost. Red and Black are powder coated from Wilwood and are special order. These will have additional costs involved. Lastly, you will need to select your rear caliper option. Gold cad plated eBrake calipers from ACI is our factory supplied option that allows the factory hand brake, (Emergency Brake) to work as you are used to. All other caliper options are Non-eBrake calipers and they will NOT allow for hook ups to your factory hand brake. These options are more expensive due to them being made in the USA and powder coated or anodized.
Below this description, you will notice the accessories that the PRO's offer should you want to add drop spindles, a steel brake line kit or have the PRO's press/pack your bearings.
Do these brakes add track width?
- All non wide 5 applications do NOT add track width.
- Wide 5 applications add 3/4" total to the track, 3/8" on each side.
- Rear applications is ZERO.
Front kit includes the following;
- BAD Series rotors in your pattern
- calipers
- pads
- seals
- hardware
- caliper brackets
- master cylinder
- stainless steel brake hoses
- reservoir bottle
- brake light switches
- billet front dust caps
- brake line clamps
- master cylinder firewall spacers
Rear kit includes the following;
- BAD Series rotors in your bolt pattern
- calipers
- pads
- *e-brake cables (if eBrake calipers are selected)
- caliper brackets
- spacers
- grease seal kits
- hardware
- stainless steel brake hoses
- billet cable/brake line clamps
- billet bearing caps
Why BAD Series Brakes?
Are you tired of adjusting your brakes just to have a sub-par brake feel? Do you have to pump your pedal 100 yards before a stop light? Are you trying to fit custom wheels on your ride? Are you tired of buying cheap imported parts? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, the BAD Series Disc brake kit is what you need!
My biggest recommendation is for you to only spend your money once. In doing that, make sure you get all the parts needed to do the install right the first time.
Should I install them or have a licensed mechanic install them? If funds allow, have a trained technician install them. Better to have them make sure everything is right and you will not be second guessing yourself. If you are educated and have the correct tools, a back yard mechanic can install them but we do recommend you have a professional take a look after you are done.
Pro's versus Con’s
Warranty, weight, options, made in the USA and the ability to use any spindle, dropped or stock height. Some of our competitor's disc brake kits can be in excess of 76 lbs per axle. Our heaviest kit weighs in at 48 lbs. Our rotors, Wilwood calipers, brackets, etc. are made in the USA. No one else can say that. The biggest differences are the rotors. The rotors are made of three parts; hub, the bolt pattern and the rotor. All these parts are made in the USA with high end CNC machines. These rotors allow you to use year specific bearing seals and dust caps. The BAD Series rotors have a lifetime warranty* as well. These hubs allow the interchanging of bolt patterns. What does this mean? If you order them with a Chevrolet 5x4.75 bolt pattern and a few months later you want to install Porsche wheels, you can! All it takes is removing the bolt patterns from the rotors and installing the new ones. Each pattern is sold separately. The last difference is the ability to add a performance caliper to your car. When choosing a Wilwood Caliper, we designed a hub that will work with these calipers. Now you have the ability to upgrade!
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