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Old 09-09-2020, 03:03 PM   #1
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Re: Big Brakes with OE Rotors and OE Brembo 4 piston calipers

If anyone is looking into doing this, your first stop should be with CPP and buying there x10 drop spindles/hub setup. That is the best bang for the buck.
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Re: Big Brakes with OE Rotors and OE Brembo 4 piston calipers

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If anyone is looking into doing this, your first stop should be with CPP and buying there x10 drop spindles/hub setup. That is the best bang for the buck.
I'll throw out the Devils Advocate warning..... Quality replacement wheel-bearing hub assemblies are expensive. Cheap Autozone/OReilly's stuff is only going to live a short life. Even shorter if you abuse it. And, the CPP 'Modular' spindles I recently purchased were way loose @ the Tie-Rod pad; the machining tolerance was not good so it's possible these suffer a similar issue.

Using a modified GM truck spindle w/a machined truck hub + an adapter bracket can be a good thing as you can maintain or replace your bearings as needed for much less.
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Old 09-10-2020, 08:21 PM   #3
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Re: Big Brakes with OE Rotors and OE Brembo 4 piston calipers

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I'll throw out the Devils Advocate warning..... Quality replacement wheel-bearing hub assemblies are expensive. Cheap Autozone/OReilly's stuff is only going to live a short life. Even shorter if you abuse it. And, the CPP 'Modular' spindles I recently purchased were way loose @ the Tie-Rod pad; the machining tolerance was not good so it's possible these suffer a similar issue.

Using a modified GM truck spindle w/a machined truck hub + an adapter bracket can be a good thing as you can maintain or replace your bearings as needed for much less.
I have their Modular spindles on my ‘74 with the plans to make hubs out of rotors to do Brembos. I didn’t have issues with them when I installed them but definitely something for other people to look out for.

My plan is to run first gen SRT8 Cherokee rotors and Chevy style Brembos. I already have everything, just waiting for time.
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Re: Big Brakes with OE Rotors and OE Brembo 4 piston calipers

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I'll throw out the Devils Advocate warning..... Quality replacement wheel-bearing hub assemblies are expensive. Cheap Autozone/OReilly's stuff is only going to live a short life. Even shorter if you abuse it. And, the CPP 'Modular' spindles I recently purchased were way loose @ the Tie-Rod pad; the machining tolerance was not good so it's possible these suffer a similar issue.

Using a modified GM truck spindle w/a machined truck hub + an adapter bracket can be a good thing as you can maintain or replace your bearings as needed for much less.
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