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I agree with above, I might be purchasing some new rotors here soon since I have to do my brakes. If I get to it before anyone else does I'll get the How-To up for ya.
TRADED IN BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN: 2006 GT Coupe in granite metallic, 15/5% tint, vinyl side marker deletes, Doctor Speed Stage 3 CAI, RED calipers by DupliColor, RED LED interior lights, 45 LED tail lights, WideView 8000K HID coversion kit, Nokya Artic White fogs installed, running MoBil 1, FIRST ever granite metallic color matched headlights!! Color matched eyelids just finished! GT-R Exhaust installed. R1 Concepts drilled and slotted zinc plated front rotors.
Jack up car
Remove wheel
remove caliper bolts
remove caliper
hang with bungie cord
remove pads
remove bracket
Remove rotor
compress piston
get rotors cut
reverse
^really, hmm I didn't have any problems getting mine out when I painted my rotors ages ago
TRADED IN BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN: 2006 GT Coupe in granite metallic, 15/5% tint, vinyl side marker deletes, Doctor Speed Stage 3 CAI, RED calipers by DupliColor, RED LED interior lights, 45 LED tail lights, WideView 8000K HID coversion kit, Nokya Artic White fogs installed, running MoBil 1, FIRST ever granite metallic color matched headlights!! Color matched eyelids just finished! GT-R Exhaust installed. R1 Concepts drilled and slotted zinc plated front rotors.
It's not too hard. When you do the rears, you need a tool to turn the piston instead of pushing it straight in. There is a little knob on the new brake pad; this will have to line up with the groove on the piston (the one you use to turn the piston) otherwise you won't fit the caliper over the new pads.
It's not too hard. When you do the rears, you need a tool to turn the piston instead of pushing it straight in. There is a little knob on the new brake pad; this will have to line up with the groove on the piston (the one you use to turn the piston) otherwise you won't fit the caliper over the new pads.
Man I didn't know the 6's brakes were setup like that... I changed the rear pads and rotors on a mustang GT (same turn and push in idea) a couple years back and it was a pain in the ass without the right tools.
I thought about doing one when I changed mine, but halfway through I forgot to take pictures.
That's the way to help the team out there buddy.
Well the hardest part was taking those damn clips off that hold the rotors on.
the easiest way i have found to get the keepers off is to take a pair of sidecutters (wire cutters, whatever you wanna call them) and grab one of the tabs and twist it clockwise as you pull up on it. i can pop them off in about 2 seconds each doing it this way. of course doing it 10-20 times a day makes for pretty good practice too
Yeah after a few I got the hang of it, just put a flathead in there and twisted it enough to get some torque on it and snap it off. Just a really big annoyance for something stupid to put on there. The first one I was trying to get off in one piece so I could save it, then it clicked in and I was like wtf...
Yeah after a few I got the hang of it, just put a flathead in there and twisted it enough to get some torque on it and snap it off. Just a really big annoyance for something stupid to put on there. The first one I was trying to get off in one piece so I could save it, then it clicked in and I was like wtf...
yeah no need to save them. they just take the place of the screws they use on a lot of imports, their only purpose is to hold the rotor in place while the rest of the brake system is assembled when the car is built.
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