cobra brakes on a 16 inch rim?

[justinschmidt1]

Ok so my front brake calipers are old...the driver side one is locked up and wore through a whole pad. I need to replace the calipers, probably the rotors too...im thinking I might as well upgrade the whole system to cobra brakes since the cost of stock calipers,rotors, pads is probably about the same.


Will a 13 inch rotor/ cobra/mach 1 combo fit behind my 16 inch wheels or will I need something else to make them fit?

I thought I saw someone shave something on the brake to make them fit

 

[2slo95fiveoh]

to my knowledge you cannot fit a full size 16 inch over 13" brakes. i think the 'grinding down' your thinking of is for draglites on the front.
besides, even if you could grind it down to fit, why would you do that to brand new calipers? i say save for 17s with the brakes.

 

[QTRHRSE]

as far as i know they wont fit... i know they wont stock, but i dont know about after grinding

 

[SRT Handz]

NOPE!!!

 

[justinschmidt1]

I swear I remember seeing someone who grinded away a little piece to make them fit...I need new brakes and I really want something better than stock..theres gotta be a way

 

[QTRHRSE]

well then go with PI car brakes... atleast they are twin piston and still fit under 16" wheels

 

[stang94X]

17" or more, no less

 

[95-stang]

I think your thinking of the mod to grind down the stub axle to fit later PBR calipers to 94-95 cars, i did a fair bit of research on mine before fitting a cobra setup, [i have some pbr's as well] and using Ford 17" rims, its still pretty close.
Everyone said a minimum of 17" rim with either caliper.

 

[el docum]

I agree, I buy my Cobra front brake kit recently and it take 17 inch. wheels.

You can find original 94-95 wheels for cheap, they will do the job :

 

[justinschmidt1]

haha... no offense but theres no way in hell I would rock those rims....

so whats the differance between my brakes and pi brakes?...do I just need to get the same rotors or what?

 

[el docum]

I buy the Ford kit, but you can save money and buy some kit on Ebay :

The M-2300-Q fit 94-95 and the M-2300-Q fit 96-04 Mustang.

 

[95-stang]

I bought the whole kit from Summit, i have to make sure all the kit i buy fits, its too far to be sending stuff back.

 

[QTRHRSE]

The New Edge cars have a MUCH nicer caliper...

94-98 only have single piston calipers while the 99-04 Mustangs have nice twin piston calipers

i believe the rotor is similar size but not the same part, but i would have to check for part numbers through my dads dealer to see if there is any difference in the rotor.

 

[ALITL8]

just sell the wheels you have, get some 17's and put the cobra kit on it. one step at a time bud O0

i got the wheels and the calipers/brackets... i need rotors, pads and ss lines for the front and im in business... next mod ;D

 

[el docum]

The New Edge cars have a MUCH nicer caliper...

94-98 only have single piston calipers while the 99-04 Mustangs have nice twin piston calipers

i believe the rotor is similar size but not the same part, but i would have to check for part numbers through my dads dealer to see if there is any difference in the rotor.

IMO those standard brakes that we found on a 94-98 are not enough powerfull even for a stock GT.

 

[Javi]

13" brakes wont fit in 16" rims,just get the front cobra brakes and the upgrade baer(i think) for the rear,kind of what matt has

 

[justinschmidt1]

haha..well I need new brakes cause the caliper is locked up or something so Im gonna get new calipers, rotors.

I dont have the money to get new wheels so can I just get the 2004 rotors and calipers..will they fit on my car without any mods?

 

[ALITL8]

late model GT calipers (dual piston) will bolt right up... hell, the brackets may even be the same :dunno:

 

[Hybridbird]

The 04 has the same rotor as your car the caliper and bracket are different.You WILL have to grind the "ears" down to make the
caliper fit really easy fix,otherwise yeah,they bolt up.You can use you stock hoses as well.I just did this to my wife's 98 with 02 parts.Take a
look here at this guy's site ALL your questions will be answered,it's got EVEARYTHING covered.
http://sn95brakes.cjb.net/

 

[Spd0lit]

or you just surf craigslist for some cheap inbetween wheel before you get nicer ones.