converting brake from 93 to 96, whats different?

[Drummer]

i'm thinking about converting my brakes to 96 setup( just rotors and calipers). would i have to change anything or would they just bolt up? Thanks.

[Psych0matt]

IIRC you also need the brackets and everything, but otherwise that's it

[Drummer]

IIRC you also need the brackets and everything, but otherwise that's it

 

What brackets exactly would i need? just the caliper bracket? any brake lines at all? sorry for my stupidity, I've never really compared 93 to 96 brake setups before.

[Psych0matt]

I can't 100% for sure say, since I'm only experienced in the 94+ right now on the cutlass. Eventually I'll do the TGP, but I just got her running last weekend.

[Hairdo12]

Front or rear? Fronts will require the 96 front assemblies, and 96 rotors. You still use the same caliper.

 

Rears require the rear caliper, caliper bracket, the two 18mm bracket bolts, and the left and right E-brake cables and rotors. You will also need to fab up an E-brake frame bracket and if you have the aux springs you will need to put a small notch in the upper bracket.

 

Its been talked about alot, just do a quick search and even look in the faq.

[Drummer]

Fronts will require the 96 front assemblies

 

what exactly are the assemblies? caliper bracket and lines?

 

[GutlessSupreme]

No, for the '96+ 11.25" rotor swap, you need the entire front strut assemblies. The 80 lb black things from each side, that the springs/struts/hubs/calipers are all bolted to. The difference is in the caliper mounting location on the knuckle, which unfortunetly are the main part of the whole assembly. The front calipers are all the same for first/1.5 gens. You don't need the lines.

 

http://w-body.com/upgrades/brakes-rotors.html

 

do a search also, there have been many topics on this.

[pwmin]

all you need are 96+ strut assemblies and rotors. everything else is identical