Big brake caliper relocation brackets

[Judd]

Creeping up on 100K miles and will be needing brake maintenance soon. I've built my rig out as an overlanding type rig so it weighs a good bit more than OE. I'm guessing at least 500lbs or so heavier. In addition, I will be eventually buying a smallish travel trailer, say 14-16ft, maybe 3.5K lbs or so.

I have towed around 3K lbs a few times and around 6K once. I live in the Ozarks, lots of elevation change and tight, curvy roads.

Is there a brake relocation bracket that will space the OE caliper out so I can use larger diameter rotors? Preferably some type of repurposed OEM rotor to save replacement costs?

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[PuddleJumper]

Creeping up on 100K miles and will be needing brake maintenance soon. I've built my rig out as an overlanding type rig so it weighs a good bit more than OE. I'm guessing at least 500lbs or so heavier. In addition, I will be eventually buying a smallish travel trailer, say 14-16ft, maybe 3.5K lbs or so.

I have towed around 3K lbs a few times and around 6K once. I live in the Ozarks, lots of elevation change and tight, curvy roads.

Is there a brake relocation bracket that will space the OE caliper out so I can use larger diameter rotors? Preferably some type of repurposed OEM rotor to save replacement costs?

Not that I'm aware of. Is there any reason why you think you'd need bigger brakes? the only stock components that are really lacking is the lines, pad compound and for those select heavy rigs- the calipers. My rig runs 950lbs heavier than stock and i tow a 4600lb camper. I haven't found the brakes lacking yet. I have steel braded lines, better pads and High performance fluid. works really well and doesn't coat all that much.

 

[Judd]

I stated the reason in the post. You might well be perfectly happy with your rig's braking performance but after adding significantly taller and heavier 37s, roughly 500-1K lbs of permanent payload and looking to start towing a 3.5-4.5K lb trailer long distances in terrian with alot of elevation change and sharp corners, I want to upgrade if I can find a economical means of doing so.

The caliper relocation brackets would be a very ecomical means of doing so if one could combine that with a larger set of OE rotors from another application that might fit.

I used to have a 4th gen F-body that had been heavily modded and I participated in autoX, trackday and amatuer roadrace events. There was a company that made aluminum caliper relocation brakets that moved the calipers out to match C5 Z06 rotors. The brackets cost around $250 if memory serves and quality afzermarket OE replacement rotors cost a whopping $80 each. If you wanted to upgrade to C5 calipers, bracket cost the same. Afzermarket OE C5 calipers cost less than $100 if memory serves. Compare that to aftermarket big brake kits that started at a over a grand and had replacement rotors (which are consumables) costs that regularly cost near $200 a piece with calipers in the same range or more. The low buck combo nearly equaled the braking performance of something like a Baer big brake kit at a much lower initial buy in and more importantly, a much lower consumables cost which is a biggie when roadracing a 3.5K lb/ 550rwhp car.

Those are the reasons I want to upgrade. No different than someone wanting to install deeper gears, higher lift or heavier axles more suited to how they use their rig.

 

[Stan H]

I stated the reason in the post. You might well be perfectly happy with your rig's braking performance but after adding significantly taller and heavier 37s, roughly 500-1K lbs of permanent payload and looking to start towing a 3.5-4.5K lb trailer long distances in terrian with alot of elevation change and sharp corners, I want to upgrade if I can find a economical means of doing so.

The caliper relocation brackets would be a very ecomical means of doing so if one could combine that with a larger set of OE rotors from another application that might fit.

I used to have a 4th gen F-body that had been heavily modded and I participated in autoX, trackday and amatuer roadrace events. There was a company that made aluminum caliper relocation brakets that moved the calipers out to match C5 Z06 rotors. The brackets cost around $250 if memory serves and quality afzermarket OE replacement rotors cost a whopping $80 each. If you wanted to upgrade to C5 calipers, bracket cost the same. Afzermarket OE C5 calipers cost less than $100 if memory serves. Compare that to aftermarket big brake kits that started at a over a grand and had replacement rotors (which are consumables) costs that regularly cost near $200 a piece with calipers in the same range or more. The low buck combo nearly equaled the braking performance of something like a Baer big brake kit at a much lower initial buy in and more importantly, a much lower consumables cost which is a biggie when roadracing a 3.5K lb/ 550rwhp car.

Those are the reasons I want to upgrade. No different than someone wanting to install deeper gears, higher lift or heavier axles more suited to how they use their rig.

Okay okay .. geesh

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