Posted by Tom in Indiana [216.249.65.68] on Saturday, May 31, 2014 at 20:38:17 :
In Reply to: Re: thickness posted by Kaegi [98.247.164.246] on Saturday, May 31, 2014 at 19:00:56 :
Keith is right (and I have absolutely nothing against Keith). I despise Generic Motors and Fjord almost as much as I do our current president, but the Chevy rotors and calipers are the only way to go. I know one or the other were used on Jeep front Dana 44s as well, but they're still Chevy parts. Believe me, I searched and searched and SEARCHED to find something that would work that was all-Mopar. In the end, there was simply nothing that would work without completely re-engineering the entire setup.
In the end, only you and whoever owns it after you will know it has the Generic Motors parts on it. Sometimes we just can't have everything the way we want it, and I've had to deal with it myself on the disc swap. Ray does unbelievable quality work, and his kits are far better than the average Joe could make. I am sure someone could tool up to make custom hubs, cast iron caliper brackets and so on as off-the-shelf parts, but it simply would never be economically feasible to do so.
My advice is to just bite the bullet, turn your head so you don't have to see inferior Bowtie parts going on the truck, and enjoy slamming your head through the windshield from the huge improvement in stopping power.
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