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Thanks fellas. Pics to follow this week after the rear SS lines come in. Hope when I bleed the system I have no leaks and I'll be a happy camper.

What I meant by half off I was talking about the rear brake like kit (brakes don't come w the lines and fittings). The kit from summit is 106$. Twice as much as the front brake line kit and the lines are literally about the 1/3rd of the front lines, just two more adapters for the axle fittings, the fittings I posted above that are giving me the grey hairs. If I piece all the parts myself, kit comes out to about 60$. I did just that but ordered shorter lines. not sure if Wilwood built these line kits for the more popular truck versions of the gmt900, but just more opinion, it would need a little fine tuning to make it a perfect bolt on suv kit.

To recap, the front line kit should have came w 90* fittings behind the caliper vs the straight, and maybe slightly shorter lines. Overall it was ok to route and I wish it came w some kind of clips to secure the line in its way to the frame mount.

Rears should, as mentioned above, come w better "axle hard line to SS line better adapter fittings" and shorter SS lines. The lines have Possibility of a rub on the bump stop pad on the axle so I'll have to maybe wrap the line w some protector to make sure it doesn't wear.


Sorry for the long read. I just love brakes.
 

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Glad I could help w/ that! Just imagine if I took you for a ride in the mustang,:burnout: you'd wanna get a drag car next :badidea:
 
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Oh i believe, i already got that itch driving all these ZR1s and GTRs...truck seems like a damn golf cart!
 
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So 9" lines were too tight, 10 were pretty on the longer side still but they will work...12 were just too long! Wilwood lines also come with plastic end overmoldson the lines where the fitting rotates...reason that sucks is as you tighten that fitting, the line will spin on you and bind up...i ordered the aeroquip lines as they come with metal ends...this way i can use light pressure on w pliers to hold the line from rotating as i tighten the line down...long story short shes bolted up, bled, and ready to rock...

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Hey hey...nothing really much...been busy so truck been sitting around...working on getting tune dialed in more as we had some issues with the MAP sensor not reading right and taking all the power out on anything over 60% throttle...i thinks its pretty close now. Next on list is to tap into the ECM and get a wire plugged in the EGR pin so we can use that on the EFI live as a AFR readout for the wideband...well see how that works...

Also been thinking of taking the rear pucks out the lowering kit int he back so the rear drops down a bit too...also took the roof rack off! anybody want a roof rack?

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Looking good. I just put my pucks back it. Even with the bumpstop bracket cut I found myself bottoming out allot.
 
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Good info...belltech kit right? 2/3 or 2/4 drop?

On the picture she sits good cause she driveway is not level...but when level sometimes she sits high...
 

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Bell tech 2/4. With air ride. I rather sit a little high than bottom out on bumps.
 
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I didnt think i bottomed out when i removed my pucks once...do you play with the air ride links when you take or add the pucks?
 

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Yes definitely have tried many different lengths. The dips and roughy roads here cause allot of suspension travel. When I first removed the pucks I thought it rode better but the compressor would come on more than it does now. In the gist of things it really only add about a half inch. I can live with that when hauling around these 4 kids.
 

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