00Beast wrote: "Idk, do you really trust something that's been sitting out in the weather, potentially for months?" I see your point, and there is something that sounds stupid about going cheap on brakes as BonneMe indicates above. Then there is my frugal outlook - my calipers have been sitting out ...

I'm still investigating this, but my "plan" was to stick to the SLE/SSEi upgrade - rotors, caliper bracket, and I am still investigating whether I need to switch calipers. Not the F-body brakes!

What is the thought on junkyard calipers?

I know it has been a long time, but do you have any lessons learned? I'd like to do the same thing. Did you just replace the brackets? Also the calipers?

Hmm. Maybe I am confused (what's new?)

But I've been scouring local junkyards (Crazy Ray's, a bunch in MD), and many Bonnies don't have their wheels on, so I've been measuring their front rotors. Somehow, I thought most were 11", rather than 12"; the latter being the upgrade from my perspective ...

SE - 15" wheels; ~11 inch front brake rotors
Sle - 16" wheels; ~12 inch front rotors.

So, my question is, are the 12 inch rotors and appropriate calipers really better? How - stop shorter or resist fade better? For the SE, it is easy to lock the brakes which cause the ABS to work, so is there any ...