INEXPENSIVE 6 Piston Brake Upgrade?

[Rook_376]

I need wheels, they don't clear my 18s. So won't be a while till i give an honest review unfortunately. They clear 18x9 -12 ledges just fine and vossens i pulled off the wall.

@Nick797 are your 18’s stock wheels or something else? I think a lot of us want to know if they clear the stock wheels. Thanks!

 

[Nick797]

@Nick797 are your 18’s stock wheels or something else? I think a lot of want to know if they clear the stock wheels. Thanks!

I've got 18x9 0 Offset RPT1.

 

[DMR]

if they fit stock wheels (once someone confirms) I may pull the trigger.

 

[MurderedCat]

So I'm guessing 18x9 0 offset Vossens are a no-go?

 

[FULLTHROTTLERICK]

DONE!

I remember them being similar in clearance to the weld stuff. The 18x9 0 offset RPT1 JUST doesnt clear. I am sure I could grind the caliper a tiny little bit and it would be fine but i'd rather not because these things are honestly pretty damn nice looking.

Dang i wish i could get those calipers in my little accent orange i've been working on!

 

[FULLTHROTTLERICK]

if they fit stock wheels (once someone confirms) I may pull the trigger.

I still have my stockers in the attic so hit me up once i get them installed and i can pull a wheel off to check fitment

 

[Fifty]

@Nick797 can you post a pic of the new pad next to an oem pad so we can see pad swept area comparison?

Since rotor size is almost identical.

 

[Fifty]

I’ll be in if the pad is bigger swept area and can fit a stock wheel.
I have so many oem beadlocks now

 

[DMR]

I still have my stockers in the attic so hit me up once i get them installed and i can pull a wheel off to check fitment

Will do, thanks Rick.

 

[WraithTRX]

if they fit stock wheels (once someone confirms) I may pull the trigger.

If a 0 offset wheel doesn't work the factory +19 offset will put the wheel spokes even closer to the caliper. It's not looking good for factory wheels. I'm hoping someone proves me wrong though. Spoke design will play a roll in this.

 

[Nick797]

If a 0 offset wheel doesn't work the factory +19 offset will put the wheel spokes even closer to the caliper. It's not looking good for factory wheels. I'm hoping someone proves me wrong though. Spoke design will play a roll in this.

It actually wasn't so much the spoke. Just got caught on the edge of the barrel. Just like the issue with the stock calipers. At the tallest point of the caliper I was catching just ever so slighty that a piece of tape would rip.

 

[Nick797]

I’ll be in if the pad is bigger swept area and can fit a stock wheel.
I have so many oem beadlocks now

An RHO customer posted this. I am not near the kit right now but I can measure. Spoke with EBC and we may have some off the shelf options that work for interchangeability.

 

[Wyoming_TRX]

It actually wasn't so much the spoke. Just got caught on the edge of the barrel. Just like the issue with the stock calipers. At the tallest point of the caliper I was catching just ever so slighty that a piece of tape would rip.

Just grind the caliper for clearance, it'll be fine. -hillbilly engineer

 

[Nick797]

Just grind the caliper for clearance, it'll be fine. -hillbilly engineer

Its pretty common practice in the racing community especially when people are running a 15 inch rear wheel on some modern muscle cars.

 

[Dubstep Shep]

Interesting. I haven't messed with ABS before and not really wanting to either

It's really not that bad, I think you can probably do it through AlfaOBD. On my Vette I had to buy one of the OEM ODB II tools, though I got a chinese ripoff for like $300 lol.

Actually bleeding the brakes is a breeeeeze now.

So I know DOT4 is technically compatible (chemically speaking), but is nobody worried about viscosity issues or any other potential issue since our system is made to run DOT3?

There's limited differences between the fluids in terms of viscosity. Also you don't really flow that much fluid when you actuate your brakes so it doesn't matter much. The only real difference as you go up is the temperature handling capacity of the fluid.

 

[Dubstep Shep]

DONE!

I remember them being similar in clearance to the weld stuff. The 18x9 0 offset RPT1 JUST doesnt clear. I am sure I could grind the caliper a tiny little bit and it would be fine but i'd rather not because these things are honestly pretty damn nice looking.

Hows the pad changeout, just the one bolt in the middle to pull them?

 

[Psifer]

Hows the pad changeout, just the one bolt in the middle to pull them?

It's one bolt, two pins, and one anti-rattle spring clip that needs to be removed before pulling the pads from the top. Unlike factory floating calipers, you do not need to unbolt the caliper from the spindle to change the pads.

 

[FULLTHROTTLERICK]

It's really not that bad, I think you can probably do it through AlfaOBD. On my Vette I had to buy one of the OEM ODB II tools, though I got a chinese ripoff for like $300 lol.

Actually bleeding the brakes is a breeeeeze now.


There's limited differences between the fluids in terms of viscosity. Also you don't really flow that much fluid when you actuate your brakes so it doesn't matter much. The only real difference as you go up is the temperature handling capacity of the fluid.

Do you know for sure 100% that we have to mess with ABS? I've watched a few other 5th Gen Ram brake bleed/flush vids and haven't heard anything about ABS but that's far from an exact science lol

 

[atljar]

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An RHO customer posted this. I am not near the kit right now but I can measure. Spoke with EBC and we may have some off the shelf options that work for interchangeability.

Using this picture and selecting the pixels of the pad surface area, there is ~10.7% more surface area (70537 pixels for the BBK, 63690 pixels for the stock pad"

 

[MEATSWORD]

Do you know for sure 100% that we have to mess with ABS? I've watched a few other 5th Gen Ram brake bleed/flush vids and haven't heard anything about ABS but that's far from an exact science lol

I think it you baby tap the pedal( press to far and something can get out of whack)you can probably get around it doing anything stupid with the ABS, With that battery disconnected. But I have absolutely no useful information on The topic .