98~05 Blazer brake upgrade! DONE!
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Dont know if those are the exact ones you need, but those are PAB's 
Im sure the experts will chime in soon
Im sure the experts will chime in soonrichp85elco said:Dont know if those are the exact ones you need, but those are PAB's
My bad, I always referred to those as Caliper Brackets. 
Well, I looked at doing the C5 swap, but my 17x7's won't allow clearance. I only have 1/2" of depth clearance from hub face to spoke of my wheel. Found out from Kore3 that it needs 7/8". So that is out of the question. The SSBC 13" setup I mentioned a few posts prior is only for 4WD Blazers. Their application had incorrect information. Which I still thought was wierd because they use the same caliper, but I bet the hub is longer. Anyhow, That one requires 3/4" of clearance anyways. I don't like using wheels spacers and refuse to ever use them. At this point, the blazer brakes look decent anyways. I do wonder though, can someone tell me the depth of the LS1 calipers? Are they the same as the C5's? Or are they shallower? So many questions......but I recently did the 8.5 SSBC rear disc kit (got a real nice deal on amazon) so combined with the blazer fronts, I'm sure the thing will stop much better than it did before. Plus the pads are all pretty cheap for both front and rear.
Well I just did the upgrade over the weekend, went with performance friction pads and bosch quietcast rotors, and the difference is AMAZING. I just got a chance to really test them today, the car being as heavy as it is stops surprisingly fast. I was just burnishing them in on our hill and they will lock up my 225 tires. I am very pleased with the upgrade, thank you op!
that is one NICE write up!!!!!! I was looking at wilwood set up but I like the sealed wheel bearing it's much easier to service and saves time also...I think I'm going to go this route for sure now because of how easy it looked. a couple of questions
1. It looked like you installed new front brake likes on that what ones did you use stock ones from s-10 or g-body ones?
2. did you see any change in suspension geometry? I know you would need an alignment afterwards
3. what wheel are you using?
4. are the spindles considered "Tall" like a B-body or are they "short" like stock g-body..they say tall spindles correct steering geometry problems with g-body
THANK YOU FOR DOCUMENTING THAT! inspiring!!
1. It looked like you installed new front brake likes on that what ones did you use stock ones from s-10 or g-body ones?
2. did you see any change in suspension geometry? I know you would need an alignment afterwards
3. what wheel are you using?
4. are the spindles considered "Tall" like a B-body or are they "short" like stock g-body..they say tall spindles correct steering geometry problems with g-body
THANK YOU FOR DOCUMENTING THAT! inspiring!!
RKRUZIN said:
1. you can use the stock lines with blazer bracket. You will need to rebend your hard line 90 degrees to mate up with the blazer bracket.
2. Geometry is the same, but like anything, I would get an alignment afterwards.
3. He'll have to answer that.
4. Spindles are the same size like G-body.
I also wanted to note because I searched and searched, is that the track width is virtually exactly the same. I measured it with a blazer assembly off the car as well as the stock assembly.
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