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Old 05-11-2012, 06:17 PM
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Default Wilwood brakes on 86 951?

Hey guys I have a little question, I have a nasty habit of looking at preventative maintenance and I was wondering if the wilwood brake kits from Rennbay and 944online can work on an 86 Turbo? I like to search ahead and see what my cost effective options are whenever I have to replace/rebuild my calipers.

Please no bashing, I talked to a vendor and he never answered my question just gave useless opinion related statements.
Old 05-11-2012, 06:43 PM
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If you re-use the caliper pistons, they are reasonable to rebuild. The pre-89 cost almost 3 times as much to rebuild compared to the 89'+.

For originality sake, I'd stick with the originals and rebuild them.
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Xschop on here wrote a few posts on using willwood
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I rebuilt a set of 968 calipers with no issues. I did splurge for the pistons but I don't think that is essential. Are you looking to upgrade the brakes or just make sure that they are in tip-top condition?
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The Wilwood calipers are an upgrade due to larger pad size, pad options, and piston size options as well. No one has put a dynapro caliper on the 86T using factory rear mount rotors and spindles, however it can be done.



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