Front drum to disc conversion.

dlearl476

I went up and picked up my brake parts this morning and as I was loading them into the car, something occurred to me that previously hadn't:

Going from a ~10lb/side drum to a hub adapter/disc/5 wide adaptor/caliper has got to be adding 30lbs unsprung weight per side to my car. Geez, these calipers are as heavy as the ones on my Mercedes ML 500!

Anyone have some experience with this you'd like to share? Seems like, at a minimum, I'm going to have to rethink the front shocks. I'm glad I didn't throw the Bilsteins (that were way too stiff) I replaced with KYBs away.

7/25/2012:50 PM

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