Big brake kit help needed

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Knobz

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It's not the easiest install/swap but only set you back $200 maybe and that's converting to the hydroboost brake booster. It oy came in 3/4 ton models and escalades. But I've heard that mod is the best bang for your buck. A family member has the 2004 Chevy suburban 3/4 and it has the hydrobooster and it stops than things like it has 6 piston calipers
 

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Hey, just wanted to let everyone know. The 05+ pickups with drum rears also have the same calipers and rotors as the GMT900s. So that might make it easier to find them in the junk yard, etc. And yes, they come loaded from AutoZone for $99ea with a $50 core charge.
 

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I`m about to do the 07 rotor swap but i was wondering if they take older calipers as a core for the 07 style or do we have to eat the core charge?
 

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It's not the easiest install/swap but only set you back $200 maybe and that's converting to the hydroboost brake booster. It oy came in 3/4 ton models and escalades. But I've heard that mod is the best bang for your buck. A family member has the 2004 Chevy suburban 3/4 and it has the hydrobooster and it stops than things like it has 6 piston calipers

My 2006 Chevy Tahoe Lt Flexfuel came from factory with Hydroboost :shrug:
 

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I`m about to do the 07 rotor swap but i was wondering if they take older calipers as a core for the 07 style or do we have to eat the core charge?

I am about to do this install as well. I have everything except the calipers. My plan is to install the '07 calipers and return the originals as the cores. They don't know what they are looking at in the store, they will take them no problem. Just don't say anything! :emotions33:
 

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I did they can't tell the diff they'll just open the box and see the caliper and bracket. I even returned them with the old brake pads still inside.
 

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Can you do the swap without the braek booster? Is there a prefered model/part number everyone has used?
 

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