went to the junkyard and got a goodie or two
 

well i went to the junkyard, snagged the front rotors and caliper brackets off a 2001 Impala LS, which was supposedly a one point in its life a police car...

so now ive got myself some fancy 12 inch rotors tucked beneath my wheels....erm well i have one, ill do the other one tomorrow and then ill take her for a spin!

heres some pics:
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stock 11 incher on the left, junkyard gem on the right, after having it turned.
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the finished installation on the right side...i have no idea why part of the bracket is red, but i may have to do something about that.
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got 'er done!...a fellow Intrigue owner said he did this mod, or the 200 dollar GM version of it, and had about 1/4 inch clearance on his wheels(he had the same ones i do)...i thought to myself "yeah right"...but there is barely a 1/4 inch of clearance, BUT it does fit thats all that counts.

Too bad stock 16" Bonnie wheels won't let you do that. It would help alot.

i forgot to rub in how cheap this was!

Parts, consisting of 2 rotors, 2 caliper brackets and bolts that i didnt need... $63.14

Having both rotors turned at Oreilleys....$11.26

Lunch at Sonic....$4.37.

Could these same parts be put on a 92 with 17's?

Man. I wish we had Sonic in MN.....

Oh. And congrats on the rotors....

i would have to say probably not, the most crucial part in this upgrade is finding the right caliper brackets, there are i think 4 other cars according to gmpartsdirect that use those caliper brackets.

2000-2003 Impala and 2000-2003 Monte Carlo which are both W-bodies

and then the Cadillac Seville and Deville, i cant recall exact years.

i would have to assume that the braking setups on a W body are completely different from an H body, BUT i did cal a GM dealer and gave them the part # of the caliper bracket and he said that it appeared on several cars, he included the Bonnevlle and Aurora in cars he mentioned? My advice would be to attempt to find a part # for the mounting bracket on a Bonneville, see what other it came on, and see if any of those cars were ever offered with a performance brake package or larger stock rotors.

but why would gmpartsdirect have so far different information than the GM dealer?

the rotors are on a buttload of cars so theyre a cinch to find, what i shouldve done is check out their selections of Firebirds and Camaros and seen if they had a junker with performance rotors.

how did i know someone was gonna do that :lol: :lol:

It was a natural progression for a madison avenue trained TV watcher. :D

Oh, and good find!!