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Old Apr 7, 2005 | 12:04 AM
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The president of our local ClubGP chapter(GOClubGP) is going to be installing brake calipers and rotors from a Corvette on his Grand Prix GT.

Is the steering knuckle/hub assembly from the 97+GP the same piece as on the 2000+ Bonnie? If it is, then it'* also the same piece on my PA!

What would y'all think of a PA with Vette brake rotors/calipers?
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Old Apr 7, 2005 | 01:20 AM
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I've heard that our hub assembly (92-99 bvilles) is the same as GP'*.
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Old Apr 7, 2005 | 10:30 AM
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Has anyone put bigger brakes on our bonnevilles. That would be great even though I wouldn't be able to show them of with the ghetto golds.
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Old Apr 7, 2005 | 11:02 AM
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I just parked next o Vette for a while on Sunday. The freakin discs on the front of that thing looked almost as big as my whole danged wheel!! I have a hard time imagining they'd fit inside a stock Bonne wheel
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Old Apr 7, 2005 | 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by OLDsman105
Has anyone put bigger brakes on our bonnevilles. That would be great even though I wouldn't be able to show them of with the ghetto golds.
function over fashion though
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Old Apr 7, 2005 | 11:27 AM
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You can see brakes behind those wheels...

Larger rotors on the 92-99 are probably one the best things you could do.
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Old Apr 7, 2005 | 12:31 PM
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I've been wondering this for a while, so I'll go ahead and ask it..... has anybody done a 4-wheel disc conversion on a 92-99 yet? That'd be the way to go, especially if you were switching to Corvette brakes.
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Old Apr 7, 2005 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by big_news_1
I've been wondering this for a while, so I'll go ahead and ask it..... has anybody done a 4-wheel disc conversion on a 92-99 yet? That'd be the way to go, especially if you were switching to Corvette brakes.
http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...ht=disc+brakes
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Old Apr 7, 2005 | 12:46 PM
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Thanks.... I don't know how I missed that the first time around.
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Old Apr 7, 2005 | 03:30 PM
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if you really wanted4 wheel discs couldn't you do the swap and just bypass all the ABS stuff. Then you could take all of it out and save a bunch of weight.

I would only do that if you were a REALLY good driver and could control your foot in a panic.
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