I phoned the local dealership today to get pricing on a new set of front calipers for my wife's 96 GL. They told me that the caliper and bracket have been updated and that I would also need to buy new brackets to match up to the newer calipers. All of this doesn't come cheap, the total would be $975 Canadian or $828 US.

Have any of you guys heard of these updated calipers brackets? I have sent an email to Steve at Signature LM hoping for some answers but I wanted to pick your brains as well.

Cost me a total of $100 for rebuilt calpers for my SVT (mine are the smaller type calipers) after the core charge. My advice is go somewhere else.

Originally posted by SVTCANUK:

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I phoned the local dealership today to get pricing on a new set of front calipers for my wife's 96 GL. They told me that the caliper and bracket have been updated and that I would also need to buy new brackets to match up to the newer calipers. All of this doesn't come cheap, the total would be $975 Canadian or $828 US.

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Now you know why we call them Ford $tealer$hips.

You can upgrade big-time for that kind of money. Check BATinc.net for some great upgrades, or go online to Signature Lincoln-Mercury & get 25% off some reasonably priced OEM parts. They should be relatively easy to install yourself if you are so inclined, or just take it to an independant shop. Midas did a good brake job on my sweet mothers Lincoln once uppon a time, total cost just over $400 rotors & all... on a Lincoln.

P.S. There's a thread just below this one with Ebay calipers for $10 "Buy it now". I don't know what kind of quality they are, but they're reported to be NEW. Check it out.