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Did some limited searching...
Is there any way possible to upgrade the rear brakes? Any kit out there at all? I know it is a nightmere but come on? I mean, the rears are a frickin' joke>
Any info would be great!
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Talk to rick he's done TCE rears.
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Todd @ TCE has an 'upgrade' kit. I forget the specific size of the rotors but its larger rotors and the brackets to fit the stock calipers to those rotors. http://www.tceperformanceproducts.com/bk_contour.html
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Originally posted by RTStabler51:
Todd @ TCE has an 'upgrade' kit. I forget the specific size of the rotors but its larger rotors and the brackets to fit the stock calipers to those rotors.
http://www.tceperformanceproducts.com/bk_contour.html
The rotors are 11.75" diameter and everything in the kit is of very high quality. Todd is great, very knowledgeable and honest.
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Toreador Red/Midnight Blue, Assembled September 3rd, 1997
Also the Original Owner of a 1998.5 Contour SE Sport V6 5-speed,
Vibrant White/Greystone Sport Cloth, Assembled August 6th, 1998
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So much for searching huh? Anyhow, thanks guys. It seems that these rotors are the same size as the front ones. That will go perfectly with the front Baer kit. Excellent! 
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Originally posted by Quicksilver:
So much for searching huh? Anyhow, thanks guys. It seems that these rotors are the same size as the front ones. That will go perfectly with the front Baer kit. Excellent!
The TCE rear rotors are LARGER than the stock front rotors on both an SE and an SVT Contour. The front rotors on an SE are 10.2" (259.1mm) diameter and the front rotors on an SVT are 10.94" (278mm) diameter.
And if you don�t have a Baer front brake kit already you should talk to Todd about his Wilwood front brake kits.
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is it possible to just buy a svt front caliper/rotor/pad set and put it into the rears ?
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Originally posted by ODC:
Is it possible to just buy an SVT front caliper/rotor/pad set and put it onto the rears?
I'm sure you could figure it out if you really wanted to, but it would probably cost more than TCE's rear kit and you wouldn't have a parking brake.
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Originally posted by NVSVT:
Originally posted by ODC:
Is it possible to just buy an SVT front caliper/rotor/pad set and put it onto the rears?
I'm sure you could figure it out if you really wanted to, but it would probably cost more than TCE's rear kit and you wouldn't have a parking brake.
Can you just use the rotor and existing caliper ?
I guess my question is to have a rear brake upgrade that still fits the stock 16" wheels w/o spacers.
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Well, what's the point of that? The TCE brake kit is LARGER than the front SVT brakes.
I have the 13" Baer kit, and the rears simply looked ridiculous compared to the monstorsities up front... I don't expect much gain, as 90% of our braking is done by the front brakes anyway...
I look at it as more of an aesthetic upgrade to be honest...
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