quote:for others with stock bearings why not move to a more modern rendition and move the hats outboard so that you don't have to strip the carrier/axles to replace a rotor.
Well, my thought is for owners that are willing to go for a low-buck swap like this, their priorities are probably cost first, future ease of replacement later?
Going to new hats with rotors on the outside is a great upgrade in terms of future rotor replacement, whether you keep stock calipers or upgrade them, too. But those new Mustang rotors are going to last on a street Pantera rear for how long? 30-50,000 miles? Why incur the expense (to get easily replaced rotors) for something that you won't be revisiting for many years?
And the stock rebuilt brakes, SS hoses and good Porterfield R4S pads have given lots of owners very good braking with stock everything.
To get far enough to do a hat/rotor swap, you've already taken everything apart. At that point, you just put everything back together with the Mustang rotors and total expense is about $150 plus some machine shop press costs. Can you get two hats and rotors for near that cost?
Larry