16 inch Wilwood brakes install

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It's close but they fit without modifying anything
 

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For both ends of other truck, just your first born. That's all. Lol jk.

About 5 grand it looks like. I've drooled over these for a while just have never seen them on a truck or heard performance numbers. Ham, you have both ends done or just fronts?

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Mine clear my 20's. Not sure why your having a problem.


The reason you have the clearance you do is that you have a TCE/Wiwood kit (the original) and not the newer factory kits being mentioned by the OP.

The TCE kits use a different hat and caliper. Both offer improved wheel clearance- the hat being deeper offset and the caliper body width being just under 1" shallower. All that combined (along with drilled/slotted rotors not available on the Wilwood factory kit) pushes the entire system closer to the engine: maximum wheel clearance.

There are, like all purchases, pros and cons to both. As we see here.
 

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Todd, could you elaborate to the *cons* of the tce kit over a factory kit? Also, I'd be interested in more information on the drilled/slotted rotor you mention. I've heard that rotors that have been drilled have a tendency to crack under heavier use ie towing. I've ran drilled/slotted rotors on a few jeeps with no problems, but that's a #5k suv with 30" tires.. Not a #8k full size truck with 35's and quite frequently, #10-15k on a trailer.

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