Club Member of the Month

**cpolaris502** · 10-11-2008, 01:08 AM

The member of the month for October goes to Acehaag!

And here is why. Recently Mike and I added corvette brake rotors to the front of my truck, 2" bigger in diameter from stock. New brackets had to be made to move the brake caliper out to fit around the bigger rotors. Mike milled out the brackets for these and they turned out awesome. So the new setup goes like this: the brackets bolt to the spindle and then the calipers bolt onto the bracket, which adds 2 more bolts per side.

I have been running this setup for 2,000 miles now with perfect results, but then today while on the highway i heard something bouncing under my truck off of the ground. I soon found out that one of the bolts for the caliper fell out (my fault). So evertime i hit the brakes it made a bad grinding sound as the caliper shifted and rubbed on the metal instead of the pad. It was the upper bolt so when i went forward, the rotation of the rotor pulled the caliper in but when i went backwards, it pushed the caliper away and into my wheel.

I forgot to say that this happened when i was 50 miles from home, about an hour. I didnt want to risk driving it home and having the other bolt fall out leaving me stranded at 11:00. So i called Mike up and asked him what he thought of the situation and what i should do. He offered to drive out with tools and a spare bolt to fix it. So he drove all the way out which is over an hour for him and we got it all fixed up and now I am home safe thanks to him.

**chvys10** · 10-11-2008, 03:41 PM

nice, what to help a friend out

**TubbD** · 10-11-2008, 09:16 PM

woot! Awesome! +1 for Mike!

**Joakwin** · 10-11-2008, 09:49 PM

pictures of said brake brackets?

**cpolaris502** · 10-11-2008, 10:11 PM

He is currently selling kits for 98+ blazers with dual piston calipers.

**95xtreme** · 10-12-2008, 01:18 AM

Yeah he was not sure if he was going to be running out there or not, glad you guys got her fixed up.

But in the future blame him whenever you can it is more fun that way

**Joker Relentless** · 10-12-2008, 07:09 AM

Now that's a friend

**TubbD** · 10-12-2008, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by 95xtreme

Yeah he was not sure if he was going to be running out there or not, glad you guys got her fixed up.

But in the future blame him whenever you can it is more fun that way

This is true.

**AceHaag** · 10-12-2008, 06:26 PM

Thanks guys

**Jake** · 10-12-2008, 07:11 PM

yeah man, that's awesome, I still appreciate all you guys did for me when my alt took a shit in st paul @ about 12:30am(pulling a new battery, bringin it back to me, then pulling an alternator & helping me swap them out) and finally finishing @ about 1:30 in the morning. Even though I'm not a part of the club anymore, i still appreciated the help you guys gave me back then!

**TubbD** · 10-13-2008, 11:18 AM

awwww.... this thread is so full of love <3

Its making me SICK!

hahaha

**95xtreme** · 10-13-2008, 12:47 PM

Yeah why is mike even in s-clusive does he eve have an s10? lol

**supertrucker1978** · 10-13-2008, 02:51 PM

I think he has enough parts to build one........

**95xtreme** · 10-13-2008, 03:34 PM

not enough goods ones though, end up as nice as the lemon.

**AceHaag** · 10-13-2008, 03:52 PM

I have a daily that qualifies, Jim is the one who doesn't have a vehicle that meets requirements

**95xtreme** · 10-13-2008, 04:39 PM

pfft I have plenty and at least my truck looks like a truck

**supertrucker1978** · 10-13-2008, 09:09 PM

it may be ugly...but im still driving it!

**cpolaris502** · 10-13-2008, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 95xtreme

Yeah why is mike even in s-clusive does he eve have an s10? lol

ill take his spot as VP, lol.

Im thinking we should move the date of the meet so the guys that are hunting can join.

**95xtreme** · 10-13-2008, 10:30 PM

uh oh five year old steve is looking for power

**Joakwin** · 10-19-2008, 02:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cpolaris502

He is currently selling kits for 98+ blazers with dual piston calipers.

they are for the 6 piston calipers and what size rotors?

i have a kit for 99 plus fullsize trucks useing the vette 6 piston calipers and
14in rotors

i'll upload a pic in a sec

**Joakwin** · 10-19-2008, 03:02 AM

**cpolaris502** · 10-19-2008, 01:23 PM

they are still my stock calipers which are dual piston. the brackets just had to be made to space them out for the rotors, which are 12.8".

**snoplow** · 12-03-2008, 07:47 PM

does any one make these for the 94-96 s10's if so i would pay top $ for ur dude to make me these parts, how come its for 98+ blaze i thought all spindles were the same?

**AceHaag** · 12-03-2008, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snoplow

does any one make these for the 94-96 s10's if so i would pay top $ for ur dude to make me these parts, how come its for 98+ blaze i thought all spindles were the same?

I made the ones for Cory and I am kinda working on the 2wd pick-up ones but there hasen't been too much demand for them, and the people that want them dont seem to want to pony up the money that the stuff costs.

**cpolaris502** · 12-03-2008, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snoplow

does any one make these for the 94-96 s10's if so i would pay top $ for ur dude to make me these parts, how come its for 98+ blaze i thought all spindles were the same?

98 and newer blazers use a different spindle and brake setup and are easier to upgrade and design the parts for i think.