Thursday, June 2, 2011

How difficult is it to upgrade from "SE" front brakes to "ES" front brakes on a 2000 Dodge Stratus?

I have the SE model which has 14 inch wheels and discs in the front and drums in the rear. The ES modes has four wheel discs and the fronts are a bit larger. I'd like to change out my front discs to the ones used on the ES model. Is this feesible? If so, how difficult is it? What is involved? Do I need to change the master cylinder?How difficult is it to upgrade from %26quot;SE%26quot; front brakes to %26quot;ES%26quot; front brakes on a 2000 Dodge Stratus?
you would need new proportioning valves, modify your rear brake lines, you would need hoses, calipers, rear disc brake adapter, obviously rotors, pads just for the rear. i think in the front you would just have to replace calipers and rotors. it would be very expensive to do this with new parts. if you really want to do it you should buy junkyard parts (not calipers or hoses) and save a few hundred dollars.How difficult is it to upgrade from %26quot;SE%26quot; front brakes to %26quot;ES%26quot; front brakes on a 2000 Dodge Stratus?
in order to do that you would need to find a car in a junk yard to get most of the parts from,you have to basically change everything on the car to do this,even the emergency brake cables,everything,and you will probably wind up buying new rotors and calipers for it ,so id think about that one,it can get pretty expensive changing everything,all the abs unit even has to be changed,its not hardly worth the effort to do this,but it can be done,good luck on it.