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CG · 04-13-2008, 11:20 PM

You are going to spend a lot of coin to switch to disk. Whats wrong with the drums now? Pretty cheap comparatively to just rebuild what you have vs the change to disk.

I really dont get the problem with drums. It seems to me there have been billions of miles on vehicles with drum brakes over the years. Non power drums are a little less grippy, but I still wouldn't worry about it.

I guess if you're going to go racing or overload your truck, disks would be a nice upgrade. Or if you want a better selection of wheels, 5 lug and disks would be the way to go.

I sure as heck wouldn't be nervous driving a drum brake vehicle around. My 61 Lincoln Convertible land yacht had all stock drum brake system on it and that baby would toss you out the front if you smashed the pedal too hard.

LOL...thats my .02 cents worth.

04-13-2008, 11:20 PM	#11
CG BlahBlahBlah Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wa. Posts: 20,139	Re: Are these original rally wheels? You are going to spend a lot of coin to switch to disk. Whats wrong with the drums now? Pretty cheap comparatively to just rebuild what you have vs the change to disk. I really dont get the problem with drums. It seems to me there have been billions of miles on vehicles with drum brakes over the years. Non power drums are a little less grippy, but I still wouldn't worry about it. I guess if you're going to go racing or overload your truck, disks would be a nice upgrade. Or if you want a better selection of wheels, 5 lug and disks would be the way to go. I sure as heck wouldn't be nervous driving a drum brake vehicle around. My 61 Lincoln Convertible land yacht had all stock drum brake system on it and that baby would toss you out the front if you smashed the pedal too hard. LOL...thats my .02 cents worth.