wilwood or baer

[grif54]

Thanks for all of the advice.

[JRouche]

I have an opinion but Im not sure its correct.

I think wilwood used to be more track oriented. Meaning the brakes they offered were kinda like a custom fit for the buyer or a bolt up for the common racing applications. Not very street user oriented.

Things have changed at wilwood. They offer hubs and brackets for a very large variety of cars now. The hub selection is pretty large. Their web site is a lil difficult to get to the hub listings. But its there. And they have a large PDF library of all the hubs, brackets, and calipers with great diagrams.

Baer has always produced great products. But their line is more purpose suited to specific cars. Im not sure they have as much of a mix and match system.

Both companies produce really nice products. But for a hot rodder there might be a lil more available with wilwood. I think their hub line makes it easier for a guy building up a brake system. Sometime you can mix and match hubs and bearings to make a fitment for a specific spindle. And the brackets are the easy part. JR

[clill]

Baer also sponsors many of the events we like to attend. I don't remember seeing Wilwood sponsor any. Given a choice on even products I will always choose the one that supports us. It's the right thing to do........And I like the Baer bunch......

[Vegas69]

Good call Charley.

[lhkustoms]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

Good call Charley.

X2

And to the OP Baer does offer a kit for the front of your 64 and I dont see one listed for the rear but I will check with them and see. I am offering a special on Baer brakes and have pricing too low to print and free shipping. PM me for details.

[GregWeld]

Good call Charley -- it's why companies choose to sponsor various events - and we should all support them with our business when and if we can.

[youthpastor]

i've used other- Baer is a WAY more complete kit- Wilwood- ok but ..

[Bryce]

Im running wilwoods on my 65 falcon. 11.75" with the dynalites. I like the kit alot. went together very fast and everything was there. The aluminum hubs are a plus.

Does baer offer a aluminum hub for the 65 mustang? I need something for my drag car. I may end up building my own kit, nothing out there seems to work for me. I need a zero offset hub that will work with a 10.75" rotor.

[tones2SS]

I do believe that Penny is running Baer brakes as well. That should tell us all something as well. We all know how hard Steve drives that bad boy. Orange Krate is also getting Baer brakes.
Not saying that Wilwood don't make a great set-up. I don't think you can go wrong with neither one.

[grif54]

I agree with you guys on trying to support the supporters as much as possible. One of the reasons I am leaning towards the wilwoods is because the company that I am buying some of my suspension parts from designed the kit with wilwood. I did notice that baer didn't offer a kit for a 64, but that doesn't matter because I am changing all the parts over to 65 parts and both companies offer front and rear kits for 65and up. I also have another idea but I'm not sure I can pull it off. I am putting an ls7 in it and would like to use zo6 brakes on it but I don't have the equipment to build the brackets(or the time) so that is why I'm trying to buy a kit. Thanks.