anyone have any experience with baer brakes?

[WHITE AND RED 69]

I am looking to get new brakes in the future and want to go with baer(soon as I can afford them). The ones I want are the track setup(front and rear), problem is they only have the track setup for the rear for the 69 charger. They have the front but only for 1970 and after? Does anyone know if the ones for the 70 can be installed on a 69? The baer website says they will not fit a 69, but why not?

[Rolling_Thunder]

Do you currently have drum brakes ?   if so I think you need disc spindles anyway for the caliper mount - don't quote me on that though but it makes sense...     The Baer kit is a good piece - it uses generic PBR dual pot calipers (common to 90s vettes and mustangs) and are pretty much the standard for brake swaps...    they are a floating design as well...                 I do not recall what size the rotors in their street kit is but it is usually a sourced baliper from another application - however overall they do work great...     

[WHITE AND RED 69]

I have disk up front and drum in the rear. The disks up front currently are a set of wilwoods and the braking is not so great. So Im looking for something with a bigger rotor.

[NYCMille]

I actually run the track system front and rear on my 68. I'll tell you first hand that BAER's customer services is one of the worst I've dealt with. I waited for 3 extra months to finally get my kit and then when it arrived it was missing pieces along with one excuse after the next. They also included front brake lines that were too short and one actually ended up splitting on me... their customer service dept. wanted nothing to do with it.

The brakes themselves are good... the customer service, that's another story entirely.

[elacruze]

I have disk up front and drum in the rear. The disks up front currently are a set of wilwoods and the braking is not so great. So Im looking for something with a bigger rotor.

Have you tried more aggressive brake pad compounds? You can get lots of pads for Wilwood with different coefficients of friction. Somebody here may have opinions, or call WW tech and get some advice before you spend a bunch of cheese for a whole new system. Is your master cylinder properly matched to the calipers? Power or manual, how much vacuum? What's your brake pedal travel/effort? What sort of fluid do you have in them, and how old is it?

[Rolling_Thunder]

also verify your master cylinder is for a disc application with the correct plunger diameter

I am currently working on a disc brake kit myself...    large rotors and 6 piston calipers...     still in the "getting it to fit" stage...    but i plan on having all the science worked out in 2-3 weeks...       should be a fun project when it's done...     

[WHITE AND RED 69]

NYCmille- Your right about their customer service, it sucks. I told them 10 times my car was a 69 and they just kept repeating if you run a 70-74 b body you will be fine. They couldn't give me a straight answer of what I would need to do to make them fit a 69. Did you have any problems installing the front other than the lines. Is there any fit issues that I will run into?

As for my current brakes they just feel a bit too weak when coming to a complete stop. I have power brakes and fairly new pads I just feel that it has too much weight for the 10 1/2 inch rotor to handle. It stops ok in normal driving but in an emergency I have no confidence in them.

[elacruze]

'No Confidence'-

Enough said. I intend to use mine as a touring car for the summer; even so, I went with 11-3/4" because they're the biggest I can get under the 15" rims I insist on.

There are a lot of people on this forum with a lot more experience in automotive performance brakes than I have. Search some of the threads (particularly pro-touring) You'll get more info than you can take in. I don't recall particular mention of Baer, but I haven't been here that long and haven't searched. I know the GM guys love them.