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Hi Nick..,
I appreciate the kind words, man. And yes, we do have a 30-day return policy for unused parts so that's no problem. That being said, the Alcon spacers are a special order part, and they're a little pricey at $55 each. I'd recommend getting some cheap spacers from Amazon to see if you need them, if not, it's an easy return. And then if you do end up needing the spacers, we can order the Alcon ones for you. Totally up to you and how you would like to handle it, if you want to order the Alcon spacers with the Wilwoods, we'll still take them back if you don't use them.
Will keep that in mind....truck is needing shocks,and other maintenance,and trying to sort out all the options,and figure out timing it all with my mechanic...thats why the "maybe" needing spacers wasnt working for me since I cant have truck tied up for weeks.....BUT....sounds like the best way to go is order the damn things anyway,since your find if we dont need and can return them.....DO APPRECIATE THE HELP..!!
Reach out anytime, man!
Man thanks for the write up. Been looking at these for awhile now. How did you get the black disc brake?Here is a quick review of my install and initial impressions of the AERO6 Front kit from Wilwood.
Installation:
Overall, not bad. Pretty straight forward. The install video on the link below is on a different year as the body mount for the OEM brake line is in a different location. I wasn't great at taking a bunch of pictures but the video on their site shows the install pretty much as it goes.
Biggest snag I ran into was the driver's side brake line thread was partially crushed at the very bottom. Had to use a thread dye/tap kit m10-1.5 but because of the limited space had to use it by hand and got lucky to clean it up enough to get it to thread to the adapter provided by Wilwood.
The retaining clips to the brake lines are a big pain to get back in because of the angle on my production year, if you have it like the one in the video it would be MUCH easier.
Wilwood Disc Brakes
2019 ford f-150 raptorPart No: 140-16808, brakes, disc brakes, big brakes, bbk, brake conversion kit, bolt-on brake kits, front brakes, calipers, axle flange, housing, rotors, dynalite, dynapro, superlite, d52wilwood.com
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Overall, for the price you can't beat it. Bleeding wasn't hard with a friend.
They stop great, but keep in mind my only reference is street use hard stops and daily driving. We will see how they do when I tow. I don't have any other references than that they do grab really well and will throw you. I presume a set of new pads and SS lines would do the same but having 6 pistons helps. The kit is overall much lighter than the OEM front brakes as well. I couldn't find the OEM or Wilwood weight specs but once I loaded everything into the Wilwood box, FML It was MUCH heavier than when loaded with the Wilwood components. Anyway, thank you to @Nick@Apollo-Optics for great pricing on this kit and great customer service as always. I am very happy with it.
Hi Nick,
That's correct. We've not had a customer running the Aero6-DM on a Gen 1 with stock beadlock wheels. However, I did find a line on some reasonably priced 0.25" wheel spacers that would probably be all the additional clearance needed. However, again, I've never tested them before with this exact setup.
