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Originally Posted by ej24
Good afternoon, ya'll. I'm new to this site and thread, was relieved to come across others trying to solve the same problem I have. I bought a full set of SS Brembos for under $400, along with a set of drilled and slotted rotors for $150, as I was told that it should all "bolt right up" to my 2016 RS. This is true of the fronts, but obviously, this is completely false for the rear.
I am a fairly experienced mechanic and fabricator, so I am working on finding or making a bracket to keep the parking brake and hill stop assist operating as it should. However, in the mean time, since my warranty has finally expired, I am going to try and fit the SS rear hubs to my RS and get the brake rotors to mount. I did some pretty extensive research, and the hubs and splines are the same (they have the same part # for RS and SS), so I am going to order and install those (used, about $125 each, w/shipping) and then I will work on the electronic brake and see what I can do to get that to adapt somewhere else and still function. Or at the very least, make the car THINK it still functions. I will update as I make progress. Thanks for adding me to the group!
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The hubs are the same, it's the knuckles that are different. Adapting the electronic brake parts is 2 completely different setups. Because the one is on the calipers, the other is separate and operated like drum brakes with a electronic cable puller, which i have torn one apart & seen the circuits that operate it(also to maybe bypass the circuits & make a manual electronic switch controls). The wiring on the car is different between the 2 & so is the software for their operation.
One thing i was thinking for bypassing the electronic brake after doing the conversion, would be either a aftermarket brake cable handle/foot kit for the SS version drums brakes or redoing/modifying the brake line between the front brake module and the rear hose to caliber, to install a manual brake line lock inside the car on the floor.
I have "everything" to do the switch now, but was also waiting for the warranty to expire before starting, but also was still waiting to see if anyone has been able to locate an electronic diagram of the LT/SS parking brake system to find a way to create an electronic bypass to send the correct signals to the SS cable module. Otherwise have to create flat plate brackets hidden under the chassis to hold the modules off the calipers of the LT to make the car think the modules are still mounted on calipers so they can stay hooked up & allow the system to still test them, without giving parking brake malfunction lights & warnings on the dash.