99-07 NBS Sierra {Silverado, Yukon, Tahoe, Suburban) 4 piston brake upgrade on a budget! 

Did you only use the washer on top bolt only or also the lower bolt?

@@feliperuiz560 it takes a washer on both caliper bolts.

do you have the part numbers still

@@jackpasay8317 I don’t have the part numbers for the brake parts unfortunately because I bought them second hand, if you go on rock auto look for calipers, rotors and pads off a 2020 Silverado 1500.

What kind of brakes should I look for does any Brembo caliper fit?

It really is a big upgrade. Braking improved drastically.

Thanks man, appreciate that 💪🏼

@@REDRUMRx7 question could I get away with using a 13 inch rotor? Aot of websites say 2019 and 2020 silverados are compatible with 13 rotors so not sure why a 13 rotor wouldn't be able to work 🤷🏾‍♂️

@@bkgeneral1 You prolly could.

Will this work on obs trucks 88-98 ? Changing my proportioning valve because I replaced the drums with discs and I would like a budget friendly swap for the front

Thanks for posting the part numbers. Couple guys have asked and I didn’t have the answer since I got all my stuff used.

@@REDRUMRx7 it’s all good I just ordered all the parts to do this as well hopefully this helps someone

curious what pads and rotors you ordered? also thanks for these part numbers

Thanks boss 💪

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Mine were painted but my friend has a set on his truck that are powdercoated in orange.

I believe it works the same for that body style as well but I haven’t personally tried it.

None at all.

Yes it should, installing them on your 2013 should be the same as what I did in this video.

I didn’t do anything to the rear because I wanted to be able to fit drag wheels.

Hi. I used 1 washer for each. Truck has been riding around like that for over a year and everything has been great.

With a wheel spacer you shouldn’t have to Machine anything.

Yea I do. Pretty sure they’ll bolt right up. I’d like to get them myself some day.

Same master worked fine. Braking felt noticeably better.

I didn’t end up using the dust shield but the originals work well, at the moment I don’t know of any other brake packages for sale, sorry.

I did it at my job but any machine shop with an overhead mill could do it.

Yes. At least with these wheels. Every set of wheels is gonna be a little different

Can’t say for sure since I haven’t tried it but I don’t believe it would work.

They’re actually steel. The humps don’t make sense at all. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@REDRUMRx7 I really want to do this soon and thought the humps looked bad but served some kind of purpose like maybe a fluid passage or something, guess not 😂

@@jameswilson8907 nope. Serve no purpose whatsoever lol

@@REDRUMRx7 how improved is the brake feel now that you've had them for a few months? And have you done the rear Tahoe brake upgrade as well?

@@jameswilson8907 they were a huge improvement over the 99 brakes. I haven’t done the Tahoe rear brakes because I plan to do the 1320 brake kit so I can fit a 15” wheel.

The calipers are steel

@@REDRUMRx7 Thx

Hey man! Thanks for all the info! I bought them... But don't fit my wheels. Are those wheels have 17's?

Yes it would work fine. You’ll also want the 2021 rotors. Follow the instructions on this video.

Yes that’s right.

Probably around $600 if you can find the calipers used

Yea these are 18” z71 wheels.

Probably need to shave the caliper down flat like you did too right ? Thanks for responding

@@walkertexas6405 i don’t think so. With that little 1/4” spacer alone it looks like there’s plenty of room, they do look a lot better machined flat thought

So will they clear all GM factory 20s? Or just certain designs? Texas Edition? SS? 07 Tahoe?

@@MoneyManHolmes couldn’t tell you for sure. I’ve only tried them with these wheels in the vid.

Yes you can.

No but if you read through the comments on here another viewer mentioned a good upgrade for the rear using parts off a suburban.

No Im sorry, I know they’re available with the 17” steelies but unfortunately I do not know the specs.

@@REDRUMRx7 My work truck has these brakes under the steelies, I might do an experiment tomorrow….you know, for science.

@@philphish1643 I’m all for science lol. Does your work truck have the 7 spoke aluminum spare? I’m trying to verify if those fit over the front brakes. I know some trucks have them and some have steel spare.

@@REDRUMRx7 I’ll verify in the morning. It’s a 2021 1500 Chevy stripped down.

@@REDRUMRx7 my work truck has a full sized 17” steelie as the spare

Probably some 17’s will fit depending on the design. My 18’s required a small spacer.

What’s your email I can contact you there for further info please!

See what?

Finished work

@@nickonickster1 3:15 in the video.

Ok cool..my bad

It absolutely will not fit under a 16” wheel and will only fit under very few 17” options.

Thanks, I figured. I'm running 35s" on my '00 and think this may be worth doing. It's gonna get pricey since I have to do the rims and tires as well

The 2500’s use larger brakes then the 1500’s so I’m not sure if the caliper mounting location would match up.

Just did on my 2017 Silverado doesn’t need the spacer washer like the gmt800

Some of the 2020 trucks come with 17” steel wheels so I guess it could fit depending on the design of the wheels.

No problem, glad it helped.

@@REDRUMRx7 👍

I bought all the parts from the dealer $800.00

It’s an excellent upgrade. Stops a lot better then original.

@@REDRUMRx7 thanks bro i will update mines dis u know if i can use the same rotors from a 2 pistons calipers i cant find for the 4 psitons rotors

@@rafaelrosas2918 I’m not sure. I think they’re almost the same diameter so it might work but I can’t say for sure.

@@REDRUMRx7 thanks bro

@@rafaelrosas2918 no problem

These wheels are 18”

Thanks 🙏🏽

It was a very noticeable increase in stopping power going to this from the 99 brakes.

They’ll clear with some 17’s but not all. I no longer own this truck but the current owner hasn’t had any issues with the brakes afaik.

I have the original rear brakes still. I plan to change to the 1320wheels rear brake conversion so that I could fit a 15” drag wheel. At the moment I have a set of 16” wheels I use for racing but there aren’t a lot of tire options available in 16”.

@@REDRUMRx7 oh okay the dual pistons won’t work for you then lol I think it’s 17” min

@@michaelhernandez1398 yea I’ve looked into it before. It’d be a cool upgrade if it weren’t for the fact that I’d like the ability to fit a drag wheel.

I left the original ones. They had clearance and covered the majority of the rotor so I just left them.

Hey Joe, unfortunately I have no experience with swapping these to the obs platform. If it were me I would first try to install nbs spindles. If the nbs spindles and hubs will work then these brakes will install just like in the video.

Yea it should be the same.

Yea mine may have been the hose, I’m not really sure because I changed both items at the same time.

Yes, Oem 18” wheels from a 2017 z71 silverado.

Mine came specifically from a 2021 GMC Yukon, any 2019+ 1500 truck has the same brakes though. You can get them off anything from a Silverado to an Escalade. The original 99 hoses will work fine.

No problem, glad to help. 👍🏼

@ Scott Philbrook did you do the upgrade?

@@1ruckus1 its been crazy getting the parts! Its been nearly 2 months & just got the last part a caliper Monday but I've been visiting folks and haven't installed or attempted to install yet!

So far so good, I’ve put roughly 1500 miles on it so far and everything is fine with abs. It’s definitely an upgrade worth doing.

The guy that first posted this upgrade on Facebook has been using them for 10k no issues

Yea it should be the same process for your escalade.

@@REDRUMRx7 okay awesome i think it being a ESV it would improve the braking by a lot ehh?

Yea I think it would fit as long as you use the spacers.

@@REDRUMRx7 awesome buddy thanks for the reply. Doing this swap to my wife’s 07 Tahoe tonight, but she’s running 22” trail boss replicas and I think her wheel design were meant for these brakes so I’m hoping no issues

Some of those 2020 trucks come with steel 17” wheels so I assume some 17’s will work depending on the pad.

I haven’t personally tried that but based off my experience with the gmt800 platform I’d say it should all work just fine on your avalanche 1500 2wd.

@@REDRUMRx7 I appreciate the quick response man I pulled the trigger and ordered the calipers I’m confident it’ll work also what brake lines are you using?

@@Treadondeez they’re some steel braided lines from russel, in the video I show the part number.

At my job we have a machine shop and we did it on an overhead mill.

REDRUM Rx7 do you think I could use a grinder and do the same thing?

@@smalliebigs6784 yea for sure. A grinder and a flap disk would do the job pretty easily.

REDRUM Rx7 alright man thanks for the help I just managed to get some calipers off eBay and liked how they liked with out the ridge, new sub!!

@@smalliebigs6784 no problem man, glad to help. Thanks for the sub. 👍🏼

Thanks! I used duplicolor caliper paint that I got at advance auto parts.

@@kingsman3506 I used the stock one.

@@REDRUMRx7 thanks for replying brotha

@@kingsman3506 no problem man. Good luck with your project 👍🏽

I’ve never tried it but I do believe it’ll work.

Thanks for the compliment. 💪🏼

I don’t know for sure but I would think so.

These are 18” wheels.

Those wheels are 18’s

Nah, not me. The only ford I’ve ever owned was a 91 notch mustang back in like 04-05

It’s all gonna depend on the type of wheel you have. Some wheels will fit without even using the spacer.

No I’m sorry I don’t know the offset. If you want to search it up, the wheels are off a 2017 z71

So far so good. I’ve been daily driving on this setup for right around a year now.

07-14??

I got the brake parts used on Facebook marketplace. The brake lines I got from Amazon and the spacers I got from advance auto parts

Nope. Set it up on an overhead mill at work and knocked that ridge right off it.

Thanks, my wheels are 18”.

@@REDRUMRx7 at least I have to run 19 or 20 to run those right?

@@hugo3769 they fit with my 18’s using small spacer.

I don’t believe it will. The only way it might work at all is if you have very large wheel spacers. I had to put small spacers even with my 18” z71 wheels.

It’s been a while so my memory isn’t exactly clear on this but I’m pretty certain that I used the original caliper bolts.

@@REDRUMRx7 hey man I appreciate you getting back to me. I just finished installing factory take off 4 piston calipers, rotors, pads, and brake hoses off a 2024 Sierra Denali with 4 miles on the odometer this morning on my Yukon. What an amazing upgrade in braking power that is. So glad I did that swap since I’m on 40s and it takes quite a bit to get that big girl stopped lol

@@Big-kon yea those 4 piston brakes are a real nice upgrade. On my new truck which is a 2014 rcsb silverado I just recently installed the 6 piston brembo setup from an escalade V. The rotors are 16.2”. This truck stops crazy now.

Yea that’s strange. All the 2020’s come with these brakes, you’d think that 2020 wheels would fit no problem.

@@REDRUMRx7 correction i needed 3 top and bottom but i found out the4wd/awd is thinner than 2wd caliper bracket

@@American-Afrikan ooh that makes sense. I only have experience doing it on this 2wd truck.

If you dig through the comments, another viewer listed all the part numbers.

Someone posted all the part numbers in the comments.

It will vary depending on your wheels. Some wheels won’t require any modifications at all.

Search through the comments and you’ll find them. It’s been posted a couple times.

My wheels are 18”

@@REDRUMRx7 thank you for a speedy response and great video

@@thatmdguy4557 no problem. Glad you enjoyed it. 👍🏼

Yea I believe it’ll work. I haven’t tried it so I’m not 100% sure but I believe it will work.

Yes sir it will.

I haven’t added any extra springs. The truck just has standard style suspension with a lowering kit.

@@REDRUMRx7 hmmm, must be apart of the lowering kit then, i dont see that coming stock on an 05 tahoe

@@judgement069 is yours 4x4? The 4x4 trucks have different front suspension. They use a torsion bar instead of a coil spring.

@@REDRUMRx7 no its rwd but i do have the torsion bar

I was wondering this same thing but the conclusion is kinda... no. The rear end is a drum rotor combo thats not made to the bigger size rotor because the new trucks use a parking brake in the caliper. However I would assume if you wanted to pay the extra cost to do a rear drum delete, hopefully the rotors clear the rear axle, and with a new splash shield surely the rear should work fine and be done the same as the front with the washers and you shouldn't have an issue. But there's so much that has to be "perfect" or you'll be doing some serious modifications that I don't see being worth it unless you've got like an 800 hp build and need it to stop.... 😂😂

The original ones work fine. I didn’t use the 2019+ dust shields.

Very good upgrade for not a ton of money.

I honestly couldn’t tell you and don’t want to give you false information.

@@REDRUMRx7 appreciate the honesty man. Awesome video btw man

@@Theskenification thanks, glad you liked it 👍🏼

This truck had the disk rear ended. All the 99-02 trucks were rear disk. It shouldn’t make a difference though.

@@REDRUMRx7 ok thank you I will try to change them as soon as I can

Mine are drums too did you ever change them, if so did you do this same process

@@74zepol27 I have not don’t done it yet I’m still waiting for parts I will get them on Friday. Hope to upgrade brakes next week I will let you know how it works

Yes sir. I do believe so.

@@REDRUMRx7 nice! Thank you so much. Great video btw!!

@@isaiasbarrios6308 no problem. Glad you liked it. 👍🏼