New Shoes... my baby is riding on eighteens now!

[67ChevyRedneck]

Ok. I'm embarrassed to say my brakes and tires on my truck were an absolute joke. I couldn't get new tires because I was too embarrassed how my brakes looked and I didn't do the brakes because I never had time.

My truck spent the first 4 years of its life in Indianapolis so needless to say the rotors and calipers had seen better days. Not only that, but the truck had the original brakes on it. That's right, over 12 years and 135,000 on my brakes. It's OK if you don't believe it... I don't either...

Anyway. I finally did the brakes. The stupid e brake shoes were shot, they're not cheap @ $80 for the little boogers. I stepped up to ECE rotors and brake pads. I replaced the calipers and all five of the rubber brake lines. I also painted a bunch of rusty stuff like both sides of the rear dust shields and a few other things.

Too lazy to rotate your tires? Really? Lesson learned here folks... my front tires have a good 10,000 miles left in them but the back are racing slicks (lots of miles with a trailer behind her). I also run all my tires at the same PSI (max rating for fuel efficiency) and if you see, my rear tires have uneven wear in the middle. The only thing I can figure is the weight of the trailers added extra pressure which wore them unevenly, because both fronts have a nice even wear pattern. So another lesson learned... Don't run max PSI especially if you will be pulling a trailer!