2018 Ecoboost caliper upgrade

[Benjamin Hundred]

Hey guys, I have a 2018 Ecoboost premium, I need to replace my brake pads and flush the brake fluid. Figured while I'm at it I'd swap out the front calipers and rotors for the GT 4 piston. I found the front setup for $150, I attached some photos, is this all the hardware I'd need? Also what are some good brake pads? I'm keeping the rear calipers and disc's the same. The shop that's installing the calipers, disc's, pads and flusing the fluid is asking $350 for labor, dealer wanted $1,200

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[FreePenguin]

Ridiculous. Absolutely no way

 

[Benjamin Hundred]

Ridiculous. Absolutely no way

Would you care to explain? Have no idea what you're saying

 

[FreePenguin]

Oh the money from dealership qoute
Gotta be fucking kidding.
It took me and my friend and me to do the work about 2 hours. Took us a couple attempts to bleed the brakes. Didn’t realize they use a scan device to like electronically put it into bleeder mode

we did it manually.
Couple hundred bucks imo isn’t awful.

but wtf at a grandcost

I reckon they are charging 115 an hour shop fee, so they assume two people hour and half time.

they have to charge with possibility of bolts rusted etc. but it’s easy work really.

 

[Benjamin Hundred]

Oh the money from dealership qoute
Gotta be fucking kidding.
It took me and my friend and me to do the work about 2 hours. Took us a couple attempts to bleed the brakes. Didn’t realize they use a scan device to like electronically put it into bleeder mode

we did it manually.
Couple hundred bucks imo isn’t awful.

but wtf at a grandcost

I reckon they are charging 115 an hour shop fee, so they assume two people hour and half time.

they have to charge with possibility of bolts rusted etc. but it’s easy work really.

Yeah total joke, it was for like 5hrs labor with me providing the Calipers and parts. They said something like $189/hr. Left real quick, I just do warranty work there and everything else myself except the transmission (and brakes I guess, lol).

Ima grab those brakes I showed in the photos, are any parts missing?

Getting the Ford oem rear brake pads for free with my Ford Rewards points, and the front pads the Hawk Performance for the 4 Piston from Amazon.

Also having a tire rotation and Amsoil SS oil change all at the same time along with the brake flush. Any other maintenance good to do while the brakes are off?

 

[FreePenguin]

Yeah
You need

gt brake lines
Gt dust shields
Gt brake pads
Gt calipers

make sure you buy those new crush washers/banjo washer or whatever they are called. Don’t buy from dealership

 

[FreePenguin]

If you want to paint them, do them while off car before install.
https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/painting-brake-calipers.132346/page-4

 

[ihasnostang]

Yeah
You need

gt brake lines
Gt dust shields
Gt brake pads
Gt calipers

make sure you buy those new crush washers/banjo washer or whatever they are called. Don’t buy from dealership

assuming the crush washers are a single time use? Where is a good place to buy them?

 

[FreePenguin]

I bought mine aurozone or whatever. Ford wanted like 30 bucks for all of em. I forget, bought them all for 6 or 8 bucks aurozone

 

[FreePenguin]

Oh I did front and back, so more washers was needed for me

 

[1QwkEcoBoost]

If you’re even remotely handy with wrenching on the car this is. DIY job. I just swapped from the stock GT brakes to the Brembo 6 piston calipers. Literally it’s 2 bolts that hold the caliper to the knuckle. Rotors are floating.

To do it yourself I’d recommend a motive pressure bleeder (opmustang.com), $75, dead blow hammer $10 on Amazon to knock the rotors loose off the hub, brake bleeder bottle ($25). Those 3 tools you can swap and bleed the brakes yourself. A fraction of the price and you have tools to do it yourself the next time you bleed the brakes.

 

[FreePenguin]

Yep. Our bleeder wasn’t working. Idk why, so we did the manual way, lol one of us in car and other one opening and closing each line. Time consuming.

My new scan tool has a bleeder mode, not sure how to use it but would loved to had it back then.

That said I gave my buddy 100 for helping me.

We did all 4 wheels though

Bleeding was honestly most time consuming, had to do it a few times.

 

[1QwkEcoBoost]

Yep. Our bleeder wasn’t working. Idk why, so we did the manual way, lol one of us in car and other one opening and closing each line. Time consuming.

My new scan tool has a bleeder mode, not sure how to use it but would loved to had it back then.

That said I gave my buddy 100 for helping me.

We did all 4 wheels though

Bleeding was honestly most time consuming, had to do it a few times.

you can also use Forscan to do an abs bleed service.

 

[FreePenguin]

you can also use Forscan to do an abs bleed service.

Yeah, didn’t know about any of that. What exactly is bleed service? Let’s the abs push fluid or something?

 

[1QwkEcoBoost]

Yeah, didn’t know about any of that. What exactly is bleed service? Let’s the abs push fluid or something?

Yeah it actuates each abs line one at a time with someone in the car to push any air out of the abs module into the lines going to the calipers. Perform the abs service then bleed with a pressure bleeder like usual. Passenger rear, driver rear, passenger front inner then outer bleeder, driver front same procedure.

I know you probably already know the sequence just posting it up for those that don’t.

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