WTF Front Brakes?!?

BrianT said

Thanks guys. I was hoping that it was a FMJ swap but can't find any pictures. Sounds like I'm gonna have to take everything apart and measure carefully. I don't need brakes right now, so it's not a big rush.

Any reason to be concerned about the welded upper control arms? They appear to be in decent shape. I don't see any cracks and they don't appear to be cobbled together. I wouldn't have thought a thing about them except a sharp eye from another member caught the welds on a different post.

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It could be an FMJ swap, some of those cars did come with pin type calipers. But just based on general appearance my bet is B/E.

As far as the UCA’s go, you’re the one that’s looking at them in person. Done well they shouldn’t be an issue, but I’d have to see them in person before I’d consider running them. They were cut at the narrow part of the arms, so, that’s probably one of the higher stress areas to have a weld. The other concern would be the alignment geometry, since any UCA other than an A will have slightly different geometry beyond just the mounting points being wider. Probably not enough to be an issue but I don’t know if you’ve had the alignment checked yet.