Rear disc brakes worth it?

I realize this doesn't have much to do with this thread so I apologize in advance.


I installed a set of 1994-98 Jeep Grand Cherokee rear disk brakes on my Dart Sport. It was cheap ($200.00 with new lifetime warranty pads from Advance Auto Parts) and was pretty much a bolt on deal. All you need to do is enlarge the center bore in the backing plate a bit which is easy with a dremel or die grinder. Only takes a few minutes per side.

My main reason for the swap was because drum brakes are expensive. I would have needed to buy new drums, shoes, wheel cylinders, and the harware kits. It would have cost $$$ to reinstall the drum brakes. When looking at getting new 11" finned drums the entire new set-up was around $450.00. The 10" finned drum set up was still around $300.00. For that kind of money there was noway I was putting drum brakes back on. With drum brake vehicles now in the past, the prices are only going to rise and parts will get harder to find. Maybe this is just how I justify to myself.
Personally I'll take swapping a rotor & pads now and then over drum brakes any day of the week.