Disc brake conversion

I am looking at all the different choices for converting the manual brakes on my '69 C10 to power disc / drum.
Any thoughts on who sells the best complete kit? Also, I see that some places have rear disc conversions and others do not. Are rear disc brakes necessary?
Any thoughts or experiences would be helpful.

Thanks

 

The '71 C10 I had sported front disc/rear drum. It stopped fine and I never personally saw a reason to go 4 wheel disc, ease of brake repair alone would make me lean to the rear swap as well though. I HATE DRUM!

 

CPP has plenty of options.

 

Blew front tire yesterday, drum brakes locked up on me and pulled me into the curb!
Are there any other yrs that will swap? 73-87??? I found a '71 with front disc so may be going that route.

 

73-87 will fit

 

The spindles, rotors, calipers and all will swap over? How about the rear axles? I want 5 lug all the way around. Thanks in advance for the help!

 

Two options for 5 lug rear.

1) swap in a 72-or later rear with 5 lugs.

2) Use the replacement axle conversion kit from Early classic Enterprise.

some would also suggest re-drilling the rear hubs to 5 stud and having the 5 lugs welded in. You might have trouble finding a shop to do that because of liability risks.

Val

 

When converting to disk brakes, is a wheel change a must?

 

Having rear trailing arms/coil springs, will any '73 and up 5 on 5.5 truck rear swap right into my stock rear's place? I have a friend that has the front set up out of a '72,so I'm good there. I will just need to locate a rear end.