I just cut the rear dust shield. The lip I cut off. No biggie. Lots of cars when you do a BBK swap you either cut or remove that dust shield. It is still there enough to stop derbies from entering the rotor. As far as the money that went in, it really was not to bad. I dropped 475 shipped on the rotors, pads, fluid and lines. I didnt really want the lines, but they came in the kit. I also DID NOT want slotted and drilled rotors, but thats all they made for the car. I just wanted slotted but I would have been in the rotors 600-700 dollars alone. The Brembos I just waited and waited to find the right deal. I snagged a set off a local pick and pull for 200 dollars then rebuilt them. So all in all I am in the brakes 800 with the rebuild kit and the paint for the calipers.
NOW THE WHEELS.....
I am having a HELL of a time finding wheels that fit and clear. The 67mm hub bore is killing me. I found a set of DUB wheels (dont like them was going to swap the name badge with a Volvo one) But the spokes hit and rubbed. Also, there was no space for the 10mm placement bolt. So I used my sponsership for my G35 with Niche to track down a set of wheels made for Brembos or BBK's. The spokes are concave and very very rounded so they clear the brakes. But when I got them in 20x9 +40 I checked the hub which was a 63mm..... I though that it as just the lip of the hub that was preventing the wheel from seating right, so I ground 1 lip of the hub off. But it still was far to close and would not clear. I didnt want to go ANY further because I would have made the hub metal smaller and thats not a risk I will take. So I called them up and they are going to make a custom set with a 68 hub so I can slip on hubsentric rings.
Most people are not willing to drop the money on wheels and tires, but with my sponsor its 100 a wheel and the tires are 600... so 1k. I was going to need new tires this year anyways. So in the end it was all money I was going to have to spend. I will post pics soon.