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Through a roundabout way I believe the 4 piston akebono calipers with matching pads and rotors from a 370z would fit our Ford edges. I wanted to post and see if anyone had any information. I found out that a Volvo s60r brakes would definitely bolt on to our edges. The interesting thing is I started to try to find these Volvo brake kits and 370z brake upgradekits came up for that car. I just wondered if the s60r brakes fit the edge and the 370z brakes fit the s60r so would the 370z brakes fit the edge then? If anyone has any experience with either conversion please let me know if it was successful or what you needed etc. thanks for your consideration!

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First, welcome to the forum.  Now, why would you want to pursue all the Frankenstein parts for something that seems to work fine already?  And how in the world did you find that Nissan and Volvo parts fit on a Ford car?  Good luck with this, if you are able to find any info, or decide to pursue it on your own.

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I am not trying to Frankenstein anything. I have information that the Volvo s60r four piston front brake calipers and matching rotors and pads will directly fit. I just wondered if anyone had tried that. Also doing research some people are saying they upgraded that Volvo s60r with Nissan 370z front brake setups. It was all bolt on stuff no Frankenstein about it. I will do what I can to get more info posted, hopefully someone chimes in with experience.

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Definitely interested in any information you find for this.  I can appreciate what you are doing as I put a combination of Cadillac CTSv, Gen 5 Camaro SS and C6 Corvette four piston Brembos, pads and rotors on my 2004 Pontiac GTO.  Talk about a night and day difference in braking, and aesthetics.  

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On 5/30/2026 at 6:18 AM, Baby Boost said:

I am not trying to Frankenstein anything. I have information that the Volvo s60r four piston front brake calipers and matching rotors and pads will directly fit. I just wondered if anyone had tried that. Also doing research some people are saying they upgraded that Volvo s60r with Nissan 370z front brake setups. It was all bolt on stuff no Frankenstein about it. I will do what I can to get more info posted, hopefully someone chimes in with experience.

 

Fusion forum had this post on it, this is just one person that said they did it successfully. Another person claimed they swapped them on their edge and it worked.

 

https://www.fusionsportforums.com/threads/confirmed-volvo-brembo-calipers-that-fit-the-sport.21151/

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I don't know what year you have, but on the 2009 Edge, front wheel drive Edges use 11.65-inch front rotors and AWD Edges use the 12.60-inch front rotors. (The 12.6" rotors will NOT fit on the front wheel only version.)

 

Rear Rotors are 11.89 inch whether its AWD or FWD.

 

If you're looking to upgrade braking (and not get ridiculous about it) consider switching to semi-metallic pads (such as NAPA Ultra Premium Semi-Metallic or Hawk Performance.) These will definitely upgrade braking performance by providing max cold bite, superior friction at high temperatures, no fade,  but have several bad cons, such as creating large amounts of dark metallic dust, they wear down your brake rotors faster  and sometimes cause queaking when braking. 

 

A better choice would be putting on carbon-infused ceramic pads; such as the is the PowerStop Z36 Truck & Tow or PowerStop Z23 Evolution series. Almost as good stopping power, but less dust and no squeeking. 

 

Lastly, but still an upgrade, consider a premium ceramic pad (such as Duralast Gold Ceramic or Akebono ProACT.) The main advantage is they are better at braking than OEM, much less duty (and its light colored) and they are quiet. But they will fade more when towing or hard braking. (I'm running the Motorcraft premium ceramic pads on my 2009 Lincoln MKX, and find them to be excellent.) 

 

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