Ed Cackowski

Hi Rocket Riders !!!!

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I have a 2013 427 vert with the chrome ZR1 Wheels and am tried of all the dust generated by the stock Brake Pads . I searched on line and found two models of Hawk Ceramic Pads a two piece Model HB531Z.570 and a single piece model HB659Z.570 .

The stock Pads are two piece , but is there an advantage to the single piece model? I do not track the car but do some spirited driving. Anyone have experience with the single piece Pads?

Thanks for the help

ED :

Todds427

Hey Ed, I have the same car and I switched to the Hawk single ceramic pads. Less dust now and stops just fine. They still have brake dust but not as bad as stock pads.

Ed Cackowski

Hi Todd !!!!!
Thanks was there a reason you went with the single piece pads over the stock two piece
Ed

Todds427

My stock pads were 6 piece (6 small pads) and I went with the single pad for simplicity and ease of install.

Not So Fast

AutoZone Ceramic Gold pad lets, $120 all in and good to go. They work just fine and cut dust 90%. Fun DIY job
NSF

MTsVette

I have them all around on my 2012 GS. Great pads. Very low dust and brakes work absolutely fine.

MT

g's13 GS

stock front pads on a 13 GS are 6 padlets per side

Adam@Amp'dAutosport.com

I cant not speak for the Hawk pads but the Carbotech 1 piece give you about 15% more pad surface while also giving better pedal feel and a lot more even pad wear. You will see when you pull your padlets you will see they are all worn at different rates. For a quality low dust performance pad take a look at the Carbotech 1521 pad a 100% non corrosive dust will not harm your wheels or paint.

Carbotech™ Bobcat 1521™ The Carbotech Bobcat 1521™ is our high performance street compound that is our most successful compound. The Bobcat compound is known for its awesome release and modulation, along with unmatched rotor friendliness. Like our AX™ & XP™ line of compounds, Bobcat 1521™ is a Ceramic based friction material offering minimal rotor damage and non-corrosive dust. Bobcat 1521™ offers outstanding performance, even when cold, low dusting and low noise with an excellent initial bite. This compound’s virtually perfect linear torque production provides incredible braking force without ABS intervention. Bobcat 1521™ operating range starts out at ambient and goes up to 900°F. Bobcat 1521™ is suitable for ALL street cars, perfect for your tow vehicle, police cruiser. The Bobcat 1521™ compound has been found to last two-three times longer than OE pads you can purchase at a dealership or national retailer. That’s one of the beauties of Carbotech Ceramic brake compounds. Bobcat 1521™ is NOT recommended for any track use.

Original 1 piece press release:

We have finished our redesign of our C6 Z06 One Piece pad for the front and rear stock calipers (PBR Calipers). We were the first to release the padlets almost four years ago, and then we were the first to release the One Piece over a year ago. That design that we worked with GM on wasn't perfect. That's the same design you see other companies using now.

We set out to redesign the new One Piece all on our own. We wanted to make sure it was perfect and even more user friendly. This new design will drop right into the caliper and you don't have to take out the caliper pins or spring clips. The spring clips are critical in keeping the brake pad square to the rotor surface and ensuring that the pads slide smoothly along the pins. The spring clips also assist in reducing the noise inside the caliper.

This new one piece will make changing pads a lot faster and easier. The newly designed Carbotech One Piece will give longer pad life and a little more bite as well. We are molding the new One Piece pad just like we do with all the C6, C5, and C4 brake pads.

We are also using industry leading NRS technology. If you're not familiar with NRS technology it gives molded pads up to 8 times stronger sheer strength vs. conventional molded brake pads and riveted pads. NRS technology also helps in reducing noise and vibration of the brake pad inside the caliper as well as aiding in longer wearing pads. We use NRS technology on all C6 & C5 front and rear brake pads.

Here is a link to explain further what NRS technology is exactly: http://www.nrsbrakes.com

Here is a step by step install procedure
http://www.101corvetteprojects.com/2...rvette-c6-z06/

F: $275 R: $233