Brake Pads Material???
Le Mans Master
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Why do you ask? Pad compounds are much more complex than back in the day when semi-metallics came out. Now virtually all pads (except ceramic, and those I'm not sure about) have some metal embedded within them.
So, what are you wanting in a replacement pad?
So, what are you wanting in a replacement pad?
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well its basically a stock vet and right now I want to leave it like that but not sure what pads to order. alot of places offer ceramics. I have had alot of people say that ceramics no dust but the are extremely hard on the rotors. so what pads should I order gm pads?? are they semi's??
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well its basically a stock vet and right now I want to leave it like that but not sure what pads to order. alot of places offer ceramics. I have had alot of people say that ceramics no dust but the are extremely hard on the rotors. so what pads should I order gm pads?? are they semi's??
Unless you have a specific need for the pads, i.e. racing, auto-crossing, etc the stock pads are very good. That's what I used when I replaced mine a couple years ago and I have been happy with them.
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Not the case. I have the ceramics on my Z. They are very rotor friendly so far for the past two years. Very little dusting. I have the part number for these, but not the semi-metallics. Let me know if you need them. Don
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St. Jude Donor '15, '17
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However, the big drawback to ceramics is a drop in braking performance over OE pads. They don't deliver the brake torque, nor do they take heat as well. If all you're doing is street driving, then the ceramics are probably OK, but you've gotten used to the honestly fairly stellar braking capability on your OE pads, and now you're going to take a step down from that.
HTH, and have a good one,
Mike
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Not exactly to either. Ceramic pads dust like normal pads, the dust just isn't as visible as OE pad dust. I don't think they're any harder on rotors, in fact they may be easier on them.
However, the big drawback to ceramics is a drop in braking performance over OE pads. They don't deliver the brake torque, nor do they take heat as well. If all you're doing is street driving, then the ceramics are probably OK, but you've gotten used to the honestly fairly stellar braking capability on your OE pads, and now you're going to take a step down from that.
HTH, and have a good one,
Mike
However, the big drawback to ceramics is a drop in braking performance over OE pads. They don't deliver the brake torque, nor do they take heat as well. If all you're doing is street driving, then the ceramics are probably OK, but you've gotten used to the honestly fairly stellar braking capability on your OE pads, and now you're going to take a step down from that.
HTH, and have a good one,
Mike
Yup. BTW, the Z06 never came with ceramics from the factory.
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well its basically a stock vet and right now I want to leave it like that but not sure what pads to order. alot of places offer ceramics. I have had alot of people say that ceramics no dust but the are extremely hard on the rotors. so what pads should I order gm pads?? are they semi's??
1. The stock Z06 pads from '02 - '04
2. Hawk HPS pads
Either of these should provide better performance than the original stockers or the ceramics.
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St. Jude Donor '15, '17
Same for all C5's. Call Gene at GMpartshouse. He can get you the numbers and or whichever pads you decide to go with. I did not lose that much braking on the street going with the ceramics, but I do not have to clean my wheels a bunch anymore either. For the track or aggresive driving go with the stock Z06 pads. They are hard to beat. Don
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I switched to Ceramic pads and loved them, because they keep the wheel much cleaner. However I would never use them again, because they do not feel and perform as good as OEM. In stop and go traffic they feel weak and have not brake feel.