Brake pads
Burning Brakes
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The rear pads are the same, but the front pads are different. The Z06 uses a different compound, similair to the Hawk pads which produces a bit more dust but provides better "bite" and less fade.
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Burning Brakes
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I just installed Hawk HPS pads and they are great. Less dust than stock and great stopping power. I was looking at ceramics and decided to go with the HPS pads - no regrets.
PM me and I will tell who has the best prices on these. I was surprised at how competitively priced these high performance pads can be!
Bill
PM me and I will tell who has the best prices on these. I was surprised at how competitively priced these high performance pads can be!
Bill
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Hawk HPS are GREAT pads. Low dust and better stopping than Z06 pads. They come with brake lube (which you also put on back of pads as antisqueek lube) . You can easily clean the shims with brake cleaner and paper towels.
Last edited by Oldvetter; Dec 6, 2008 at 07:03 AM.
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Same fit, different pads. Go to "brakemotive" on ebay and get a whole set of slotted drilled rotors and ceramic pads for all four wheels for $265.00 free shipping, I got them and they are great.
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Thanks for your post - sorry I had already bought and had my brakes installed. Just FYI, my front pads came out to $100.12 with the mechanic's discount. I guess that that was more along the lines of 30%... I do believe that I paid more for the rear pads though...