Brake question!!
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Brake question!!
So I want to get rid of the small calipers on my c6 coupe. My question is can you just replace your caliper with lets say, a grand sport caliper or do you have to replace the entire set up meaning caliper, rotor lines, etc. If so what is the best route to take as far as price goes? Thanks in advance for any advice.
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So I want to get rid of the small calipers on my c6 coupe. My question is can you just replace your caliper with lets say, a grand sport caliper or do you have to replace the entire set up meaning caliper, rotor lines, etc. If so what is the best route to take as far as price goes? Thanks in advance for any advice.
Serious question. Do you have a problem with your braking performance or are you doing this for looks? Even the base Corvette brakes stop better than 90% of the cars on the road today.
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Grand Sport brakes are the same as Z06....so you need everything....plus new wheels that will fit over the bigger calipers or.....you might possibly get by using spacers depending on the wheels you will use.
Just as an example, here's the Z06 brake upgrade kit info from partstaxi.com:
http://www.partstaxi.com/partlocator...rrerid=1500922
Just as an example, here's the Z06 brake upgrade kit info from partstaxi.com:
http://www.partstaxi.com/partlocator...rrerid=1500922
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So I want to get rid of the small calipers on my c6 coupe. My question is can you just replace your caliper with lets say, a grand sport caliper or do you have to replace the entire set up meaning caliper, rotor lines, etc. If so what is the best route to take as far as price goes? Thanks in advance for any advice.
It is not a cheap mod when considering rims and big brake kits. Minium would be 6 grand with cheap wheels and brake kit. Quality forged rims with name brand brake kit and your looking north of 10 large.
Is this for looks? Cause the stock brakes work just fine for street use, track might be a different story if you are hard core track type. Occasional track use you would be fine with stock set up unless you really push the car hard.
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I was considering looks and track use. I was mainly curious to see if you could just swap calipers. I have the wheels and for clearance and I know I can't put front calipers on the rear. If I didn't I wouldn't be on this forum out of shame.
