Brakes
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Heel & Toe
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Brakes
So i replaced the front rotors and all brake pads on my 05 z51. I purchased OEM products from the dealer and took it to a private brake shop.
I got the car back and well.......my old brakes held better.
Also eventually im going to shoot myself in the head, the brakes are sooooooooooooooo loud it's almost unbearable. It squeeks on hard and soft stops.
People hear me coming an assume it's a 84 geo metro, then they see a c6 vette pull up, how embarrassing.
Any known brake problems?
Thanks a lot guys!
I got the car back and well.......my old brakes held better.
Also eventually im going to shoot myself in the head, the brakes are sooooooooooooooo loud it's almost unbearable. It squeeks on hard and soft stops.
People hear me coming an assume it's a 84 geo metro, then they see a c6 vette pull up, how embarrassing.
Any known brake problems?
Thanks a lot guys!
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,480
Likes: 45
So i replaced the front rotors and all brake pads on my 05 z51. I purchased OEM products from the dealer and took it to a private brake shop.
I got the car back and well.......my old brakes held better.
Also eventually im going to shoot myself in the head, the brakes are sooooooooooooooo loud it's almost unbearable. It squeeks on hard and soft stops.
People hear me coming an assume it's a 84 geo metro, then they see a c6 vette pull up, how embarrassing.
Any known brake problems?
Thanks a lot guys!
I got the car back and well.......my old brakes held better.
Also eventually im going to shoot myself in the head, the brakes are sooooooooooooooo loud it's almost unbearable. It squeeks on hard and soft stops.
People hear me coming an assume it's a 84 geo metro, then they see a c6 vette pull up, how embarrassing.
Any known brake problems?
Thanks a lot guys!
two words
hawk ceramics
no noise or dust, well maybe a little
good stopping power
Drifting
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 1,855
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From: Raleigh NC
Most, if not all pads required a break-in period of light braking followed by cooling in between. Essentially, don't overheat of 'mash' the brakes for a few hundred miles (or heat cycles of you track the car). The can cause glazing and poor brake performance.
Intermediate
Joined: May 2006
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From: Los Angeles CA
that is stoptech's white papers on bed in.
it's actually hard braking, with cool down between. you'd likely need to do this on a freeway with no traffic so taht you don't look like a crazy stopping from 80 to 0 10 times in a row.
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I am sure that people will disagree, but I only use ceramic pads. I have them on the Corvette, Lincoln Ls and I just bought a new Acura and the day after I got it got new ceramic pads and zinc plated rotors.
Advanced
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: EL PASO TX
I have read that the ceramics don't have the stopping power, I don't personnally, just read it. Do you have to turn the rotors every time you do the brakes, i have around 10,000 miles on the originals?
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2007
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but there is a trade off,
1. they are quiet
2. don't give much dust
3. soft on the rotors
as long as you don't do track events I think you'll be ok.
