Fishtank

Hello all,

Just wondering what the best brakes and rotors are fora 2006 corvette coupe. I heard Delcos are not what they use to be and a lot of the steel from china is crap. Thanks for your advise

Scott S

I used stock pads and Brembo rotors. They've been good for 40,000 miles of street driving so far.

Fishtank

vezePilot

Long-time and well-respected CorvetteForum Member Dano523 gave me a few pointers regarding brakes on my 2007 Base A6, and we determined that the previous owner had installed Z51 rotors. My brake pads were not in bad shape, but for only $100 we replaced them with Autozone Duralast Gold Ceramic pads, front and rear. If you are sure that you need new rotors, you could start looking with these and see if you can find better products for a better price:

For just street only, Ceramic:
http://www.wildvettes.com/product_in...roducts_id/366

And Carbon/Metallic for the track:
http://www.wildvettes.com/product_in...roducts_id/365

Adam@Amp'dAutosport.com

For a high quality aftermarket pad I recommend the Carbotech 1521 pad 100% made in the USA. A low dust pad that is rotor friendly and performs like OEM and last longer. 100% non-corrosive dust will not harm your paint or wheels. This pad also contains NRS technology. Carbotech uses NRS technology on all C4, C5, C6 & C7 front and rear brake pads. Here is a link to explain further what NRS technology is exactly: https://www.nrsbrakes.com/about/If interested I will be happy to help you out or you can order online here http://ampdautosport.com/brake-pads/corvette/

Use promo code z28 at check out for your 5% discount. or call me direct at 216-780-8825

Part numbers.







F: CT731



R: CT732





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.

Dano523

The brake system is only as good as the grip of the tires you have on the car.

So the fact that the base C6 will out stop most of the car so the road to begin with, even with OEM brakes and OEM rotors and stock OEM tires, the oem brake system work very well for street use.

So lets work this from the tire inwards.

If you are running A/S or less then a stellar set of summer performance tires on the car for street uses, then all that installing a more aggressive street pads on the car does, it allows you to get into the ABS system with less pedal pressure to lock the tires up isntead.

Also, brake pads have a heat range that they work there best at, so if the car is just going to see street use driving, then the last thing you want it race pads, since they will not grip correctly until they come up to their intended heat range isntead.



Truth is, if you are having braking problems now with the OEM parts/they are still in good shape, then bank that the problem is the brake fluid in the car has not been power flushed with new fluid in a long, long time. Hence the fluid absorbs moisture from the air over time, and in the Vet, the brake fluid get power flushed every two years. Not only does this keep the moisture from building up in the fluid to cause the brakes to not be at their best (more pedal pressure needed), but also help to flush other debris like worn rubber from the seal parts that have worn off the seals out of the system before they can build up as well.

As for the pads on the car if still the oem pads from the factory build for your year, they are semi-metalic, and not a bad pad. In later base model years, GM switch from a semi metalic pads to a ceramic pad, and again not a bad pad for street use. On the Z51 option cars, the GS and the Z06 models, the OEM pad is a semi metallic pad, but is a very more aggressive pad that the base pad, which improves the initial bite, and feed back of the system since these model have sticker tires, and at the same time, the pads do have a higher working temp range as well (but still bite very well when they are bone cold too).

So to bottom line it, again work from the tires you have on the car inwards, then you can think about a better,stronger breaking system for the increased grip of the more sticker tires if you have upgraded to such.

Hence in Vezepilots case, he is running A/S tires on his car currently, so the Duralast ceramic pads do currently fit the bill for these tires nicely for street use. The moment that he upgrades to much sticker R888r tires for track or summer street use, those Duralast ceramic pads pads have to go, and will need a more aggressive pads instead to keep up with the increased tire grip. Hence race pad for the high speed road course track for the higher working temps there, and at least OEM HD pads for the street to keep up with the grip of the R888r tires even on the street.
Note at some point as winter hits, will bank that the A/S tires go back on the car for light winter use, so the Duralast ceramic pads can go back on with them.

timd38

Baer rotors work really well. They are 2 piece.

PCMusicGuy

For typical street use, it is hard to beat Centric rotors if shopping online.