Drilled rotors
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Drilled rotors
I just purchased a used 2015 3LT stingray and it has slotted and drilled rotors, just wondering if they bare stock or after market? I see all the talk about drilled rotors not being reliable due to cracking around the holes and just wondered if that was true why would GM accept the liability for them.
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Z51 option has that style of rotors.
Are the tires 19" front and 20" rear? That's another clue you have a Z51, Also, look under the hood for the dry sump tank located at the passenger's side firewall. Should see a yellow dip stick. All Z51 have the dry sump tank.
If you don't have the tires and dry sump, then its a base car and those are not stock rotors.
Are the tires 19" front and 20" rear? That's another clue you have a Z51, Also, look under the hood for the dry sump tank located at the passenger's side firewall. Should see a yellow dip stick. All Z51 have the dry sump tank.
If you don't have the tires and dry sump, then its a base car and those are not stock rotors.
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Z51 option has that style of rotors.
Are the tires 19" front and 20" rear? That's another clue you have a Z51, Also, look under the hood for the dry sump tank located at the passenger's side firewall. Should see a yellow dip stick. All Z51 have the dry sump tank.
If you don't have the tires and dry sump, then its a base car and those are not stock rotors.
Are the tires 19" front and 20" rear? That's another clue you have a Z51, Also, look under the hood for the dry sump tank located at the passenger's side firewall. Should see a yellow dip stick. All Z51 have the dry sump tank.
If you don't have the tires and dry sump, then its a base car and those are not stock rotors.
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Rotors
Not a Z51 but has NPP and only had 8K miles on it when I purchased it. Is there an option brake package for the 3lt that might be on it. Got car from a Lexas dealer and they only called it a3lt had no idea about NPP or what it was.Thanks
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Non z51 cars have the option of adding the NPP. The 3lt package is a trim level package and has nothing to do with the brake rotors. Sounds like the original owner changed the rotors.
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Hard to say. Wilwood also makes slotted rotors for people who run their car on track. Wilwood's current C7 Z06 offering comes with a choice of rotors if you know where to look. You can get everything from a ceramic rotor to drilled/slotted. Here is a slotted rotor that can be ordered instead of the drilled/slotted rotor picture in the kit:
http://www.wilwood.com/Rotors/RotorP...emno=160-13806
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http://www.wilwood.com/Rotors/RotorP...emno=160-13806
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Hard to say. Wilwood also makes slotted rotors for people who run their car on track. Wilwood's current C7 Z06 offering comes with a choice of rotors if you know where to look. You can get everything from a ceramic rotor to drilled/slotted. Here is a slotted rotor that can be ordered instead of the drilled/slotted rotor picture in the kit:
http://www.wilwood.com/Rotors/RotorP...emno=160-13806
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http://www.wilwood.com/Rotors/RotorP...emno=160-13806
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But on one vendors are some place the drilled ones was cheaper someplace.
I saw it the same day I posted my above post.. Robert
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