C7 Zo7 Carbon Ceramic Rotor Switch-Out
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C7 Zo7 Carbon Ceramic Rotor Switch-Out
I was wondering if there is another option out there not to run the Carbon Ceramic Rotors and keeping the Calipers? Bought a 2015 Z with the Z07 options. I got good deal on the car. Couldn’t pass it up. I knew when I bought it it would be pricey to keep the brake system up. There is 26,000 miles on it. I don’t track the car at all. Do the make different rotors that mount to the brake centers? Not sure how long they last either.
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I was wondering if there is another option out there not to run the Carbon Ceramic Rotors and keeping the Calipers? Bought a 2015 Z with the Z07 options. I got good deal on the car. Couldn’t pass it up. I knew when I bought it it would be pricey to keep the brake system up. There is 26,000 miles on it. I don’t track the car at all. Do the make different rotors that mount to the brake centers? Not sure how long they last either.
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If you really want to replace them, Girodisc sells replacement rotors. https://girodisc.com/finder/?pfresul...mic&f_axle=All
To do front and rear will run you about $4,000.
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OP as said the CCB rotors and pads will last you 50k-100k miles easily of normal street driving. If you want to move over to iron rotors I believe Girodisc and DBA both offer iron rotor rings. Ken over at KNS brakes can handle all of your brake parts needs and he know his stuff as he actually races as well.
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I was wondering if there is another option out there not to run the Carbon Ceramic Rotors and keeping the Calipers? Bought a 2015 Z with the Z07 options. I got good deal on the car. Couldn’t pass it up. I knew when I bought it it would be pricey to keep the brake system up. There is 26,000 miles on it. I don’t track the car at all. Do the make different rotors that mount to the brake centers? Not sure how long they last either.
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Pock Marked-Bad Rotor:
Shiny Rotor-Good Rotor:
This picture was taken after 3 track days. The rotor shows some wear but at this stage it is still good for lots of street miles.
There aren't a lot of choices if you need to replace the rotors, You can pay $2000 apiece on Amazon for the stock rotors, pay about $2600 for a set of 4 Girodisc rotors or purchase an aftermarket BBK and replace the calipers and rotors. The AP Raing front and rear BBK kits will set you back about $10K while a Wilwood setup will be several thousand less.
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The CCB rotors are considerably larger in volume than the stock iron ones. If you keep your CCB calipers, your iron rotors will have to match that volume, and they will be very heavy. Significant weight increase above a stock iron set-up. As others have pointed out, in street use CCB rotors should last a long, long time.
