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Hey everyone! my SS is due for some new front brake pads & rotors! i got new ones for the rear a month ago and now its time for the front. Whats the best bang for buck brake pads & rotors? ive heard hawks are good and going for the stock brembo are good as well.. any suggestions? thanks!
ONLY OEM for both rotors and pads. All after market street pads, especially Hawk HPS are a SERIOUS downgrade from stock. Get the Ferrodo pads and GM rotors.
Here are the links to the cheapest place to buy them:
R1Concepts in the Supporting Vendor section of this forum has some good deals on rotors and pads. Contact R1concepts.
also if your just doing OEM blanks, get any of the ones from Wagner, ACDelco, Monroe, NAPA, Centric, Raybestos rotors on rockauto.com.
The OEM pads are the best BUT.... if your not tracking the car, who cares. All the pads will stop the car pretty well. Get whatever you want. Power Stop, EBC, R1Concepts, Hawk....
There are power stop pad and rotor kits on Rockauto.com and again contact R1concepts, they have good stuff. Their Eline series are pretty decent.
Just to let you know: The OEM Brembo pads are extremely expensive for brake pads. I got a deal on Amazon.com for $135 I think. Normally they are $250 just for front pads.
I picked up this kit on Amazon.com from R1Concepts. Comes with ceramic pads they make. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I believe R1Concepts was able to get me this same kit for $250 if I had contacted them first on the forum. Thats a complete front and rear pad and rotor kit.
Just to let you know: The OEM Brembo pads are extremely expensive for brake pads. I got a deal on Amazon.com for $135 I think. Normally they are $250 just for front pads.
The Amazon link I posted above sells the OEM pads for $138 shipped. Have been for years. Trust me that is cheap compared to the Hawk race pads I'm running. These are genuine OEM Ferrodo/Brembo pads. I have ordered from them myself.
The Amazon link I posted above sells the OEM pads for $138 shipped. Have been for years. Trust me that is cheap compared to the Hawk race pads I'm running. These are genuine OEM Ferrodo/Brembo pads. I have ordered from them myself.
yeah I ordered them as well. I have them on my car now. If you were to go to GM guine parts dealer, they'd be $250. The dealership even quoted me that.
yeah I ordered them as well. I have them on my car now. If you were to go to GM guine parts dealer, they'd be $250. The dealership even quoted me that.
Yeah that's why you never ever buy ANYTHING from the dealership lol
Any input on doing stainless lines while at it? Never new stock pads were the way to go, and now wondering if getting stainless would be worth it....
Stainless lines make a big difference if you tax your brakes a lot. Brake pedal feel is a lot firmer especially when you really warm up your brakes. I run ZZP's braided SS lines:
Stainless lines make a big difference if you tax your brakes a lot. Brake pedal feel is a lot firmer especially when you really warm up your brakes. I run ZZP's braided SS lines:
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