well my car almost had 30k on it and the brakes looked low last week and been squeaking lately so i took my car to the dealer today to have theym do a brake inspection and give me a price i thought maybe just new pads and thats it...

they end up telling me it needs new rotors and pads front and rear and itll be $1149 haha

**** that ****...

went online looked at ced $620.17

gmpartsdirect $468.83

rockauto $421.36

gmpartsdistributor $437.74

newgmparts.com $448.68


well looks like im buying them from rock auto lol

anybody else buy from them and any advise on doing the brakes? ive done brakes before just not on my cobalt yet

btw if anybody is wondering

front rotors 25994100

front pads 25808929

rear rotors 15921402

rear pads 15271565

 

thanks for the info i'll need new brakes in spring at least in fronts.. that's an awesome price. is that for the OEM pads and rotors or a different brand like acdelco durastop/centric/raybestos?

 

yup oem pads/rotors only ones id buy for my car...

 

i hear ya... **** on all those companies that claim less brake dust and no squeeling. i'll take the OEM stopping power any day of the week. they work great. never had an issue stopping even from high speeds.

i forgot the name of the company that makes them. anyone remember? lol it's an odd name.

 

I tried the raybestos rotors they were disappointing, I took them off after 100 miles. 10-4 all stock. Rock auto does have good prices though. They dont carry inventory. Talk to Tom about his acdelco site... try that pricing...

 

acdelco doesn't make the oem pads and rotors that the car came with though does it? i thought it was another company? i try to do a google search and all i get are shittonnes of ads for hawk pads...annoying as hell

 

ac delco sell oem brakes and rotors for SS cobalt Turbo and S/C. Brembo made in germany rotors and ferodo HP1000 OEM pads, made where ever.

 

Front OEM pads are made by Ferodo, Brembo pad manufacturer... I got mine from CED because other sites didn't tell me what they have and don't have in stock...

I went with premium slotted R1 rotors, OEM Ferodo front pads and HPS rear pads. No complaints whatsoever. Just make sure you bed in whatever rotors/pads you do go with..

EDIT: John beat me to it by 2 minutes.

 

Ferodo! that's the name! i'll be sticking with stock pads and rotors.. no hawk HPS or slotted drilled/crap.

 

^^^I agree. I would and do always run stock pads in the rear, they dont do much work, and if you run too hard a compound in the back they may glaze over...my .02c.

 

what do you run in the front for track days tho john? xrc or whatever there called like wang does?

 

I bought front AC Delco Professional pads/rotors from rockauto and they are awesome.

Go with ACDelco.

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you drive an LSJ. they might be different for the brembo LNF setup.

 

They make Brembo replacement pads/rotors.

 

Get the Ceramic Durastop pads and Durastop Rotors from rockauto, you can thank us later.

 

well if they outperform the stock pads and rotors i'd be impressed but do they wear quicker due to being ceramic? i have 70,000km on my front pads and rotors and they still haven't hit the squeelers yet. that's impressive for their stopping power so i'd be more inclined to deal with the bit of brake dust they produce and keep what i know works.

 

no

 

i track my car and its a lnf not a lsj the brakes are totally different but thanks

 

just get the bbk from prs, your rocking pretty much all prs gear

 

Drilled would be crap. Slotted are actually nice up here in the NW to let all the water out.. It only rains 80% of the year here.

As for the HPS for the rear, I have those back there since they work very well on my wife's ride. No issues whatsoever.

 

 

yes slotted would be nice for that. it rains alot here in the maritimes too and that first second or two when your brakes are mushy and don't work well makes your stomach jump to your throat for sure haha

 

I don't have that issue anymore now that I switched from OEM blanks to slotted R1s... I know what you mean about the mushy pedal after driving in the rain for a while.

 

why facepalm? they are different pads different rotors different calipers

im not going with cheapshit sorry buddy

 

i think he's trying to get at the fact that the pads and rotors are probably made of the same materials regardless of what design they are.

that bieng said i will always go with what the car was designed to use. the stockers. they work great and wear slow.