Ok so this morning i go to work and when i go to park find out my ebrake isnt working...guessing the rear breaks are dead will find out tonight when i get home. Anyone replace the whole breaking system on the rear of the car? such as putting Brembos on the rear, or a whole new system? How much did it run you? Where did you get them? and is it better than stock. I have only had these new break pads for only 500miles roughly 1 month. Let me know what everyone thinks.

 

first is there any tension in the ebrake handle, like does it lock at all?

 

Nope nothing at all won't even lock.

 

AAlso its a 2008 cobalt ss/tc

 

Then there's your problem. Cable probably came out of the fastner, just take the little piece off the back of the console and check the cable. Might want to tighten it while you're in there.

The e-brakes suck on these cars anyway. Don't rely on it, always park the car in gear. If you're really concerned about it, chock the wheels if you have to park it on a significant grade.

 

Ok ill check that first when I get home hopefully thats it. I really didn't wanna buy new breaks for it. Also my other question anyone put brembos on the back?

 

I saw some people talking about it, but I don't think anyone's done it. My main concern would be that the car has great brake bias from the factory, I would think putting Brembos in the back would royally screw with that and take some work to really get right. Might be OK just day to day if you're not a hard braker. I really don't think it'd be worth it. Just find a pad and rotor combination that works and doesn't wear as quickly as stock and it should be GTG.

 

my stock rear pads i just replaced after 100k km's. and they still had life on them but because my driver side one had cracked i had to replace them when i did my caliper.

 

He has a TC though, they have known rear brake problems.

 

Ya but it would also be nice to have matching breaks lol but ya ill do some research and see what I can find.

 

ya didn't see him mentioning that, only saw that he was looking to upgrade to brembo rear calipers. and ya they have problems with the sliders not being properly lubricated from factory causing uneven wear in the break pads. most TC rear pads don't last past 2000km's haha

 

You should worry more about how they perform. If you screw with the braking performance for the sake of looks, it's not that difficult to end up with a pile of scrap metal.

 

i've heard alot of bigger rear calipers on our cars have problems with the ebrake system's, i know the big brake caliper for the ss/sc did anyways. not 100% sure on the TC's though