Hey, so here is my idea..... I recieved a $250.00 gift certificate for the chevy dealership as a present from my work. I was thinking that since there isn't really much i need from there or dont have that I would buy the T/C calipers and possibly disks to swap them out with the one i have on the 07 S/C balt. Will they fit and let me know what you think?

 

If it will work. I will be doing this soon.

 

Holly **** i just went down to the "stelarship" haha and the brombi front brakes are $609.00 a peice haha CRAZY

 

^^holy crap.

Anyway, I thought the Brembo's wouldn't clear the ss/sc rims?

 

they dont the only clear the 17" ss/na wheels

 

Not really crazy, that's about what can be expected. $250 doesn't buy crap from a dealer. IMO upgrading the brakes wouldn't be worth it even if you have solid performance mods, and as mentioned you'd need new wheels.

 

To put on the brembos youll need the Calipers, a pad kit, a pin kit, mounting bolts, rotors, and wheels that fit.

How much did you honestly think they would be???? An even remotely comparable Brembo aftermarket caliper is gonna be every bit of $850, but realistically more like $1200. You can get the calipers for probably like $450-500 online which is an absolute steal for what they are. The closest youre gonna get other wise is an Alcon H-types, and these are gonna run $550-600 piece plus either machining to make it a direct mount like the brembos or a custom bracket to use a radial mount. Even if you go Wilwood youre looking at $1300 absolute minimum to get a similar setup with DynaPro or Forged Superlite 4 piston calipers, but now youve lost the lognevity of the OEM Brembo.

At $800-1000 the Brembos are absolutely the best bang for the buck when it comes to larger brakes. As always you gotta pay to play.

$250 will buy you rotors

Sell your $250 gift certificate to somebody for $175-200 and pickup some braided stainless brake hoses, fresh fluid and Hawk HPS, youll be happy.

 

damn lookit all this great advice from the euridite maven

 

I dont know if thats supposed to be a compliment or not...... you calling me a book worm?

 

swapping out the brakes would look good...but it is ALOT of effort and really not worth it overall

 

Fixed that for ya.

 

yeh i was think around 500-600 for both to honest for you but really thats fine, I will find something else haha any sudgestions from the dealership

 

Completely agree.

The Brembos on this car are the best brakes I have ever had stop me.

head and shoulders over the STIs I have driven.

 

use it to buy the factory cross drilled rotors for the 05-07 SS. I am sure someone know what I am talking about and has a part number. But like someone said above $300 isn't **** at a dealer. Do you have to use it at a certain dealer or any dealer? If it is any dealer you can use CED or GMPartsDirect.com and save some cash and get more for your gift.

 

Pads and SS lines>the craptastic cool looking rotors.

Seriously.

 

The whole package will be the best bet.

 

Nope.

Drilled rotors=less surface area.

Which equals lots of negative things.

Rotors are drilled for ONE reason only...mass reduction

Think about it...they are only drilled when you want things to be lighter(bike, huge wheeled cars etc)

Hawk HPS pads, Stainless steel brake lines and raybestos blanks or brembo blanks will yield the most consistent pedal and shortest stopping distance, that is if your tires are up to par gripwise

 

now i havent driven a tc, but does anyone actualy need better stopping power than the s/c brakes??? i drive a lot of different cars with my job and honestly, i think the ss/sc has some of the better brakes out there. i still have stock pads and rotors on mine, but they feel great and ive never actualy had the thought cross my mind of needing better brakes. i can only imagine what some good rotors and hawk pads would do for it.

unless your hardcore racer (wich money for good brakes is no object) i honestly cant see needing to do a brake upgrade other than pads/rotors/lines.

 

Yes, the stock SS/SC brakes will fade pretty quickly actually

 

Just in every day driving it takes less effort on the pedal to bring the car to a stop. The biggest difference is in hard driving situations.

They all have there purposes.

 

Drilled 11 inch rotors are pointless.

The amount of weight you are saving on a rotor that size is minimal.

Now when you start talking about 13+ you actually save some weight, but lose pad life, braking stability, rotor strength, 'bite' etc.

 

You do know it is for more than just weight don't you? If not you were miss informed. You are right in the fact that the bigger the rotor the more surface area which will allow the rotor to cool faster and that is sufficient to a certain point and that point is beyond most of the TC guys but not necessarily with the SC guys.

A cross drilled rotor yes in some way reduces weight as anything you take material out of, but the main purpose is to allow the gas to escape and not interfere with the surface area and allow more gas out and more air through and allow more cooling. And yes if you buy cheap rotors they do tend to "crack" but the "cracking" is avoided with by purchasing most top quality rotors.

 

I know they are drilled for off gassing as well.

Slotted do the same thing, but better, with less surface area taken away.

The big big big reason rotors are drilled is to save weight.

 

No no it is not

 

We have different opinions