Aldofashow Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Finally scored some front ZO6 calipers so I'm ordering pads & rotors this week I know what rotors to get started looking for pads and there's not much info on what works best when mounted to these heavy trucks. So far from what of read the one piece pads would prevent you from losing a single padlet if one was to wear quicker then the others causing it to possibly fall out of the caliper along with a piston leaking brake fluid everywhere not sure how many miles before this could happen but it has happened. I also read that the ceramic pads are really harsh on the rotors and could possibly start corrosion considering there big money I'd say that nobody wants that to happen but at the same time nobody wants the dust all over the place. So what is the happy medium when choosing a set of pads for these Calipers on these heavy Trucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1BAD2K Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 I ran them on my old SS with hawk ceramic pads and didn't didn't notice any braking improvement. They were quiet and clean, but not worth it to be eating rotors. I have oem pads this time and plan to run them. Most single pads are race oriented and take a bit to heat up and start working good based on the compound obviously. They are ideal though if we could find a semi quiet pad. Don't wanna sound like a dump truck lol, but I don't mind the dust so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldofashow Posted February 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 So you think it's best to just run the oem padlets and replace the pads often after a certain amount of miles and that would give the best braking and prolong the life of the rotors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someotherguy Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) Ceramic pads do not wear rotors faster than semi-metallics; this is simply not true - exactly the opposite. Semi-metallic pads, especially the more aggressive ones, will wear the rotors faster. If there's a downside to consider with ceramics, it's that -generally speaking- they don't stop as well as semi-metallics. That's the trade-off for the very low dust you get from ceramics. Again though that's a very general statement and will vary depending on the compounds chosen. For example, I replaced some whatever-brand semi-metallics on my SRT8 (a 4400lb car) with Wagner ceramics and actually improved the braking, because the old pads were apparently some cheesy junk that got put on there when the previous owner didn't want to cash up for genuine Brembo pads. Now those Brembo pads are pretty stout for stopping but they do eat the rotors and do make tons of dust. Richard Edited February 22, 2016 by someotherguy (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90zxdriver Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 I have the OEM Z06 pads and they are by far the dirtiest pads I have ever experienced. The truck stops amazing but dang, those pads make a mess. The fronts are way worse than the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssfast Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 If you don't mind me asking We're are you getting rotors from I posted to the Z06 how to but am having a hard time trying to find rotors the part numbers give appear to be for rotor replacement for two price style unless reading it wrong I looked on summit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldofashow Posted February 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 I was gonna order from Baer directly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssfast Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 (edited) The new style brackets are running 15" rotors if you get any part numbers will you post them up curious if they changed numbers. Or are the numbers still 6910962 & 6920962 http://m.summitracing.com/parts/bae-6910962 Edited February 25, 2016 by ssfast (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldofashow Posted February 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Same numbers I have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssfast Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 May have to contact Baer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90zxdriver Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 Baer direct for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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