doing the brakes?
doing the brakes? 
hi all, i am needing to change the brakes on my car...i was wanting to get some suggestions from you guys as most of you are more knowledgeable then i, in regards to f-body's....i was wanting pad/rotor recommendations if you guys would be so kind? (brake setup is all stock minus pads being changed by previous owner, i believe) I run ATE rotors with hawk HPS pads... Not cheap but they work well.
First you may want to take a wheel off and check your pads to make sure they need replacing....if not then bleeding the brakes should help out.
Second check out the suspension and brake section
First you may want to take a wheel off and check your pads to make sure they need replacing....if not then bleeding the brakes should help out.
Second check out the suspension and brake section
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Go to a junkyard and find a '98-'02 Fbody, all of them should have the dual calipers, doesn't matter if it's a v6. Remove the spindles, calipers, rotors, everything as one. You'll have to pop the ball joints. You should be able to get the whole thing for under 200 bucks. Then buy the brembo blanks and hawks pads. Install everything, bleed the brakes, and enjoy a night and day difference of braking power. 
thanks a bunch! i'll have to hit up my uncle's junkyard to see what he has...hopefully get it for free then!
Go to a junkyard and find a '98-'02 Fbody, all of them should have the dual calipers, doesn't matter if it's a v6. Remove the spindles, calipers, rotors, everything as one. You'll have to pop the ball joints. You should be able to get the whole thing for under 200 bucks. Then buy the brembo blanks and hawks pads. Install everything, bleed the brakes, and enjoy a night and day difference of braking power.
C5 brakes
On mine I put powerstop drilled rotors and EBC greenstuff pads, but they didn't work too well so I'm considering switching to C5 brakes once I swap out the ABS computer.
On mine I put powerstop drilled rotors and EBC greenstuff pads, but they didn't work too well so I'm considering switching to C5 brakes once I swap out the ABS computer.
i want to grab everything off of the front and the rear of a 98+ Fbody?
Go to a junkyard and find a '98-'02 Fbody, all of them should have the dual calipers, doesn't matter if it's a v6. Remove the spindles, calipers, rotors, everything as one. You'll have to pop the ball joints. You should be able to get the whole thing for under 200 bucks. Then buy the brembo blanks and hawks pads. Install everything, bleed the brakes, and enjoy a night and day difference of braking power.
When I first got my car, I got the four axle kit from SSBC. Four rotors and pads. The pads they used at the time were from Hawk.
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
This'll inexpensivly get you some decent brakes to hold you over until you go to bigger/better brakes.
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
This'll inexpensivly get you some decent brakes to hold you over until you go to bigger/better brakes.
well because your new to F-bodies a replacement of your stock rotors and pads wont be hard at all. every one talks about hawk pads and brembo blanks. the next time you should have to replace your pads you should know enough to do a C5 upgrade