C6 Z06 brakes installed(pics)

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Aug 4, 2007 | 04:01 PM

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C6 Z06 brakes installed(pics)

These are probably not the best brake setup for the money, as a lot of people don't like them. But I think it's hard to beat the looks.
The wheels looked good but they needed a little something to fill them out. I think these do the job nicely.
A big downside is the weight. The rotors weigh 23lb each and the calipers loaded with new hawk pads weigh in at 15lb each.

C6 Z06 calipers:

These things are HUGE

Z06 calipers vs. LT1 calipers:

Z06 rotor vs. LT1 rotor:

Stock spindle:

Modified spindle with new caliper mount: (I went back and cleaned up the cut better than this pic shows)

Installed:

Before:

After:

Now one of you guys needs to tell me how to make the matching rears work on my car.

Aug 4, 2007 | 04:29 PM

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nice man.. i see you went with the Kore3 brackets.. good call.. i use them too

Aug 4, 2007 | 04:50 PM

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Any pic's further away, i want to see how those CCW's look with the new combo..

Aug 4, 2007 | 04:57 PM

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I'll get some better pics once I get the car cleaned up.

Aug 4, 2007 | 07:09 PM

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Those looks awesome do they take the same mounting bracket as the c5 calipers?

Aug 4, 2007 | 07:18 PM

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Very nice, you went from the smallest brakes to the largest.

I've been wanting to go with these brakes myself but I have 17" wheels so they'd never fit. I guess I'll just stick with the C5 Z06 brakes then.

Aug 4, 2007 | 08:13 PM

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Those looks awesome do they take the same mounting bracket as the c5 calipers?

Yes. All C5 and C6 calipers use the same brackets.

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Aug 4, 2007 | 08:45 PM

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Those look good. Definitely looks better behind the wheel. What a difference in size between both rotors and calipers.

Aug 4, 2007 | 08:49 PM

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looks good....how much did it set you back? $

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Aug 4, 2007 | 09:21 PM

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Looks really good.

Camaro rotors weight about 17.5 lbs and Impala comes in at 14.30.

Aug 4, 2007 | 09:40 PM

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looks good....how much did it set you back? $

Jon

What he said...

Looks killer! Nice job!

Aug 4, 2007 | 09:49 PM

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If you already have wheels that will work with them, everything can be bought new for under $1200.

Aug 4, 2007 | 11:53 PM

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Looks good as mentioned already. Did you do any before braking distance tests?

Aug 5, 2007 | 10:39 AM

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Thats nice, have any pics of the brake pads?

Aug 5, 2007 | 03:57 PM

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Sorry, no pics of the pads.

Here's some shots from farther away.

Aug 5, 2007 | 04:43 PM

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Sorry, no pics of the pads.

Here's some shots from farther away.

Aug 5, 2007 | 06:11 PM

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I saw those brakes in person on an ls1 camaro that was SLAMMED and had c6 z06 wheels...it was absolutely GORGEOUS...

The LT1 looks just as good!

Very nice brakes!

Erik