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Hi Guys, if you refer back to the start of this thread, we were helping out with a group buy. Since then we have left and came back. I'd be happy to help anyone with OEM GM parts for this set up.
Thanks
Kevin
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zamora7

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Anybody running these brakes with OE Wheels deep dish, c6 z06 wheels with 46mm offset?

LS1HIGHLIFE

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Cool, thanks for the support! Can I get a PM with a quote?

Killer_Z

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Just put my 18x9.5F and 18x10.5R DD C5 Rims, and measured stock caliper to the rim, and its 1 3/8's" just shy of 1.5". So i'm gonna need a spacer.

mac62989

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Please let me know how it goes. Im stuck between ordering those wheels and C6 Z06 Spyders.

Killer_Z

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Will do. Fom all the reading I might not need a spacer. But I think I'm gonna put a 5mm spacer if I can find one. Cuz I believe the op had less then 1.25" clearance and the calipers barely touched the rim.

peterlawl84

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Just FYI, I had 1 7/16" from my stock caliper to my wheel and I needed a spacer.

Killer_Z

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what size spacer did u end up using?

cookba

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hey Killer Z what offset are your fronts?

Killer_Z

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front 18x9.5 are 54mm rear 56mm

Killer_Z

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really? u needed a spacer with ur 20's? damn maybe spoke design? thats weird. u would think 20's would clear w/o n e issue. hmmm but n e way as i asked what size spacer u end up running?

peterlawl84

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Yea, I was hoping not to have to run a spacer, but when I did the test fit, the spoke rubbed on the caliper (and I mean rubbed...just barely)...I probably could of gone with like a 5 mm spacer, but I just ordered the Eibach's listed at the beginning. It made my wheels sit pretty flush with the fender edge.
The fact that they were 20" probably gave me alittle more room than if they were 18 or 19" wheels, if you look closely at the spoke design...where they flare-out at the end, it has a real slight curve backwards, which is where the CTS-v caliper was rubbing.
As you can see with the stock caliper, they did not stick out far enough to take that slight curve into consideration...so I guess I actually had less than the 1 7/16" from where the CTS-v caliper is located, but I was measuring from the stock caliper location.

Stock vs. CTS-v

TPI TERROR

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back in may i did my v1 ctsv brake upgrade on my ls1 3rd gen m

i saw that the new 6piston kit is offered. im sure it would take a lot more work. and bigger wheel. atleast a 19
so i settled with the first 4 piston caliper kit offered, pretty affordable.

so i was looking at the rears that are in the market from gm parts direct. 4 piston ctsv or the 2010 camaros for the rear. they come with the mounting plates. im sure its not a direct fit.. but im sure they can be modified onto the 4th gen diff housing.
has anyone attempted this?

http://paceperformance.com/index.asp...&ProdID=265055

The Alchemist

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I had the 19x9.5 HP evos (lightning) and have the c5 brake conversion up front and had to run a spacer with those. The problem isn't so much the offset, but the spoke design of most wheels. Most wheels that have a fat lip are going to be a problem because to get that fat lip, but have the proper offset, you have spokes that tail bat in at the hoop to give you that lip. Look at most of the c6 wheel designs and you'll see that you rarely have a lip on them, that's because they couldn't get a lip, and be able to clear the brakes, and have the proper wheel placement, so they gave up on the fat lip.

imma_stocker

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Thanks Alchemist, that's what I was worried about happening. Time to continue the search for a pair of front wheels.


I've skimmed through the thread but maybe I missed any rims that fit w/o spacers. I need too much rubber to have 19s or 20s. My business requires me to drive on nasty roads sometimes and often in the middle of nowhere with replacement tires hard to find.

Ravenous T\A

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Has anybody thought about using a Hummer H3 4 piston calipers? They come on the standard 16" rimmed H3 Hummer's. They look like Brembo's but all I can find is there made by GM

1ta2nv2000

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Not sure if it was you I talked with, but thanks for the order. ZO6 rotors shipped for less than 200 was less than I thought they would be.

JasonWW

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Those might be steel calipers.

imma_stocker

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I think they're just painted red. All Brembos I've seen look more 'flush' with a flat side facing outward.

Ravenous T\A

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Well a 4 piston seems it would be an improvement over my 2 piston C5 caliper? Plus I already spent a butt load on my 17" Billet specialties wheels.