bee-stro

what would be a good upgrade for brakes and rotors for my car as it stands with mods in my sig.

99Andrew

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Brembo blanks and Hawk pads....

cookba

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ya or just a corvette brake upgrade

SS1875

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UMI has a brake upgrade kit that is very reasonable... I used their conversion bracket when doing my C5 front conversion.

z28bryan

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What type of upgrade are you looking for? That question is so open ended and the answers you are going to get are basically what that person wants

bee-stro

i dont need to stop on a dime, but rigt now the stocks aren't worth s#it. I need somethin thats gonna help me and my heavy foot. lol

99Andrew

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Your answers are too vague. If you want to improve your stock setup, then Brembos and Hawks are probably $450.00 shipped to you.

If you have an open checkbook, and really need significantly better braking, then look at upgrades in the $1,000 plus range starting with StopTech front brakes.

jargan04

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You can do the UMI or LG C5 rotor upgrade with some hawk pads. I did the same thing on my TA only with EBC greenstuff pads and it made a huge difference.

bee-stro

i was thinking somewhere between 400 - 600 dollar range and would like drilled for the looks

02SS#406

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Good shocks/struts will change several characteristics of your car. Great brakes won't fix that issue. As a matter of fact, you may be disappointed after spending that money on brakes, and still needing shocks.

z28bryan

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There's a few things that would fix that.

Better pads might fix that. Maybe you just need new pads. If you want you could get a pad that is decent for autox.

Better tires might fix that. If your tires have no traction, you won't stop when your pads are trying to do work. Your tires will break traction earlier when you get in the brakes. What type of tires do you have?

Drilled or slotted rotors won't help you stop faster. Though for some reason people must have them, and many have been ok on them. I think you'll find a better improvement from the above two.

Also the driver can improve the brakes. If your jamming on the brakes you won't stop as good as if you squeeze the brakes. I personally think that the ls1 brakes are pretty good.