Larger wheels, need more brakes?
01-07-2007, 05:41 PM
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Larger wheels, need more brakes? If I swap out now to the 18" C6 Z06 hypersilvers do I need to do the upgrade immediately? I hope the answer is no since I just replaced the rotors with Duralasts and pads to Hawk HPS. I intend to do the C5 upgrade but wanted to get 'the look' first. Am I just asking for trouble? Should I do the brakes and then save the $800 again? Thanks for the input.
01-07-2007, 07:28 PM
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Why do you think you have to do the upgrade in the first place? Really the only downside to bigger wheels is you usually have more unsprung weight. Which will take a bit more to get it stopped, but not enough to notice a huge difference. Sure they are going to look tiny under there with 18" wheels now on there, but with the brake upgrades you have done already, you will be just fine.
01-08-2007, 09:47 AM
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I was worrying about the weight behind the purchase more than the look. I don't figure a half inch more around the rotor will make it a visual eyesore. I was more concerned about the safe stopping distance.
01-08-2007, 12:24 PM
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On trucks, when you upgrade the stock 15" wheels to 22" you definitely should upgrade the brakes due to the increased rotational mass and overall diameter. But in your case, you are basically only going up 1" in size over stock (compared to the optional 17X9) and the weight and overall diameter will be close to stock so you don't need to upgrade the brakes.