performance oem brake replacments

[Formula413]

Originally Posted by BryanH

you will only stop as quick as your tires will let you. If you're on like some 300+ treadwear summer tire.. the c5 kit probably won't stop you any better than stock brakes in good condition. If you can lock up the tires as is, all you'll do is lock them up earlier with better brakes.

That's an important point, if you can already lock up your tires you don't really need bigger/better brakes.

[BryanH]

I read through this thread a little more. I think the duralast rotors or napa rotors would be fine. Though going with a decent street/performance pad like Hawk HPS isn't a waste by any means in my opinion. I'm frugal with my car modifications too and I'm saying this. If you just go with the whatever pads, I think you get what you pay for. HPS actually last a long time. They have a little dust but it's easy dust to clean off wheels. It's not like we're talking about HT10's or real racing pads that you need to warm up a little before they actually stop.

So my opinion is.. stock calipers (assuming 3rd gens are decent), napa or duralast rotors, and a decent brakepad like HPS or ceramic if you want less brake dust and willing to sacrifice a little stopping power.

[irockidz28]

just maintaning brakes is all you have to do to have good brakes my car has stock brakes...bigger "better" brakes wont stop it much faster. but this is all average street driving if you were on a road course it would be different

[bottledbird68]

Originally Posted by irockidz28

just maintaning brakes is all you have to do to have good brakes my car has stock brakes...bigger "better" brakes wont stop it much faster. but this is all average street driving if you were on a road course it would be different

Bigger brakes won't stop you faster?
Anytime you want to do a side by side 60-0 your third gen with stock brakes vs mine with c5 front/lt1 rear disks I'd be happy to. I know from driving both back to back that bigger brakes make a HUGE difference in how quickly you can stop.
But, it is very true that unless you drive like an asshole on the street all the time (like me lol) or road race/autocross the car than the stock stuff will work ok.
I myself cant deal with stock stuff, by comparison I have destroyed pads and warped the rotors on both stock third gen and stock lt1 brakes. Both within a few months of driving. It is entirely possible for stock brakes to be completely inadequate on the street if you push the car to it's limits all the time. Trust me, there's a reason why it's faster for me to take the back roads home from work at 3 am. I can go much faster than i can going down rt2. No cops on the back roads at that hour lol.

[KLAB]

Originally Posted by ILuvPizzaTimes10

want the car to stop better? get a 1LE front brake setup and ive found it doesnt matter what brake pads you get they all dust up and they all dont perform as well as they say. get advance cheap semi metallic pads. and besides the softer the pad the less they chew the rotor and you can most likely just get pads on your next brake job.

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[CJaguar265]

Originally Posted by bottledbird68

Bigger brakes won't stop you faster?
Anytime you want to do a side by side 60-0 your third gen with stock brakes vs mine with c5 front/lt1 rear disks I'd be happy to. I know from driving both back to back that bigger brakes make a HUGE difference in how quickly you can stop.
But, it is very true that unless you drive like an asshole on the street all the time (like me lol) or road race/autocross the car than the stock stuff will work ok.
I myself cant deal with stock stuff, by comparison I have destroyed pads and warped the rotors on both stock third gen and stock lt1 brakes. Both within a few months of driving. It is entirely possible for stock brakes to be completely inadequate on the street if you push the car to it's limits all the time. Trust me, there's a reason why it's faster for me to take the back roads home from work at 3 am. I can go much faster than i can going down rt2. No cops on the back roads at that hour lol.

lets put that race up on youtube