f-body guys... stock front brake pad upgrades?

[The Broken Regal]

What kinda brake pads have you f-body kiddies currently use or have used?

I'm talking about on the stock size brakes, looking to see what kinda pads are out there and reviews from people!

Kinda want to stay on the ceramic side, but hey, who knows


And before everyone goes apeshit and says "hey, heavykevy, dont you drive a flaming w-body?" well yea, oddly enough the part # that your rotors are for OEM application are exactly the same as the rotors that monte carlos and impalas use for a single piston brake upgrade... do a small drill and tap on the caliper brackets and POOF, you can bolt on f-body dual piston ligher weight calipers and use those with 12" rotors... im also going with c5 vette calipers as those bolt right in as long as you use the f-body pads and hardware... lol so yea


TIA!

Kev

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[skeezer]

http://www.ws6project.com/user_stor/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=235_66_299&products_id=545

 

[Angus]

Hey Kevin, don't you drive a.... oh.

 

[DarkShadow]

on my F-body brakes for the bonneville (LT1 F-body, dont know if those are different than urs) i use Adaptive ceramic pads from NAPA, and i love them, great stopping power and never squeak, all i can ask for really lol.

 

[Smokinhot]

HAWKS works great

 

[LSx S10]

on my F-body brakes for the bonneville (LT1 F-body, dont know if those are different than urs) i use Adaptive ceramic pads from NAPA, and i love them, great stopping power and never squeak, all i can ask for really lol.

yea adaptive ones are the shit, not so much for high performance but definantly better than stock.

 

[PANDA]

http://www.ws6project.com/user_stor/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=235_66_299&products_id=545

X2

 

[Fish]

Im loving the EBC pads I have now.

 

[Eagle]

I plan on installing Hawks for the spring... it'll be my first brake job on the TA since owning it.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

hps pads are great but dust quite a bit fyi.

 

[TransHed]

I plan on installing Hawks for the spring... it'll be my first brake job on the TA since owning it.

I gotta do all around calipers, rotors and pad before winter. It'll be my first time doing that too

 

[Eagle]

Wait, do you drive your fbody through the winter?

 

[TransHed]

Hopefully this is the last winter it has to be driven through, but yes.

 

[Eagle]

Fun times!

I drove my TA to the dealer right after buying it for the "WE OWE YOU" list... and of course it had to snow that day. 1/2" of the white stuff and I was sure I was gonna die.

That car was not intended to be driven in the elements...

 

[TransHed]

Oh I HATE not having a winter car. I really just want a base model Impreza to drive in the winter/shitty year round weather. Unfortunatly, that is not in the budget right now.

I bought my TA in January of 08' lol

 

[FormulaLS1]

HAWKS works great

+1

hps pads are great but dust quite a bit fyi.

The dusting is not bad at all IMO.

 

[madscientist]

aerospace, and i havent used them yet