corvette744
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Has anyone seen this set up on our tahoe,suburbans ?. http://www.silveradoss.com/forums/topic/64830-z06-brake-conversion/
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Dantheman1540
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I have not personally seen it and it's probably because it's very expensive.
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You realize that thread is 10+ years old? and the kit is dependent on a custom bracket made by the guy who posted.
He could be dead.
I remember people doing that though back then on camaros and earlier vettes with 2p calipers. It worked OK but lots of minor fab work.
And the early Z06 caliper is a PBR caliper. Folks weren't too impressed by them. I thought they stopped really well for street applications.
If you really wanted a 6P caliper, I would steer you in the direction of wilwood, GM performance, brembo or stoptech......all much closer to "bolt on" than a PBR.
And all $2000+
BTW.....I've had them all on various cars and trucks. StopTechs are awesome.....but very pricey. Same with APRacing, but Awesome.
R1 makes an 6 and 8 piston caliper and they don't even list the price.....whoa!
And I have say GM puts them all to shame, major shame, with the $75 super caliper. And I've never been impressed by GM engineering.....There was always something obviously wrong. LOL
I remember seeing that years ago. The "good news" about the C6 Z06 caliper is there should be plenty out there used which help with the cost but Baer is very proud of their stuff so I bet those rotors are stupid expensive. The design of those calipers isn't the best though, there's a reason GM now uses Brembo. It also depends on if that guy still makes those brackets and how much he wants for them.
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Price for the front pair of C6 ZO6 bracket conversion bracket is 275.00 plus actual shipping cost's.
If that included brackets for the rear also that would be a good deal but that costs more than the brackets to use the C6 ZR1 Brembo calipers from the other company. The ZR1 calipers work with the 16" rotor so that would be a MUCH better setup than the Z06 calipers. Other than for looks, these truck really don't need bigger rear brakes. I just bought a set of the Powerstop powder coated red stock calipers for mine which matched the GM Brembo kit pretty well color wise.
Yeah the guy that makes those brackets, Rudy, he's a good dude. He's alive and well
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That's good to know, I know a lot of older forum members that have vanished and always wonder what happened to them. If the rotors and pads weren't so expensive it would be a worthwhile swap. I think the brackets are priced fairly but the wear items are far too expensive for a daily drive that see 20k+ a year on it.
Yeah the caliper and rotor prices got steep quick with that set up.
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I agree. ZR1 Brembo is better.
Do you paint the backside of the pad red?
To make it look homogenous? I'm gonna do that.
I just have a budget theme on my tahoe, so I'm happy to stay OEM when I can. There's a big difference between $600 and $2500.
I'm still kinda kicking my self that I bought the fuel wheels when I should've bought the Ebay AT4 squigglies.
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And you know those GM $90 pads are probably designed for 50K+
And the pad swap on the 4P caliper is very quick.
I like high friction pads that generate a boatload of dust and eat rotors, but they are all still sold out.
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No thanks, I want long life, dust-free and quiet pads lol.
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Anyone else do this conversion yet? Pictures if you did.
No. I think painting the pads red would make it look like someone painted their calipers and everything around it because they didn't take the caliper off.
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Anyone else do this conversion yet? Pictures if you did.
I'm just waiting on USPS to get their head out of their ****** and find the calipers that are on the way!
corvette744
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Dan are your the one with the 07-14 upgrade already on your tahoe now.
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I just received the 20 brake caliper sent to me by Dan and it clears my 20" GMC wheels with room to spare. The 20 caliper is huge compared to the stock caliper on the Tahoe. Below is a picture of the wheels , I don't know what they call them.
Next up to test the caliper to see if it fits. Pay actual shipping cost of $19.10 and don't forget the 58 cents.PM me. And thanks to the member that purchased this caliper Dan also.
Next up to test the caliper to see if it fits. Pay actual shipping cost of $19.10 and don't forget the 58 cents.PM me. And thanks to the member that purchased this caliper Dan also.
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Caliper making the rounds. Frequent flyer miles should be in store.
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Nice upgrade for the money. I'm still undecided between the 2020 brake upgrade and Wilwoods F&R. The stock brakes on this platform are bad to put them mildly.
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