My 2018 Yukon Denali down for Brembos front & rear

[MrMonte]

My 2018 Yukon Denali has 134K miles on the original brakes and I gave up waiting for them to wear out so she is down for a Brembo upgrade front & rear. I've had the Brembos sitting around for over a year.

Completed the rear today. I used calipers from a Gen6 Camaro SS. Rear pads had 40% life left and rotors show very little wear. After cleaning them they measure .7865" with new being .79" & below .73" is trash so I am reusing the original rear rotors.

Some trimming required to clear the 4 piston Brembo calipers . The 6 piston Brembos with 16.2" rotors for the front need new backing plates so that will be fun & likely tomorrow's project.

Here's before trimming.

Here's after trimming.

Here's the rear complete & front rotor preview.

 

[MrMonte]

Installed the PPV 16.2" front brakes with 6 piston Brembos. Quite the process to install the bigger backing plates with the front axles block access to the hub bolts. I can see why many don't change the backing plates.

Front calipers need a washer to align to the rotors and stock brake line works. Still need to bleed the brakes then will repaint my wheels while they are off.

 

[slupie]

Did yoy use caliper adapters in the rear or did the rear caliper bolt right up?

 

[MrMonte]

Need this:

GM Truck/SUV 4 Piston C7 Rear Big Brake Bracket Kit – CTSV Brake Swap https://share.google/wZxIwtURRmjRG79qF

 

[LSCALADE]

Im jealous, probably stops amazingly!

 

[MrMonte]

These brakes are amazing yet very controllable. Plus the look Still looks new inside & out after 134K miles and drives & stops better than new now.

 

[MrMonte]

With those 16.2" rotor & 6 piston calipers I've read gas mileage takes a hit. I've never seen a tank less than 20mpg in the 80K + miles that I've owned it. Has 134K miles now.
My 1st 50 miles after the new brakes I was at 17.7mpg. Have about 200 miles on the brakes now and last 50 miles was 24.2mpg even with a few red lights. Will be interesting to see what the next tank ends up as I filled it yesterday.

When I installed the 305 wide 33" tall tires I calibrated my speedo to GPS.

 

[tc8510]

Looking good! Do you have the part numbers for everything you installed in the front? I have Brembos in the rear. I want the front to match!

 

[MrMonte]

Looking good! Do you have the part numbers for everything you installed in the front? I have Brembos in the rear. I want the front to match!

Just got back from a 7 day roadtrip and the big brakes didn't hurt the mpg too bad. Lot of mountain driving so +4,000ft elevation changes, rain, snow & high winds with over 1,000 miles of driving and got 22mpg. Also had a few remote warm up starts, many drive thru stops & 80mph speed limits

I bought my front parts from Rock Auto except for the washers to center the calipers that came from Amazon. List below should help.

Fronts:
Rotors (2): Powerstop AR82209EVC. https://tinyurl.com/4jzyjprk
GM 6 piston caliper - left: GM 84793057: https://tinyurl.com/35ct3nbe
GM 6 piston caliper - right: GM 84793058: https://tinyurl.com/y9dtxcz4
GM caliper bracket bolts (4): GM 11612265: https://tinyurl.com/yx7b5jc6
GM banjo bolts (2): GM 11569590: https://tinyurl.com/4h9xyufh
GM crush washers: https://tinyurl.com/bdd4z9df
Powerstop brake pads Z372407: https://tinyurl.com/4jb6xad2
Washers (to mount between the caliper and the spindle): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BX43JS5Q



Rear:
1 x https://ctsvbrakeswap.com/collectio...ck-suv-4-piston-c7-rear-big-brake-bracket-kit
1 x GM 1722716 caliper (Right passenger side)
1 x GM 1722715 caliper (Left driver side)
1 x Power Stop Z261718 rear brake pads
2 x Raybestos 581032P rear brake rotors
2 x GM 11569590 Banjo bolts
2 x GM 22968938 Disc Brake hardware kit (the brake pad posts that run through the caliper)

 

[LSCALADE]

^^^ That is absolutely amazing!

 

[Ericdd]

I bought my front parts from Rock Auto except for the washers to center the calipers that came from Amazon. List below should help.

Fronts:
Rotors (2): Powerstop AR82209EVC. https://tinyurl.com/4jzyjprk
GM 6 piston caliper - left: GM 84793057: https://tinyurl.com/35ct3nbe
GM 6 piston caliper - right: GM 84793058: https://tinyurl.com/y9dtxcz4
GM caliper bracket bolts (4): GM 11612265: https://tinyurl.com/yx7b5jc6
GM banjo bolts (2): GM 11569590: https://tinyurl.com/4h9xyufh
GM crush washers: https://tinyurl.com/bdd4z9df
Powerstop brake pads Z372407: https://tinyurl.com/4jb6xad2
Washers (to mount between the caliper and the spindle): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BX43JS5Q



Rear:
1 x https://ctsvbrakeswap.com/collectio...ck-suv-4-piston-c7-rear-big-brake-bracket-kit
1 x GM 1722716 caliper (Right passenger side)
1 x GM 1722715 caliper (Left driver side)
1 x Power Stop Z261718 rear brake pads
2 x Raybestos 581032P rear brake rotors
2 x GM 11569590 Banjo bolts
2 x GM 22968938 Disc Brake hardware kit (the brake pad posts that run through the caliper)

How much did the whole kit run you?