Project Z06 Brake Upgrade

[GalaxyBlackEsky]

Lol. Yeah u have already been thinking that. I don't care really that it will say it for a little bit. It will be a nice conversation piece when people ask. But I will figure out something to change it down the road

 

[THE YETI]

Just FYI, the corvette lettering is screened on. Hit it with a light sanding and then polish the caliper back to its luster. Adios corvette lettering!

 

[GalaxyBlackEsky]

Oh really!!! Good to know. I will be doing that before putting them on

 

[Goodinblack]

Well At least its not like it say Chevette. Lol.

 

[07Burb]

My dad had a chevette when I was a kid

 

[Smokymance]

the blower really works those stock brakes out...your giving me ideas!

 

[Blazed]

Yellow against black looks REALLY good, but it would kill me to have parts reading corvette on a vehicle that's not a corvette.

X2

But it does look sick back there!

 

[GalaxyBlackEsky]

I am going to try to test and sand the corvette symbol off. If I can I will do a Escalade symbol on it the same font as the corvette

 

[denali01]

cant wait to see how these perform! Where did you end up getting the calipers from? Do all orders on the brackets come with the pins and pads?

 

[GalaxyBlackEsky]

I got the Calipers from Ebay. But no the brackets do not come with pads and pins. The private seller that was selling them added it to the deal.

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Ok so test fited them on the Beltech spindles. They don't fit pefect. I have to grind down some of the spindle.. But very little. I actually started to grind one down and really didn't take long before it almost fit but my grinder took a shit. So I got it to basically sit almost flush with the spindle. But I put on the stock rotors and test the caliper and one of my rims.. One issue I might run into is spacing with the rim. I might need to do a spacer on the wheel. But I will find out more once I actually mock it up correctly with correct rotors. But here are some pics

 

[soulsea]

You have to grind down the spindle with the Wilwoods as well.

The spacer issue looks a little worrisome from here ... it looks like there's barely any lug visible the way they are sitting now to clear the caliper, so assuming that the new rotor is about the same place, you're going to need a pretty significant spacer with those rims. As in something bigger than the slide in 1/2 spacers but more like the adaptor spacers with their own lugs. I've always stayed away from those because they put big time stresses on the hub components at the most crucial point of such a heavy vehicle. Plus your rims already stick out a little up front so that would get accentuated, and you'd have to replicate it in the back to have some symmetry.

Anyhoot, that's what it looks like from here in the pic and without the right rotors ... hopefully it will turn out that you can use the slide in spacers or no spacers at all.

 

[GalaxyBlackEsky]

Yeah I know that is one thing I am kinda worried about. I should have tested my stock rim on it as well. But we I will see I am going to grind down the spindle more get it to sit correctly get the rotors and bolt everything up and see. If I can't get the 26's wheels to fit and they fit the 22's I will sell the BBK and go with Wilwoods. But I will wait to I get the rotors and I go from there. Like you said I am not going to go crazy with a spacer.

 

[soulsea]

Have you tried putting on the CK375s to see if they clear without a spacer?
Mine did so I think you'll be okay there.

But unless there is a big difference in caliper width between the Z06 and the Wilwoods aren't you going to have the same issue with the 26s clearing them?

 

[GalaxyBlackEsky]

I really don't know. But I should as I had the Wilwoods on my Tahoe with same rims. I mean the other Wilwoods were very close to hitting but didn't. But no I was a dummy and didn't test the stock wheels. I meant to but I started taking everything off before I thought of it.

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Hey Serge, I think you took off your Wilwoods already but if not could you measure the width of them?

 

[soulsea]

Unfortunately they're off.

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Btw, you had the Wilwoods on the Tahoe and the same rims and drop, so you must have had to grind the spindles back when you installed it. Does this mean that you've had to grind even more off for the Z06 calipers?

 

[GalaxyBlackEsky]

Thats what I thought. Thanks though.. agh now I want to go back out real quick and test fit the stocks to make sure. If I can get the stocks to fit the I might have to sell the 26's and go with a different rim.

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No I had different spindles on my Tahoe. I had Mgh's and these are Beltechs. With Wilwoods I think you have to grind the top of the spindle of the bolt. With these brackets its on the inside of the spindle. . But as you can see in the pic red circle with red arrrow you grind that section for Wilwoods with these brackets you grind the area pointing in green.

 

[soulsea]

Oh I see ...

 

[NathanJax]

I'll save you all the heartache and hassle and just buy all the brake stuff from you...

PayPal coming soon...

 

[GalaxyBlackEsky]

LoL.. I don't like to bake though?? so I have no baking stuff forsale.

 

[soulsea]

LoL.. I don't like to bake though?? so I have no baking stuff forsale.