Where can i get some GOOD brakes at? I need some feedback on them cross-drilled or slotted rotors. I dont want to spend over $100.00 for the rotors...

please help me if you can


thanks

-Mike

 

Front brakes, rear brakes, all brakes? $100 for 2 rotors or 4 rotors, front or rear?

 

sorry, looking for front brakes for a good price.... 2 rotors



-Mike

 

If you can wait until you have some more cash, I'd highly recommend going with LS1 brakes, (I've seen the complete kit with rotors go as low as $200) but if you don't want those, then get some Autozone rotors. The crossdrilled rotors are mostly for looks, they don't help the stopping much (I mean the crossdrilling). Plus their structural integrity isn't as good as the real crossdrilled rotors and so they might crack or do some other weird things.

 

When you say complete set as low as $200.00, what does that consist of? Autozone rotors? never heard that one... are they any better than the stock ones?


-Mike

 

By complete, I mean, spindles, knuckles, rotors, pads, calipers and brake lines.

Autozone (www.autozone.com) is just a parts store. Their rotors are pretty cheap but I know many people using them. They are probably at least as good as stock ones.
There isn't a whole lot of room to improve by changing rotors only on our front brakes IMO.

 

Thanks MADWOLF, I am going to check into those.

 

Madwolf, where can you get the LS1 brake upgrade set? Does it cause any problem with alignment. I've heard of many doing it and when they are done it is almost as they just installed an egine or something. Is it a hard install? Are there any potential problems? Thanks.
JOHN

 

You can get a LS1 setup from several places. Check the Car/Parts for sale forum here, Ebay often has them, there are several f-body junkyards that may offer a complete LS1 kit such as
http://www.billygrahamscamaro.com/
http://www.hpsalvage.com/
http://www.tacreationsusa.com/

As far as install difficulty, it's not bad. As the kits consist of spindles, knuckles, rotors, pads and calipers all you really have to do is pull off your spindle assembly and install the LS1 assembly. The only real modification required is possible bending of your stock LT1 brake rubber to hard line mount. Which is cake. You will have to bleed the car, which is also easy and gives you the opportunity to flush the old fluid out. Most of us need to do that anyway. With decent tools and a helper the entire job should be easily completed in a long afternoon.

As far as alignment issues, I can't speak to this much as I still need to get mine done. It is off now and was perfect before the swap. Hopefully it will align properly. Looking at my LS1 spindles before or after the install I could not tell if they were bent. I suppose getting bad parts is a risk. The cost/benefit ratio is high enough to risk it in my opinion and if needed replacement parts shouldn’t be very expensive.

Also, if you get a LS1 kit you will have time before the install to clean and possibly paint your new parts. I tore my calipers apart and had them powder coated. If you do this be careful because caliper rebuild kits are not available yet, too late model, except from GM for a ridicules price. They all looked perfect so I reused all my o-rings to no ill effect.

Hope this is of help,

JeffA

 

Thanks av8er for all of the detailed info, they really don't look like a bad deal. I'll definately be doing the upgrade after the new engine.

 

When you change the knuckles you will need to get your alignment checked. Also plan on having the rotors turned and buying new pads.