I've been itching to change the brakes (1996) to something with significant improvement, but my old ones just seem to work forever. I'm at the point where I could just slap another set of pads on and get away with it at minimal cost. I'm just running out of spendable money that I want to continue to put into this car.

What good, low cost, alternatives exist that deliver significant improvement. I'd like to do something that's less than $500.

 

do what i did , I replaced all my rotors with new cross drilled & slotted for $140 bucks on EBAY , after 1 year no cracks . Slotted only will work just as good and less prone to crack . Cermic brake pads from same seller for $70 bucks .


i felt i have alot more steady brake feel and overall stops better , And No more or Very little brake dust , rims stay clean . at half the cost you wanted to spend . .


P.s. after 7 ,000 miles and one year these pads worn maybe 2-3 32nd's of a inch , with my lead foot . cermic smells differnt too .

 

I bought everything for the ls1 upgrade from a f-body salvage yard for $120, the rotors and pads seemed to be in good shape too, but I went ahead and got new ones. They stop about the same as my lt1 brakes with EBC green stuff pads. If i put EBCs on the ls1 brakes, they'd probably stop even better, but Im using morse ceramics from autozone. but for $500, there's probably better options out there.

 

I just replaced the front/rear rotors and pads. Got the summit brand slotted/cross drilled rotors and EBC green stuff pads. didn't cost that much and they work great so far. Put the same combo on the ladies 2000 mustang and after a year they still work great. And she beats the crap out of the car.
JCS

 

I got complete LS1 front brake assemblies for a 150 bucks and they had brand new pads and rotors on them already. Something like that would be a good bang for the buck brake upgrade.