[Fredtp]

Originally Posted by arpad_m

Just as an alternative POV, I use the stock Ferodo pads and have the wheels ceramic coated, so all that brake dust comes off easily. Retaining the excellent initial bite and stopping power while making wheel cleaning less of a chore is my preferred tradeoff.

I have my wheels ceramic coated and I still changed to Z26 and now wheels stay clean.

[ZED SLED]

Can someone verify Z26-1835 is correct? Summit racing shows Z26-1718 correct for ZL1. Maybe their website is wrong?

[nicktechla]

Ceramic coat your wheels and the dust just rinses off

[Intimidator]

Powerstop #'s
Amazon was cheaper when I bought mine.

[Checkmate1]

Just a forewarning, if you expect the bite of the stock pads - you will be disappointed.

I was disappointed in the way the Z26 pads handled heat under load on spirited runs on my back roads. This was in my 'lighter' C7 Z06.

I cannot see how the Z26 pads will handle a +3800lb car when you demand it to perform on spirited drives.

The Z26 pads work as advertised - I can vouch for little or no dust. It is perfect for cruising.

[ZED SLED]

Amazon also shows 1835 to be incorrect with 1718 correct for 2017 ZL1

[bobby35ny]

Originally Posted by ZED SLED

Amazon also shows 1835 to be incorrect with 1718 correct for 2017 ZL1

You want 1835/1053 amazon is wrong.

[bobby35ny]

Originally Posted by Checkmate1

Just a forewarning, if you expect the bite of the stock pads - you will be disappointed.

I was disappointed in the way the Z26 pads handled heat under load on spirited runs on my back roads. This was in my 'lighter' C7 Z06.

I cannot see how the Z26 pads will handle a +3800lb car when you demand it to perform on spirited drives.

The Z26 pads work as advertised - I can vouch for little or no dust. It is perfect for cruising.

About a year ago they changed the formula for the Z26, They are a little better now. I wouldn't track them but for the street they are OK.

"Z26 New Formulation; Street Performance Pads w/ hardware "

[WFO220]

i would love the test 100-0 can some one tell me the best way to do this before i change my pads .i am lookiong at the carbotech they are $500 so hope its worth the extra money

[Alain]

I put the z26 on my hellcat and the difference in brake dust is night and day.

still haven't gotten annoyed enough with the brake dust on my ZLE to change the pads, but i'm getting there.

[Sakudog]

I run these cheap pads between track days, I love them! Yeah, they don't' work like my trackpads (Cobalt) and probably not as good as the stock Brembo but I use them on the street so who cares, when it's time to get serious the stock Brembo pad is a joke, just an FYI. Changing pads takes about 15 minutes a corner, I do it when I put my track wheels on and freshen up my SRF at the edges.

[Alain]

anybody have a toque spec for the through bolt on the front caliper?

[headgamez]

Originally Posted by SSE 4 2SS

Not everybody buys these cars, even the ZL1 1LE, as I'm about to purchase to drive them 10>10 all the time.... Some of us buy them to enjoy them. We can put slightly less performing tires and yes, even less dusty brake pads on them, and drive them, rather than letting them sit in a garage 8 or 9 months or more out of the year.... I would almost bet good money you don't drive your car 10<10 all the time... If you drive it on the street at all, I'm betting you are 1<10 about 90 percent or more of the time... I know, this is how I got to drive my SS on the street occasionally...

I've done my racing bit, I accomplished my goal, and I want a performance car that I can drive without replacing a 1500 - 2000 dollar set of tires every month or two, or brake pads every three months or so, or constantly battling brake dust.... Heaven forbid, I'll even get bugs on my hood occasionally..... I'll just have to wipe them off....

If you want a car on kill all the time, one that most don't care to have service ALL the time, then leave it as you got it.... Some of us purchase these cars to drive, everywhere, even..... in rain occasionally when we get caught out...

I still don't get why it offends someone for someone else to do to their own car what they want to make it their own...For the record, I'm not a huge fan of steak, and I put ketchup on mine... and I burn the hell out of them before I eat them.... When they're smoking they're cooking, when they're black, they're done... Why, because I'm eating it, and it doesn't affect you or anyone else...

I for one plan to drive the shit out of my car, since I only got to put 23,000 miles on my SS.... oh, and it had the factory stock brake pads for a 2010 SS and it saw speeds significantly higher than you will ever see in your car.... Never ran down a hill and hit a tree, or anything else for that matter...

Nobody said cheaper and better, what was said was cheaper and less dusty.... more "street" friendly, you know, where most of us drive these cars...

Well said!!

[Sakudog]

Originally Posted by headgamez

Well said!!

On-Kill, all the time, just in case Randy Pobst & Johnny Lieberman show up with a camera crew and Laguna Secca appears out of thin air, to do a test against a Mustang...he'll be ready! LOL