[MyNightfallZL1]

Is anyone experiencing brake noise when applying the brakes to stop during normal driving on their 2018 ZL1 Camaro? The car stops fine but has that annoying brake squeal.

[AZ_SS]

Yes but not all of the time. normally when they are cold.

[Wuiquen]

normal too when you are in stop and go traffic. it becomes so embarrassing lol

[TXCSSU]

Happened on my SS Sedan after about 4000 miles. This is the cost of having great brakes. I swapped my OEMs for some Power Stop Z26 Street Warrior Brakes with drilled/slotted rotors and the noise was still there. About the only thing that helped is there was a lot less brake dust on the wheels. Stopping distances weren't reduced. I figure if I want the same stopping power as OEMs with less dusting and noise, it's going to cost me quite a bit. I remember asbestos brakes being real quiet, but we all know what happened to asbestos.

[Vigilante375]

i just give the car a good hard braking every so often to get rid of the squeal from 30 or so.

Obviously, doing it when no one is near you.

[pauly1119]

Yes just do a couple aggressive stops from a pretty good speed and it will go away. It happen when I’m doing soft braking around town. Soon as I get into it goes away..

[pauly1119]

[arpad_m]

This noise was gone once I bedded the brakes properly.

Had the exact same noise on my OEM 4-piston setup and my current 6-piston 1LE setup, and the same "treatment" worked well. I love these brakes and don't give a rat's *** about brake dust, wheel cleaning is therapeutic.

[SFV1LE]

Never have that problem with the OEM pads, but I often leave my Ferodo DS 1.11 on after track events and those are loud as hell.

[Gunkk]

Stock pads: no.
Powerstop Z26 pads: yes first stop of the day when cold. After that they are quiet.

[Z OH 6]

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[ST1LE]

Originally Posted by arpad_m

This noise was gone once I bedded the brakes properly.

Had the exact same noise on my OEM 4-piston setup and my current 6-piston 1LE setup, and the same "treatment" worked well. I love these brakes and don't give a rat's *** about brake dust, wheel cleaning is therapeutic.

Assume you just followed typical procedure, getting the car to 55 or so and braking hard a few times as needed?

[arpad_m]

Originally Posted by ST1LE

Assume you just followed typical procedure, getting the car to 55 or so and braking hard a few times as needed?

Yes. I did it in two stages: first, a couple of 60 to 30 decelerations with moderate brake pressure to put a bit of heat into them, then the same number (I think 10-ish) of hard near stops from 60 to 10-15, followed by a cooldown for a few miles without any braking at all.

Finding a safe route to do this isn't trivial, that's for sure.

[ST1LE]

Originally Posted by arpad_m

Yes. I did it in two stages: first, a couple of 60 to 30 decelerations with moderate brake pressure to put a bit of heat into them, then the same number (I think 10-ish) of hard near stops from 60 to 10-15, followed by a cooldown for a few miles without any braking at all.

Finding a safe route to do this isn't trivial, that's for sure.

Thank you!