I have Baer's Track kit on the front of my car with two-piece rotors but might want to upgrade to the Z06 units. What's the deal on the Z06 pads costing so much and why?

anyone know where to get a frim pricing on the z06 brakes? and availability

You'd be surprised... IMO the red C6 Z06 calipers are more "bling bling" than the dark grey hard anodized Baer 6S calipers.

I found a post over at one of the Corvette Forums a couple days ago; a guy tossed a set onto his C5 and they bolted right up to his spindles with no mods required. He said he paid just under $300/each for the calipers, but I'll be damned if I can find the link right now, but I'll keep looking for it-- I forgot to bookmark it! He also had a set of rear Z06 calipers but hadn't test fit them yet. He did have pictures of everything, they looked REALLY REALLY nice.

Troy

So potentially one could get the C-5 mounting brackets from Precision or Touring Classics then purchase the Z0-6 calipers from GM, throw in a prop. valve and be done with it?

Or am I missing something?

found this in a Corvette forum;
That same thread had these part numbers listed;
FR: 19121789
FL: 19121788
seems like I may have missed something?!?!?!

That's the idea. In the thread I found the Z06 calipers bolted right up to C5 spindles with no mods whatsoever. So if your car is currently setup for C5 brakes, the C6-Z06 calipers should be a bolt-on!

Troy

Wooohooo!

No difference in Master Cylinder requirement either? WOW!

Well, I'm planning on running Tylers spindle up front so that part should be a no brainer. Now all I need to do is find out what I need to do out back in terms of brackets and such. Hopefully not too much.

Anyone know how the parking brake is addressed in those rear calipers?

I love it when you can get bitchin stuff that just bolts on!

I thought the C6 Z06 used a 14 inch front rotor compared to a 12.9 inch for the C5 corvettes. Does this not make any difference in the way the calipers bolt up?

Derek

Yeah that is the best thing. ;)

My only question left unanswered is how it affect the track width compared to oem? Many PTers have wheels with custom backspacing due to the tire widths and mods we already have.