SS Update time!
Back on Black Friday - I saw that a KZ Coatings was offering 25% off powder coating for a set of Brembos calipers.
So I placed an order to get a set of Brembo cores powdercoated red for the SS.
While I was waiting for the brakes to come in - I happened to see that the new C7 Z06 Corvettes (Non CCB) are the same front brake calipers as the 09-13 CTS-V and the first gen ZL1's. What makes the C7Z different from the V/ZL1 are the pistons within the caliper themselves. The calipers on the Z are vented - vs your traditional brake piston. These vents supposedly drop brake temperatures by 90* F.
I figured since the brakes are torn apart - I might as well do the upgrade since I'm in there. I worked with KZ coatings - and ordered the upgraded pistons from RockAuto and had them shipped there.
The Part Numbers are:
C7 Z06 Vented Stainless Caliper Pistons: 23242510
KZ assembled the calipers with the new vented Z pistons - and shipped them my way. The install went pretty quick as I had already done this upgrade once - everything bolted on.
After bleeding the brakes and going for a test drive - I packaged up my silver brembos and sent them back to KZ and got my core refund back.
Some pics:
Overview of the install: