mjfox

Hi Guys
Thanks in advance
What brake pads would you you use for replacement for on front and back.Not GM .
any part numbers .

thanks Mike

jbc1995fb

I can tell you that most on here will tell you to get the duralast gold from Auto Zone. That's what I used. If you are racing or other high performance racing, then you might go with something else. But I'd guess for the majority of GS owners the Duralast Gold work fine and will have less brake dust on your wheels.

FAUEE

I'm a big fan of stoptech, or powerstop.

Ceramics have no place on sports cars. If you want a ceramic pad, you should have bought a buick. Ceramics will reduce your stopping distance, your heats oak resistance, and have a breakaway thermal characteristic. You don't hear from people that exceeded the thermal properties of ceramics because they didn't live to tell about it.

A bit of an exaggeration, but ceramics when they reach their max working temp they just start to fully slide, vs operate at a reduced effectiveness like a metallic or similar pad. There so many good pads that are low dust now, there's no reason to go ceramic IMO, unless it's for something not at all sporty or towy.

1968swbbigblock

Carbotech 1521 pads for me
expensive but made in the USA, lower dusting
and the fall out is not corrosive.
initial bite is almost identical to stock pads and
ive never had any fade in them

dr_gallup

Hawk HPS – High Performance Street Compound one piece pads
About 90% reduction in dust, no loss of bite, never fade even with serious mountain driving and significantly cheaper than the carbotechs. Get ceramics if you drive like a grandma.

Front Part#: HB658F.570

Rear Part#: HB659F.570

lilcuda

Reduced stopping distance sounds like a good thing.

Adam@Amp'dAutosport.com

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FAUEE

Poor wording on my part. I meant to say reduced stopping POWER. Stopping distances with a ceramic will be longer.

rybern

Great info on here and I appreciate the detailed explanations about Ceramic pads. I went with DuraLast Gold pads on my current GS and previous GS to reduce dust. WOW, brake dust is non-existent with these pads. But something I didn't give much consideration to is the reduction in stopping power. I avoid stopping aggressively during normal driving and I don't tailgate. But having greater stopping power is certainly a good thing since the car is more than capable and we don't know when someone is going to pull out in front of us, etc.

It would be interesting to see any 3rd party data that shows the difference in stopping distance.

Having said that, each of us has to weight our own pros and cons and decide if we want to spend $100 on a full set of DuraLast Golds or spend $200-$400 or even as much as $600 on pads to get the maximum stopping power possible.

FAUEE

Powerstop z23s are like... 100 to 150 bucks an axle. They stop great and dust a lot less Han the ferodo factory pads. FWIW, ceramics pads do dust, they just dust smaller whitish clear dust. It makes the dust less noticible, especially on silver or chrome wheels.

farmington

I think my Hawk HPS were $175 for the whole set.

rybern

Current price on Z23 pads at Rock Auto is $83 front and $59 for rear which are "Carbon Fiber-Ceramic" pads. $142 plus tax and shipping. So these are only about $50 more than the Dura Last Gold(+ shipping). I'm assuming that this pad is better than the standard Ceramic DuraLast Gold.

It looks like current price on the Hawk HPS is $219 front and $146 for the rear at Zip-Corvette(I've never used them). $365 plus tax and shipping.

lilcuda

While we’re discussing brake pads, what would be the best choice for a GS that is street driven, but is also used for an occasional HPDE event?

Turbo6TA

The GS uses the same brake pads as the Z06 (J56 brakes)

If you want the cleanest pads that work just fine on a street car that is not seriously tracked, get a set Autozone Duralast Gold

And a plus ... these pads are not expensive.

Set of Front Pads: - DG1419

Set of Rear Pads: . .DG1419A

SSWEET

For my 2010 GS, Carbotech one piece. No squeal. Minimal amount of dust.

FAUEE

Big fan of stoptech Street pads as a dual use pad. Great on the street, good on track. As long as you're not going 10/10, a terrible driver, or on r Comps, if you are mindful that they're not race pads, they'll last you a whole 20 to 25 minute session. I will say, near the end they do get a little greasy, but I don't know that you can get away from that with anything that's not a race pad.

That said, the oem pads are ferodo 2500s, so they're also pretty good for this use. I've heard good things about dura last GT, and powerstop z26 (same compound as z23 but with a stainless steel plate for thermal properties).

ds33gt

Just bought a set of the Duralast Golds today. Front and rear along with a couple packs of grease was $97 and change.

Dano523

GS only street driven, melting the Duralast ceramic pads at the inner hub surface.

So you want to use the in the Duralast pads on the base JL9 brakes for street cruising, go for it since they are pretty much the same as the OEM ceramic pads on the car.
Z51 option base, GS, Z06 and ZR1 that have increased braking force, don't even think about it, since there is a reason that all these models came with HD higher working temp range pads to start with.

Hell, the best upgrade on the JL9 brakes, is to swap out to a set of HD pads to start with. This give the brakes better initial bite, better pedal feed back, and the higher working temp range of the pads as well. As for stopping shorter, that really comes down to the amount of tire grip in play.

So again, GS is wide body car, has more tire gripping force than a base car due to the wider tires in play, and why is will melt the duralast pads when you try to use them, even for just street driving.