villo1988

What is your experience in using these types of pads for regular street driving? (Links to all embedded in the text)

OEM: They are what I’ve been using but are $$$$ and high dust.
Brembo: Lower cost than OEM, but not sure about how they perform.
Powerstop: Cheapest of the three and seem to perform well based on feedback on this, and other forums.

BELVIN20

Take a look at Hawk, pads used at Ron Fellows cars, & I use them on my Z06, virtually no dust, (Yellow Box)

Bill Dearborn

Driving on the street there probably isn't much difference. The difference shows up when making multiple hard brake applications dropping speeds from say 150 to 50, or 100 to 50 over and over with only 30 to 60 seconds between. The stock pads will hold up longer whereas the Brembo Ceramics and Powerstop will fade quickly under those conditions. You should also consider the Carbotech 1521 pads for street usage. Here is a link to some of the street pads that are available through KNS Brakes (I assume you have a C7 Z06/GS iron rotor brake system since your post is in the Z06 forum):
https://www.knsbrakes.com/products/c...eet+Brake+Pads

It looks like KNS has some clearance brake pads available for super low prices:
https://www.knsbrakes.com/products/c...learance+Items

Give them a call and talk to them about your braking needs and they will provide expert advice. You won't be talking to some clerk who looks up an item number on the back shelves and rings up a price on the cash register without any knowledge of what they are selling.

Bill

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Adam@Amp'dAutosport.com

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villo1988

Thank you all, I will review the products that were suggested here and contact the vendors directly.

spoolin98

Powerstop are trash unless you're just cruising around. You'll get people swearing they are the best brake pads ever. If you don't drive your car hard and like zero brake dust, they are great. I had them on my car for a very short period of time. First time I had to stop quick with the pads cold convinced me they had to go. Went carbotech and haven't looked back since. Slightly more dust than the powerstop.

lordofwar

no brainer if no track time powerstop for the money,no dust.

Jims Z06

‘19 GS, Maggy 2650, AFE CAI, AWE axle back….swapped out Brembo’s for the Power Stops, non issue for me, I like them, but then again I cruise alot

and some ***** to the Walls, but mainly cruise. I like them

Internets_Ninja

OEM = great and better than the street options from Carbotech or Powerstop

Powerstop Z26 = Almost no dust. Slightly reduced braking when cold, but this goes away very quickly. I never found it to be an issue. After 1 -2 cold stops you are good. Braking modulation is excellent with normal driving and stopping power is 95% of OEM under 100 mph. Above 120mph, braking is stable and about 90% of OEM stopping power. These will handle very high speed stopping without fading. I've regularly slowed down from 160mph with these and felt confident. However, they will not handle any sort of track duty.

Carbotech Ceramic: Almost no dust. Excellent cold braking modulation. Feels like OEM below 80mph. Best all around daily pad if your Corvette is a CRUISER. However, these pads are complete garbage over 120mph. They literally feel like the car is stopping with sticks of butter. Do not install these pads if you take your Corvette over 120mph. The braking performance is less than half of OEM capability at high speeds. So much so that it was unnerving and scary. I immediately removed these pads because they are not safe for how I use my vehicle. I'm not trashing Carbotech pads, but I want to make sure that anyone who considers them understands their limits. These pads are NOT for anyone who drives their Corvette hard. But if you're the owner that keeps it under 100mph, these are excellent pads. They feel better than Powerstop Z26 under normal conditions, but trade off too much high speed stopping power.

If you want the best stopping power stick with OEM. If you want to give up just a little braking power for little to no dust, go with Powerstop Z26. If you don't care about high speed stopping power, but want excellent sub 100mph braking feel and even less dust, go with Carbotech.

2001PewterWS6

I run the Power Stop Z26 pads as well and actually did a track day with them on. Definitely was not the best pad for the situation but did work ok. As for the street they are great. I drive very spiritedly and no issues even when stopping from 130+ best part is that my wheels stay clean.

villo1988

A lot of good feedback here, thank you. Does anyone have any experience with the Brembo pads (not OEM)? I linked them in my original post.

cars

at tracn today, tracking z06 with z07 on srf the pad faded in both morning sessions and it is in 60s on michelin 2r. got less 12 miles on track before 1st fade and 2nd even less. white z on full ap brakes 0 issues but on 4s so not really apple vs apple comparison. Just reporting my findings

SladeX

I wouldn't trust anything meant for street and no dust for any real high speed stops honestly. Above 100mph, most of them will not handle multiple high speed slow downs. Once above their heat range they have varying performance, most of which are not good.

For pads that are similar to stock, but increase in frictional component, look to ferrodo as they are the OEM manufacturers for our brakes. The 2500 series pad is the OEM one, and you can upgrade to better compounds to match up to your track braking needs and desired braking profile up until you get yourself good enough to need a big brake kit.