The Official what you need and how-to for CTS-V brakes

I spoke with an engineer from stop tech (centric parts) and tried to find a rear rotor that would work with the rear Brembos calipers, and was unsuccessful...however the call was not a total loss because he looked at some data and after telling him the known rear caliper options for the car, he recommended the C5 or V8 F-Body (identical) rear brakes to best match the Brembos up front. He added that the difference would be minimal, but noticable especially with big wheels, on a FWD car but that the extra stopping power in back would be safe (as in not cause oversteer) because of how much stopping power the Brembos provide up front.

I looked into it and for both rear calipers and the GXP caliper brackets is under $100

Omg finally i found a rim that will work lol.. it is pretty close about 3-4mm clearance on the inside and about 3mm between the face of the caliper and the spokes(wheww)
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What wheel is that, looks really nice!

Its a Konig Backbone 18x8 +35.... ya i was skeptical looking at them online.. and also being all black but i think they will look pretty good on the silver and with the silver caliper :)

I like those and wish I had more monez

Ya i have to get the other 3 rims lol... i wasnt too sure if they were going to work so i just ordered 1 just in case it didnt work i would only be out the price of one haha

You can send them my way then

^ huh?

Dave, when you ran cts-v brakes with 18 inch rims what rims were they? I am still trying to find an oem rim that will fit these brakes. :p

that's a lot of brake under those wheels. that looks awesome.

Buickman he was running Tenzo Tracers... but they discontinued them with the +32 offset.. they only make them in +42

Finally got around to putting these bad boys on!! And wow
What a huge difference.. these things will literally stop on a dime... i can only push about half way before they will lock up the wheels lol



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Nice, where did you order the rest of the rims from?

Could you also post pictures of the rim and brake combo looks on the car from a distance?

SWEET! You are number 3 with the CTS-Vs WOOT!

Ya nice!... and wow drunkie you were not kidding about the stopping power these things have... also have you done the gxp rear upgrade?.. i am contemplating doing it.. especially to fill the space they rears look so small compared to the fronts now lol

I would so do the CTS-V's if they would clear my GTX wheels, but they sadly won't.

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Ya nice!... and wow drunkie you were not kidding about the stopping power these things have... also have you done the gxp rear upgrade?.. i am contemplating doing it.. especially to fill the space they rears look so small compared to the fronts now lol

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Nah I probably won't do the Rear GXPs

At least do the 97-03 swap. Balance the brakes out a little.

Buickman i got the rest from Discount Tire Direct.. they had alot left when i ordered them.. but i did call about 9 other places and all of them said they were on a nationwide backorder..

So, dont know if I ever will do this upgrade since I still race my car. Its really really tempting since they would look so sic behind my wheels.

But out of curiosity. Are the STS V and CTS V Brembos the same?
What about the 2010+ Camaro Brembos. I'e read on LS1tech some people have used those with 2010 Camaro rotors.