Aftermarket replacement brakes?

[BerettaBri]

Has anyone replaced their factory rotors and pads with a heavier duty/performance set of brakes? I have 24k miles on my 21 GCL and I tow a boat. My rotors in the rear are definitely shot, the car shakes like mad when slowing down from a higher speed. The issue I am having is not being able to find anything available for the GCL on any of the major brake manufacturers pages - Power Stop, Detroit Axle, others... Nothing. While I believe I have determined they are 350mm front and 330mm rear, I don't have any other specs in regard to the OEM parts for thickness, etc. I would love to have the Power Stop Z36 Towing/Hauling rotor and pad sets, but they tell me they have not had any samples to try fitment of any of their rotors. The CS rep there said Detroit Axle is the only other company they would refer, but DA doesn't have any offering either.

 

[Jake22]

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[SweetAndLow]

Has anyone replaced their factory rotors and pads with a heavier duty/performance set of brakes? I have 24k miles on my 21 GCL and I tow a boat. My rotors in the rear are definitely shot, the car shakes like mad when slowing down from a higher speed. The issue I am having is not being able to find anything available for the GCL on any of the major brake manufacturers pages - Power Stop, Detroit Axle, others... Nothing. While I believe I have determined they are 350mm front and 330mm rear, I don't have any other specs in regard to the OEM parts for thickness, etc. I would love to have the Power Stop Z36 Towing/Hauling rotor and pad sets, but they tell me they have not had any samples to try fitment of any of their rotors. The CS rep there said Detroit Axle is the only other company they would refer, but DA doesn't have any offering either.

I suspect OEM Rotors are going to be just as good as aftermarket as long as they are vented rotors. But for pads you can probably find improvment with aftermarket sets either semi metallic(high brake dust) or ceramic(no break dust).

 

[Dave180]

Warped rotors usually occur in the front due to continuous hard braking. Have them machined and replace with ceramic pads.

 

[BerettaBri]

I finally got my hands on some aftermarket brakes - Brake Performance is now selling rotors and pads. I got slotted and dimpled rotors and ceramic pads all around. As much as I would like to be able to report how they perform, I broke my right leg in an accident at home, had to have surgery, and I can't drive for at least a couple of months. I do have them installed - I just have not been able to bed them in and give them a run. Here is the link to their site, and some photos installed. For the same set-up I got, the front kit is RBF-90017 and rear kit is RBR-90018.

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