Cadillac CTS-V Brembo Brakes fit On a Z?
 

I was talking to a friend and he told me the CTS-V brembo brakes fit on a Z all you have to do is get an adaptor plate is this true? I was looking and these brakes are pretty cheap compaired to brembos for a Z. Can someone PLZ clarify this?:tiphat:

Brakes are brakes, it's just a question of who or if they make that adapter

I wonder how hard it would be to fab one?

It's not worth putting your life in your own hands my fabbing an adapter... And you'll probably run into other issues
(Someone tried to make a GTR BBK fit out car, and it's still unseccessful and still for sale)

Buy a BBK, and if you have the Sport package, you don't really need one, the serious trackers are running OEM...



KingSky has a BBK for sale if you really want to go that route

I have the bottom line bone stock brakes that look like they came off a GEO METRO....:shakes head:

Upgrade to the sport package brakes you can get them from z1motorsports.

Z1 Akebono Sport Brake Upgrade Package

Ya its still about 2g. I'm on a strict budget I hopeing to find someone thats upgraded form their sport brakes and are willing to part from them,

IT is still better than trying to fit brakes that are from another car or any big brake kit.

If your on a budget save some more tell you have enough money to buy the real thing.

And even if the fabrication is safe and sound, and potential fitment issue aside, you will have brake bias to deal with. To be honest, base brakes are more than sufficient for street driving. Upgrade your tires if you are really concern about emergency braking.

stop tech and AP make 6 piston BBK's for about $2,000 less than brembo. Both companies are just as reliable as Brembo as well. Brembo are excellent brakes, but over the last decade or so. Companies have been able to create rivals or go as far as to beat Brembo performance.

^ I think those kind of kits are out of op's budget tho

Yes they are, I'm getting my income tax return back and it's about 2000 and I'm def getting an FI exhaust. But someone told my that they fit and you can purchase the calipers for around 150 each.

like cv129 said, brake bais is very important on this car. search for "ice mode" and see what you get.

do it right.....

Ok I'll look it up

And for 2k, I think you can only get the front. Especially for AP, 2k will only get you the 4 pistons front kit (calipers and 2 piece rotors)

6 pistons AP front kit goes for 2500+.

For the full akebono kit, front and rear, it's 2269 shipped at z1, that's with the most expensive pads and fluid, Nissan logo calipers and optional dust shield, and it's a track worthy setup already. Use the cheaper option, with Infiniti logo calipers, oem pads and no dust shield, it's $1624 shipped.

Would the CTS-V brake calipers fit under the OEM base wheels? Having to buy new wheels would make this cost a lot more. I'd just save up for the Akebonos if it were me.

With your budget, FI cost about...$1300 shipped?

Front rotors $300
Bracket fabrication, I assume $100 parts and labor
Rotors - cheap pair 14 inches $100? Don't know if u need bigger for the 6 pistons ctsv calipers.
Pads- cheap pair low dust ones $50?
You probably have to cut the heat shield to fit bigger rotors.

All the work above, get you something that's severely front bias that possibly provide worse brake performance than your stock base setup. Big calipers can help only as much as your tires don't get locked up

Pads, lines and fluid on the base brakes would stop fine if you're not tracking the car. You shouldn't be seeing brake fade on the street. Would they hold up to repeated high speed stops, no, but they're not inadequate. Granted, they do look like ***.

Lol

Yes they do look like sh** I'm just going to hold out till I get some more money saved up,

IIRC I was quoted right around $1k for the 2013 red ones at the dealership I go to with my 30% discount. No rotors though, only calipers. Maybe even cheaper, something is telling me right around $900 with tax. Was thinking about going this route and selling my grey ones.