07+ Brake upgrade on a 00-06 NBS, is it worth it?

[Rocket Man]

Did the gmt900 conversion over the wknd to my wife's 05 and it turned out awesome! Bled the brakes with a motive power bleeder and all set. She had 83k on brakes and now the rears next. Staying with 05 setup since they are better than the 07+

I know it's been covered elsewhere, but can you post the part numbers for what you have? I have SS lines coming and am thinking of doing the upgrade at the same time.

 

[David Paul]

I know it's been covered elsewhere, but can you post the part numbers for what you have? I have SS lined coming and am thinking of doing the upgrade at the same time.

Good morning Red, these are the parts I used in my upgrade and I couldn't be happier with the performance and lack of noise. I know there are more aggressive pads/rotors but this works for me:
Calipers:
Drivers side: ACDelco 18FR2247
Passenger side: ACDelco 18FR2246
Pads: ACDelco 17D1363CH
Rotors: ACDelco Specialty Performance 18A1705SD

 

[hertahoe]

I know it's been covered elsewhere, but can you post the part numbers for what you have? I have SS lined coming and am thinking of doing the upgrade at the same time.

I purchased the following:
Amazon - Power Stop K2067 Front ceramic brake pad and cross drilled/slotted combo
Advanced Auto - Reman caliper 18-B4919/B18-B4918
Had the dupli-color silver on hand from painting the S4 calipers on my Audi. Chose not to go with SS lines at the moment, but might do them when I do the rears.

 

[ATIII]

I know it's been covered elsewhere, but can you post the part numbers for what you have? I have SS lined coming and am thinking of doing the upgrade at the same time.

Here's my parts list:

Front:
Caliper, AC Delco, LF (07+) : 18FR2247
Caliper, AC Delco, RF (07+) : 18FR2246
Rotors, Power Stop, Drilled/Slotted, FRONT (07+): AR8654XPR
Pads, AC Delco, Ceramic, Front (07+): 17D1367CH
Braided Lines, Centric, Front: 950.66001

Rear:
Rotors, Power Stop, Drilled/Slotted, REAR: AR8645XPR
Pads, AC Delco, Ceramic, Rear: 17D834CH
Braided Lines, Centric, Rear: 950.66500

 

[Rocket Man]

Anybody have problems getting their core charge returned since you sent back different calipers?

 

[ATIII]

Anybody have problems getting their core charge returned since you sent back different calipers?

I haven't done mine yet, but there's some reviews on Amazon for the calipers, where they said exactly what they used them for (07+ upgrade), and didn't mention any problems.


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[Sasquatch]

When i returned my cores they never even looked in the boxes. I could have put two bricks in there but that`s typical of advance auto.

 

[Rocket Man]

OK guys thanks for helping me spend more money on my truck dammit. I just ordered the AC Delco calipers 18FR2246 & 2247, Power Stop AR8654XPR rotors, and EBC DP71830 pads which I have now and am very happy with. I went with Goodridge 14175 braided brake lines after reading reviews. They're a bit more expensive ($130) than the others but after reading reviews, decided they're worth it. They are exact replicas of OEM as far as lengths and how/where they mount- they have the same clips included that the new rubber ones would have had. So it looks like my brakes are about to improve.

 

[TheAutumnWind]

OK guys thanks for helping me spend more money on my truck dammit. I just ordered the AC Delco calipers 18FR2246 & 2247, Power Stop AR8654XPR rotors, and EBC DP71830 pads which I have now and am very happy with. I went with Goodridge 14175 braided brake lines after reading reviews. They're a bit more expensive ($130) than the others but after reading reviews, decided they're worth it. They are exact replicas of OEM as far as lengths and how/where they mount- they have the same clips included that the new rubber ones would have had. So it looks like my brakes are about to improve. View attachment 64811

Just front lines or front and rear?


Do you have active brakes? (JL4 code IIRC) this requires an additional line for the rear.

 

[Rocket Man]

Just front lines or front and rear?


Do you have active brakes? (JL4 code IIRC) this requires an additional line for the rear.

Front and rear lines. I don't have active so it's a 5 line kit since there's one in the center of the rear differential.