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

[Rocket Man]

I'm not going to be able to say whether or not the upgrade by itself is night and day but what I did to mine seems that way. I don't know if it was because I installed the stainless steel hoses or the fact that my brake fluid was really old , but my brakes are waaaay better now. Stops much faster it seems, and the feel at the pedal is so much more solid.

 

[ScottyBoy]

Those of you who have upgraded to stainless steel brake lines, did you do just the front or all 5 brake lines? If I do just the front, is that pointless? Reason I'm asking is because I JUST replaced my rear brake lines less than 2-3 months ago with stock rubber type replacement hoses. I know the front will probably be due soon, so I can probably swing the cost of SS lines, but to replace them ALL will hurt or even kill my budget which is already severely hurting as it is because I am still unemployed at the moment.

 

[Sasquatch]

I just did the fronts, I figured since the front brakes do most of the stopping i`d be cheap and not bother changing the rears.

 

[David Paul]

Those of you who have upgraded to stainless steel brake lines, did you do just the front or all 5 brake lines? If I do just the front, is that pointless? Reason I'm asking is because I JUST replaced my rear brake lines less than 2-3 months ago with stock rubber type replacement hoses. I know the front will probably be due soon, so I can probably swing the cost of SS lines, but to replace them ALL will hurt or even kill my budget which is already severely hurting as it is because I am still unemployed at the moment.

You'll be fine just replacing the fronts. Since you just replaced the rears I'm not sure you would notice much of a difference if you did do the SS in the rear. You've already replaced the 15 year old lines.

 

[ScottyBoy]

I just did the fronts, I figured since the front brakes do most of the stopping i`d be cheap and not bother changing the rears.

Did you notice a huge improvement in changing just the front lines to stainless?

You'll be fine just replacing the fronts. Since you just replaced the rears I'm not sure you would notice much of a difference if you did do the SS in the rear. You've already replaced the 15 year old lines.

I just remembered that I still need to change that 5th hose on top of the rear end. If I can find that one hose in stainless for not much more than the rubber one, I'll go ahead and change that one too I guess. If not, I'll replace that one with a rubber line just like I did on the two rear calipers.

 

[pnwdan]

I'd bet since most of your stopping comes from the front you won't notice a difference with the rears


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[Sasquatch]

I can`t say if i felt a huge difference because i switched to the 07 calipers SS lines and drilled and slotted rotors at the same time. But it feels like the pedal was more firm afterward.

 

[bigblue05]

i used GM armored car/ special service vechile rotors and pads i don't think they'd be available for you 6 lug guys I'm a 8 lug guy

 

[TheAutumnWind]

Well @TheAutumnWind I didn't get away quite that cheap but it wasn't too bad considering what you end up with. I shopped around and Amazon had the best prices shipped on everything except the EBC pads.The rebuilt OEM calipers were 238.63 shipped after core return, the powerstop drilled/slotted rotors were 141.17 shipped, the Goodridge stainless lines were 130 shipped, and the EBC 7000 series pads were 73.41 shipped from EBay which turned out to be from Auto Anything. I use EBC pads in all my vehicles after finding out about them from the motorcycle forums I'm on. Best pads I've ever used. Anyway after adding it all up....583.21. Plus another $20 or so for caliper paint and brake fluid. So...call it $600. I'm sure you could buy some cheaper parts, you don't HAVE to replace the brake lines, but I figure if I'm doing this I'm doing it right.

My numbers were my best guess for about as cheap as possible. Obviously you stepped it up a bit. I'd really like to run EBC pads, the biggest thing for my wife is she HAS to have pads that don't squeak. Performance pads I have installed years ago would squeak and weren't great unless they were hot. I'd be interested in checking out the EBCs if that isn't an issue with them. I wonder why those 7000 series pads are small? I read that in another review of them. I'll have to compare and contrast the 6000vs7000

Thanks for sharing, your setup looks great!

I've considered akebono pro act pads too... and still might go with those.

 

[Rocket Man]

I received my AC Delco / Amazon rebate today for the calipers even though I returned the GMT800's instead of the GMT900's. So either they didn't care or they didn't notice. It did take almost a month.
Oh, and @TheAutumnWind the EBC 7000 series pads are the same size as anybody else's pads or the 6000 series , the pictures just show that the GMT900 pads have a different footprint than the GMT800. And dont buy the 6000 series EBC pads unless you don't mind brake dust, according to the reviews. The 7000 series have zero dust. Oh, and they don't squeak.