2018 RST tahoe/burb

[jeffbco]

Can you post a pic of these brakes? I'm trying to find out which caliper family of brembo it uses. Gmc/Chevy won't say and brembo says they are not allowed to give out the info.

Some of the brembo calipers are junk, some are awesome. Before I drop $2500 I want to know I'm not getting a flexing hunk of crap

Have you tried the GMC accessory website?

https://gmaccessories.chromedata.co...a31cc0012139#/productDetails/2212878/36440532

 

[Fifty]

Yes. It's a generic photo and I can't tell which family caliper it uses.
Some of the "generic" brembo's flex so much any gains from pad size or rotor diameter is lost in feel and clamping power at max use.

 

[fozzi58]

When the the calipers on my Avalanche froze up I replaced them with Powerstop units which basically were re manufactured stock units with slightly larger pistons and bored fluid holes. They do well with the added steel lines, the better pads, and the drilled/slotted rotors.

However on my go-fast cars, I've used Wilwoods a couple times and they are excellent. They make a set for the 2015+ SUV. As an added benefit they are about $1000 cheaper than ordering your truck with them or $3000 less since you don't need to buy factory 20" rims if you intend to put some of your own wheels on eventually. Wilwood makes a 16" rotor that requires a 20" wheel or bigger and smaller rotor for 18" wheels.

I can't see the quality of the SUV brakes being sub-par to the cars. The set I looked at for my upcoming burb purchase look almost identical to the 6 piston sets I put on my 87 Trans Am 20+ years ago and the set I put on my 00 TA back in 06. Since I have used 2 sets of Wilwoods over the span of 20 years and got more than I expected both times, I would expect them to perform the same or better with this upcoming purchase. Might be something you want to look in to.

 

[Fifty]

Brembo makes about 12 different families of calipers. Each to a different price point and use. The bottom two tiers are extremely flexible due to body material quality and they being two piece calipers, using binding bolts that stretch quite easily as well.

For a simple quick comparison, google stoptech vs brembo and they put a gauge on a set of 6 pot brembos off a BMW m car and a stoptech str-60. The brembo flexes about 10 times what the stop tech does.
I have a SRT charger with those brembo's and my race car originally used cheap brembos but now uses the stoptech. The difference in pedal feel is astounding.

 

[Usdmskyline20]

Any update on the window trim wrap?

Dropped the truck off last night to get the windows tinted and the chrome window trim and mirror wrapped as well as the tails smoked. I'll post some pics later this evening.


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[Usdmskyline20]

No. It wasn't done. When I went to pick the truck up the guy who did the clear bra said the guy who does the wraps had to leave and goto Miami and didn't make it back in time. So still rocking that chrome

Came out really sharp looking.




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[Tally2]

Came out really sharp looking.

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Looks sharp, any pics of the tails after they smoked them?

 

[2015Denali4WD]

Came out really sharp looking.

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Looks good. Can't wait to do this when I get my Yukon Denali.

 

[cardude2000]

Looks good. Can't wait to do this when I get my Yukon Denali.

Did it on mine. Really like it better than all the chrome.

 

[Usdmskyline20]

Looks sharp, any pics of the tails after they smoked them?

Yeah. I need to take some pics. They aren't as dark as I'd like but it looks good. I'll try to post some up tonight. Hopefully I'll be able to drop it off to the paint shop mid month to color match the chrome grill.


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