Tommyboy4725
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Just to show anyone that hasn't seen it the ballpark price of a turbo kit compared to the brembo kit
ZZP big brake kit!
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firstorbit84
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Didn't wilwood create a 4 wheel disc kit for one of the sema cars? Hire much is that kit? (if it's available)
CyberGreyTURBOZ
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The picture that they show of the big brake kit from ZZP looks like the twin piston aluminum calipers from a camaro or vette. If so I wonder if you could do a brake swap for even less if you could make the bracket needed for the swap.
rdss
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I think I would wait for the development and testing to be completed by someone else and pay them for their time. Is it worth a few extra hundred dollars to find out that someone else has already figured out why your bracket broke under extreme conditions vs finding out on your own?! With it being a Big Brake Kit I would assume you need a new rotor as well which probably means they are redrilling another set ups rotors or having someone build them specifically for their application. But! No one will know until this kit makes it closer to release.
slitzell
Boats n hoes
im interested in hearing the results. my setup now works very well and i havnt noticed any issues with it/
-hook slot rotors
-hawk pads
but who knows maybe the big brake kit will be worth it alone in looks. im also curious if this will fit on any sonic or only sonics with 17in+ wheels
-hook slot rotors
-hawk pads
but who knows maybe the big brake kit will be worth it alone in looks. im also curious if this will fit on any sonic or only sonics with 17in+ wheels
CyberGreyTURBOZ
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From what I see in the picture it looks like you would need a 17in. rim as the smallest. However, that is just a guess and a 16in. might be super tight, but we will find out hopefully soon. I swapped Camaro calipers onto one of my brothers 02 Grand Prix with 16in. rims and it was a very, very snug fit, but it filled the rim perfectly. I powder coated the calipers candy lime green, brackets black, and rotor primer grey on a dark metallic blue GP. It looked sick!
007CobaltLS
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Chances are it will require 17+" wheels, but who knows for sure. I'm willing to bet that it won't work with 15's for sure. 16's would be questionable.
Can't compare apples to oranges, but on the 08-10 Cobalt SS...they had the problem of aftermarket wheels not clearing the factory Brembo's...once more and more started clearing, great...then the Big Brake Kit was another issue...even more problems with wheel clearance over those brakes.
laborsmith
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I'm back for a moment. family emergency. Want to say in my real life experience, aftermarket big brake kits need 17" rims or bigger AND not all 17" rims will work. Hard to imagine a 16" working so I figure it was a tight fit indeed!
Laborsmith
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rodslinger
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with chinese import parts.... :banana:
rdss
Junior Member
What does your quote of Slitzell from over 20 days ago have to do with Chinese import parts?! Are you saying the ZZP big brake kit is going to be Chinese parts?!
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Where is a picture?
rodslinger
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Lighten up to the irony. Geez.... And probably some part of it would be Chinese. You can get some cheap stuff made over there. It really is hard to compete on price with them sometimes.
I import some things from China for work that are cheaper than the raw materials it would take to make it ourself.
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/459262383/brake_piston_caliper.html
That is a low end example but you can get loads of four or six piston calipers for $20 to $40 each with a little volume.
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rdss
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Okay, I just do not know what digging up a post that's over 20 days old and adding that to it had to do with ZZP's BBK. Yes, everyone buys things with something Chinese made in it, it is inevitable.
Dave@ddmworks
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That is pretty interesting, not sure why it would be that much for a 2 piston floating caliper setup.
This is what we offered for the Solstice/Sky:
It is a 4 piston setup, that is a fixed caliper, which offers much better pedal modulation. Also since it was billet we dropped 8 pounds of unsprung weight a corner, and we sold the front setup for $550.
If there is interest in something like that we can easily make the brackets for the Sonic.
Let us know what you think.
This is what we offered for the Solstice/Sky:
It is a 4 piston setup, that is a fixed caliper, which offers much better pedal modulation. Also since it was billet we dropped 8 pounds of unsprung weight a corner, and we sold the front setup for $550.
If there is interest in something like that we can easily make the brackets for the Sonic.
Let us know what you think.
you'd have it cornered with pads and rotors too. 
slitzell
Boats n hoes
Plus his comment is still compltly irrelevanet. Regardless of where parts are made if its is sold by a u.s. company then my money helps our gross demeatic product
Back on topic. Dave....very interesting