So I'm looking at doing a brake upgrade on my 2011 because who the hell puts a 2 piston caliper on a performance car...after seeing that I would have to hit the lotto with Baer kits the Wilwood kit looks pretty good for the price so my question is does anybody know the difference between the AERO6 vs the Forged narrow superlight. Thanks in advance...figured that I'm going to go wilwood all 4 corners
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Single-piston on the rears, but 4-piston on the front Brembo for a stock '11.
Stock are not that bad IMHO. I've stopped on a dime from 125+ MPH on the track with no issues, running an aggressive pads.
Getting more stopping power depends on the pads in most cases. It's a dust\noise\heat compromise...Street brakes are fine in for moderate use (low temps), produce little dust and are very quiet. But they don't work well under extreme temps...go with racing brakes and you get dust, noise, but the stopping power is incredible when they get warmed up. Some manufactures market a 'compromise' street\track pad.
You can upgrade to the '13-'14 6-piston Brembo setup for much less cost than big brake kits, but it will limit you going to a smaller wheel (might not matter unless you are doing road course work). Anything bigger on the rear is a not worth it...Bias of braking is 80/20 to the front. You can upgrade the rotor size in the rear for looks and a little better heat dissipation for cheap.
Unless you are doing completion road course work or like the bling factor, I'd save my money on an aftermarket kit and get a pad that suits your driving style...Just my 2-cents.
Stock are not that bad IMHO. I've stopped on a dime from 125+ MPH on the track with no issues, running an aggressive pads.
Getting more stopping power depends on the pads in most cases. It's a dust\noise\heat compromise...Street brakes are fine in for moderate use (low temps), produce little dust and are very quiet. But they don't work well under extreme temps...go with racing brakes and you get dust, noise, but the stopping power is incredible when they get warmed up. Some manufactures market a 'compromise' street\track pad.
You can upgrade to the '13-'14 6-piston Brembo setup for much less cost than big brake kits, but it will limit you going to a smaller wheel (might not matter unless you are doing road course work). Anything bigger on the rear is a not worth it...Bias of braking is 80/20 to the front. You can upgrade the rotor size in the rear for looks and a little better heat dissipation for cheap.
Unless you are doing completion road course work or like the bling factor, I'd save my money on an aftermarket kit and get a pad that suits your driving style...Just my 2-cents.
I know you said the Baer system is lotto money but I can attest you will never have brake fade. They are unbelievably strong and I track them with a toe not a foot. Zero chance of brake fade.
^^^Ditto on this, and yes there is a "bling factor", the Baer rear brake calipers do not need to be as large as shown below, because the 6 pistons in those calipers are smaller than the 6 pistons in the front calipers. <<<It is relative for correct brake bias as mentioned in a previous post above, but matching calipers front and rear sure look nice from a side view of the car!!
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Here is the Baer piston comparison I am talking about, Front (bottom) and Rear (top)................Nickel plated caliper option shown below........
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^^^^So it is not like Baer just adapted front calipers for the rear, and also notice the piston diameter size progression on the front caliper, the six pistons are not all the same size/diameter, Baer has a reason for that also.
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Here is the Baer piston comparison I am talking about, Front (bottom) and Rear (top)................Nickel plated caliper option shown below........
^^^^So it is not like Baer just adapted front calipers for the rear, and also notice the piston diameter size progression on the front caliper, the six pistons are not all the same size/diameter, Baer has a reason for that also.
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Thanks for the info...my problem is I'm going to upgrade the front with 6 piston calipers and although it's cheaper with the 13/14 calipers they don't have a upgrade for the rear and I just hate having mis-matched calipers since my forgestars show even more of the rotor/caliper. That pretty much leaves me with 2 options with wilwood or Baer...after doing some more research if I don't go crazy on the extra $100 for shelby lettering or $2-400 on custom colors that baer offers it's pretty close price wise. I found the Wilwood kits for about 1860, but still need to buy brake lines and parking brake cable...so that adds about another 240...so looking at 2K-ish which is about where the Baer system is as well...
I understand price is a issue with the Baer but I've had my 6s for a year now and love them. When it came time to decide on brakes I figured if I was gonna throw money at the car to go faster I better make sure it stops faster to.
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anybody have a discount code on Baer brakes...just incase I decide to sell all my stocks...lol...
I had a 2010 Shelby GT 500 and upgraded to the baer 6 Piston big brake kit for front And had nothing but problems with baer as in squeaking and other issues. I had my vehicle in-and-out of the shop a few times because of these breaks. I now have a 2014 Shelby GT500 Track pack and once again upgrading the brake system.I Will be going with wilwood Aero 6 in front and Superlite in rear for half the the price of baer breaks. Save your money and go with wilwood brakes .
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