First Brake Change

[KingJohn_IV]

Changing my brakes for the first time on my 2018 gt2, and I'm curious to know what kind of brake pads you guys used. I've never had a car with brembo calipers, so should I buy brembo brake pads, or are there some other options out there? Thanks in advance for your help. It is greatly appreciated.
- John

 

[RogueIV]

I wouldn't waste the money on Brembo/OE pads, they are grossly over priced and some folk have issues with them leaving deposits on the disks. I haven't had to do the brakes yet on mine but I've had good luck with EBC and Hawk on my other cars in the past. I'll let the others chime on the various options we have available.

 

[KingJohn_IV]

I wouldn't waste the money on Brembo/OE pads, they are grossly over priced and some folk have issues with them leaving deposits on the disks. I haven't had to do the brakes yet on mine but I've had good luck with EBC and Hawk on my other cars in the past. I'll let the others chime on the various options we have available.

Gotcha. I really appreciate the feedback.

 

[RM7]

Changing my brakes for the first time on my 2018 gt2, and I'm curious to know what kind of brake pads you guys used. I've never had a car with brembo calipers, so should I buy brembo brake pads, or are there some other options out there? Thanks in advance for your help. It is greatly appreciated.
- John

What are you changing the calipers to?

 

[KingJohn_IV]

What are you changing the calipers to?

I'm still keeping the brembo calipers. Just wanted to know what brand of brakes worked best with those calipers.

 

[AWDGT2]

IMR has great pads

Power Stop 2018+ Kia Stinger Front Z26 Extreme Street Brake Pads w/Har

The Power Stop Z26 Street Warrior ceramic brake pads are designed as an upgrade over stock brakes to reduce brake dust & eliminate noise on muscle cars and performance vehicles. These brake pads are made with a low-dust ceramic formula, infused with carbon-fiber to strengthen the compound and...

www.imramerica.com

or

IMR High Performance Ceramic Front Brake Pads - 2018-2020 Kia Stinger

IMR has partnered with a leading manufacturer in brake parts to produce a well performing, low dust, and quiet pad for the Kia Stinger and Genesis G70 platform. They have over 25 years of experience in manufacturing and producing brake pads / rotors for hundreds of applications. Pads are sold...

www.imramerica.com

I went with the ceramic, they are awesome, much less dust, and they grab way better than stock. Look up the bleeding process. Even though you probably wont crack the system open. It's a great idea to bleed regardless. It pulls the older fluid out that's been super heated and has micro bubbles. I did mine with a hand pump bleeder and it was easy.

 

[RM7]

I'm still keeping the brembo calipers. Just wanted to know what brand of brakes worked best with those calipers.

I’m still confused, are you changing the brake pads or the brakes themselves?

 

[D.J.]

Changing my brakes for the first time on my 2018 gt2, and I'm curious to know what kind of brake pads you guys used. I've never had a car with brembo calipers, so should I buy brembo brake pads, or are there some other options out there? Thanks in advance for your help. It is greatly appreciated.
- John

I used centric pads

Details here..

Stinger Brake Pads Replacement

I've just approached 46K km and the front pads are due for a replacement soon... The dealer quoted me a price for the front pads at $900 (offered a discount from $1,300). I haven't had any issues with the OEM Brembo pads but based on other threads, I'm looking to replace them with aftermarket...

stingerforum.org

 

[boosted1g]

I am doing GiroDisk magic pads in the front and posi-quites in the rear (girodisk does not make them for rear).

Wish I could give you a review of them, but at the moment I have front pads and rear rotors on the bench in the garage and waiting for everything else to get back in stock!

 

[Rodtheviking]

GiroDisk in front and DFC 5000 for the rear.

If the Power stop street warrior were in stock at the time, that would have been my choice.

 

[StingertimeNC]

for daily drive I use the Hawk HPS 5.0 on the front, and kept the rear stock as I couldn't get hawks for the rear. Worked great. slight bit more dusty but worth it.

 

[Spriggan]

I have powerstop z26 front/ back, but the make a chunk noise when switching from reverse to forward (and the other way: they're a bit loose in the caliper). They are better than stock. I have EBC redstuff on stand-by for the next change.