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Old 11-23-2010   #1
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Default Anyone installed Baer 6P brakes?

Baer is having a sale on Friday and I was considering getting the 6P system for both the front and rear. The application list shows that they do not have the rears with parking brake. It says "uses OE park". I called Baer and asked about it and they said that it wouldn't work because the rotor is too thick.

I guess it's a long shot but has anyone installed these brakes and what did you do about the parking brake?

Does anyone know if there are any similar brake systems with parking brake?

Thanks for any information.
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Old 11-23-2010   #2
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Default Re: Anyone installed Baer 6P brakes?

Look up Street Shop in Athens, Alabama they make a peice that converts the e-brake to a C5-C6 hub setup. I'm doing mine now
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Look up Street Shop in Athens, Alabama they make a peice that converts the e-brake to a C5-C6 hub setup. I'm doing mine now
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Default Re: Anyone installed Baer 6P brakes?

I'm guessing that this setup will not fit behind stock A-molds?

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Old 11-24-2010   #5
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Default Re: Anyone installed Baer 6P brakes?

Thanks for everybody's responses.

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Look up Street Shop in Athens, Alabama they make a peice that converts the e-brake to a C5-C6 hub setup. I'm doing mine now
If I understand this, does this adapt the C6, Z06 brakes to the C4? Also on the other forum there was mention that this requires 18" wheels. Is there a template available to see if it will fit my wheels? I have 18" HRE 445R wheels which have the valve stem inside from the spokes so I don't know if it will cause any clearance issues. Those wheels are shaped like a tube so there may be additional space compared to more conventional designs. Do you know what the whole set up would cost? Does it require any permanent modifications?

It looks like the Z06 brakes and the Movit brakes on the other thread are the only ones that would have a parking brake. The Movit brakes it seems would cost over $16,000.

The purpose for this upgrade is purely for looks. I don't do any racing.
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Thanks for everybody's responses.



If I understand this, does this adapt the C6, Z06 brakes to the C4? Also on the other forum there was mention that this requires 18" wheels. Is there a template available to see if it will fit my wheels? I have 18" HRE 445R wheels which have the valve stem inside from the spokes so I don't know if it will cause any clearance issues. Those wheels are shaped like a tube so there may be additional space compared to more conventional designs. Do you know what the whole set up would cost? Does it require any permanent modifications?

It looks like the Z06 brakes and the Movit brakes on the other thread are the only ones that would have a parking brake. The Movit brakes it seems would cost over $16,000.

The purpose for this upgrade is purely for looks. I don't do any racing.
Yes it adapts the Z06 brakes to our Z's, it is a quality peice of machining. I will take some measurements when I get her done. On Jeff's pic (post #4) you can see the brake shoes that will be the ebrake on the inside of the rotors. You will have to change to longer brake lines & you will need to make the ebrake cable longer as well. The whole setup cost me around $1600.00 so far (cals, rotors, & adapter) I still have to buy the new brake lines
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Yes it adapts the Z06 brakes to our Z's, it is a quality peice of machining. I will take some measurements when I get her done. On Jeff's pic (post #4) you can see the brake shoes that will be the ebrake on the inside of the rotors. You will have to change to longer brake lines & you will need to make the ebrake cable longer as well. The whole setup cost me around $1600.00 so far (cals, rotors, & adapter) I still have to buy the new brake lines
You must have got the last set Street Shop had. I called them yesterday and the next batch of adapters is 4 weeks out.

The adapters with parking brake, no cable, are ~$700.

How are you fixing the parking brake issue? Get a longer cable or lengthening the stock one?
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Baer is having a sale on Friday and I was considering getting the 6P system for both the front and rear. The application list shows that they do not have the rears with parking brake. It says "uses OE park". I called Baer and asked about it and they said that it wouldn't work because the rotor is too thick.

I guess it's a long shot but has anyone installed these brakes and what did you do about the parking brake?

Does anyone know if there are any similar brake systems with parking brake?

Thanks for any information.

Bob did had an issue getting them to work right

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Baer is having a sale on Friday and I was considering getting the 6P system for both the front and rear. The application list shows that they do not have the rears with parking brake. It says "uses OE park". I called Baer and asked about it and they said that it wouldn't work because the rotor is too thick.

I guess it's a long shot but has anyone installed these brakes and what did you do about the parking brake?

Does anyone know if there are any similar brake systems with parking brake?

Thanks for any information.
I have the fronts, they fit fine under A-molds (mine are AFS, not OEM). For the rear I used their +2 kit which has a 13" rotor and a relocating bracket for the stock caliper. That way the e-brake still works. I also used a DRM bias spring to help offset the front bias added by the 6-piston fronts.

I didn't know Baer made a rear setup with the 6P, though they said they were planning it back when it first came out.

Are you going to this upgrade for looks? Or performance?

I don't know what their black friday prices will be, but FYI I bought the front set for about $1,000. I then spend about another $900 on rotors for two-piece front and rear, with the rears being the 13" size with relocation bracket I already mentioned. With taxes, etc, I was in just about exactly $2k. You could actually get slotted/drilled rotors for less, as they are more common (list price is more, but more places like Summit sell them on discount). I had to have the plain rotors ordered.

I bought it all through Mark Stein at Motor Sport Image: http://motorsportimage.com/ They were also helpful post-sales (as were Baer) when I had problems. The kits now should be pretty problem-free and should come with banjo bolts that fit properly.
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