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04-25-2009, 09:44 PM
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Let me translate:
"Spokesman John Fitzpatrick said the weights were added as a damper to reduce noise and only early build cars would need them. "
really means
"Spokesman John Fitzpatrick said the weights were added as a damper to reduce the noise we didnt catch early enough on and now Brembo can't get us new calipers fast enough to meet production needs, so we will roll out the early cars with this band-aid while later cars will get a revised caliper, and maybe we will warranty the early ones someday, if we are still here or even care"
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04-25-2009, 10:00 PM
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IIRC tape-a-weights are in .25 oz segments, and these look bigger, so I'll guess maybe .5 oz each, so by my count just by what I see on the yellow car is over 5oz, probably much more. And they do not appear to be wheel weights. And I'd hope the adhesive is better to withstand the heat. If they can glue quarter panels on I'm sure they can get decent glue for this. Not sure they did, just saying...
The attached pic from the C5 forum has a pile of weight, maybe 7 or more oz. That's sizable. If a wheel took that much I'd suggest throwing it out.
And I can certainly understand the concept of the added mass dampening some kind of caliper movement that in turn cause pad noise. I can also see how this would not be caught until lots of test cars were rolling and pads started to wear. Hell, it could be brembos fault, we don't know. I understand GM not wanting to tell people they have to wait 4 months more for the SS cars, but I still think they could have handled it better.
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The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
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04-26-2009, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Tsar
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Just to be annoying, how do you feel about the disintegrating brake pistons caps on the 1-series then?
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04-26-2009, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by qwikz28
Just to be annoying, how do you feel about the disintegrating brake pistons caps on the 1-series then?
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I don't have a 1-series so: 1. I did not know about it. 2. Don't really care now
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04-26-2009, 12:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tsar
I don't have a 1-series so: 1. I did not know about it. 2. Don't really care now
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You don't have a 5th gen either but you seem to be rather opinionated about that
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04-26-2009, 02:15 PM
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Saw a brand new SS Camaro at the Cops N Rodder show today and sure enough, the dealer rep said that the Brembo calipers indeed do come with stick on wheel weights and when you looked at the display car, there they were!
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04-26-2009, 02:24 PM
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they look to be .5 oz sections. they look exactly like factory tape weights. they have great adhesion though from my experience.
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