The brake caliper is an important component of a disc brake system, along with the brake pads and rotors, but it is often overlooked when it comes to brake maintenance. While replacing rotors and pads ...

When it comes to cars and car parts, a lot goes into sending you down the road and making sure you can come to a stop when you arrive at your destination. As you're probably aware, our vehicles rely ...

It's funny how we spend so much time working on race cars, yet some parts are almost universally undermaintained. Brake calipers definitely fall into that category. Maybe you have a good set of racing ...

Disc brake caliper position on the rotor has little effect on real-world brake efficiency—as long as the bleed screws end up at 12 o'clock. Disc brake calipers may mount on the rotor "in lead" or "in ...

If you’re replacing or servicing your disc brakes, you need lubricating grease. No ifs, ands, or buts, you need to lubricate the metal-on-metal parts that are meant to slide, otherwise, your calipers ...

Giving your car's brake calipers a fresh coat of paint is an easy and low-cost way to customize your ride. Painted brake calipers look fantastic when peering behind some awesome-looking wheels.

If you haven’t changed rear brake pads on a newer car recently, you might be surprised to find it can’t be done without special tools. It’s been probably 30 years since I replaced rear pads on a car, ...

Not happy with your car or truck's braking performance? It might be time for a new set of brake calipers. Newton’s third law of motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite ...

The importance of wrapping your wheels in the right rubber may be one of those things that’s lost on the general public (not you, of course), but the importance of proper brakes is just common sense.

We’ve all had the ear-piercing squeal of squeaky brakes appear at the worst times. Whether you’re pulling in to pick up your boss to take to lunch, or trying to leave your driveway early in the ...

The 2025 Corvette ZR1 made its formal introduction in July, offering up nothing less than the fastest, most powerful production Corvette ever made. In conjunction with that high status, the new C8 ZR1 ...