Anyone know what's available in pads for the '99 rear brake calipers, and where to buy them?

 

the 99 RS/RZ calipers use the same pad shape as the 93-95 USDM calipers. I used to have those brakes.

 

yup, they use the same pads as the stock ones...

 

Wow. Thanks. What was the point to the larger caliper and rotor, I wonder? How does the same size pad sweep the larger rotor?

 

do u even know how brakes work ?

one word : leverage


the caliper might even be the same btw

 

"do u even know how brakes work ?'

I'm sure no where near as much as you do. Thanks for the generous, if unhelpful, reply.

 

Actually it's more than just leverage—it's also rotor mass for heat absorption/dissipation.

I most cases, the "problem" with the stock brakes isn't so much braking power, but heat... once you're using them hard enough, you start to crack rotors often—there's just not enough mass. W/ the '99 set, most of the additional mass is added up front with a taller/wider rotor, and the rears are enlarged a bit for ballance.