Several early owners of new 2010 Camaro SS have noticed oddly looking weights on their Brembo Brake calipers. The weights look very similar to the ones put on the inside of your wheel to balance it out. Questions about these weights have circulated through the Camaro forums over the past week and finally General Motors has given an official answer. Basically in a nutshell the weights are present to reduce noise during certain driving conditions.
John Fitzpatrick, GM's Marketing manager for the new camaro gives the official statement saying "Some early Camaro customers noticed that there are weights on the Camaro SS calipers. With high-performance vehicles like the Camaro SS, minor brake noise is not uncommon. The weights act as a damper to reduce noise in certain driving conditions. This was done after careful evaluation and validation by our engineering team. These weights will only be added to early builds of the Camaro SS."
GM has remedied the situation on all new SS models being produced with no further issues.
Source: Camaro5.com
John Fitzpatrick, GM's Marketing manager for the new camaro gives the official statement saying "Some early Camaro customers noticed that there are weights on the Camaro SS calipers. With high-performance vehicles like the Camaro SS, minor brake noise is not uncommon. The weights act as a damper to reduce noise in certain driving conditions. This was done after careful evaluation and validation by our engineering team. These weights will only be added to early builds of the Camaro SS."
GM has remedied the situation on all new SS models being produced with no further issues.
Source: Camaro5.com
