OP Updated

 

I've been considering EBC rotors and Yellow Stuff pads for my next brake upgrade. How are things with the rotors?

 

My car currently has 144+k on it. Rotors and pads were put on at 123k
As you can see from my last update the finish on the rotors is still there and there are no rust.
I am getting a slight vibration so there are some hot spots on them. That's normal with high performance pads, they tend to eat the rotors. Pads are still ok and do not need to be replaced. So I think I'll just turn the rotors to get rid of hot spots and put them back on. 21k before the first rotor turn is top notch in my book.
I'll do another update once I turn them so you can see how deep the slots are after first turn. As you can see in original post that they are not as deep as those on StopTech rotors.

 

The reason the inside face of the rotor is worn more is because of the sliding caliper style calipers you have. There is more force on the inside since that's the location of the piston. In a perfect system it would be equal but there is friction and torsion across the slid bolts. I'm sure when you changed your pads the inside pad was worn a little bit more as well, it's like this on all sliding calipers.

On a dual piston or 4 piston like the brembos, there is even wear.

 

Are the rotors still black? Or over time does it lose it's color? Can't really tell on the 3rd pic.

 

That's just a coating. Wears away after the first few applications of braking.

 

Thanks for the updates.

FYI - I have 20K on my Centric Premium front rotors and they are still holding up really well. They probably need a turn as I have a very slight vibration braking from 60mph+, but otherwise are smooth and rust free and have good thickness.

 

the part where pads apply for braking are bare metal and will rust if sit for long time without use.
The inner part of the rotor that pads are not applied to has factory finish that still there after all this time.
On my previous StopTech rotors that finish was gone in few months and entire rotor was rusty as crap.

 

UPDATE 05/26/2014
Currently there is 167k miles on the clock, rotors were put in roughly 44k back.
I'm happy to report that they held up quite well. So far on the same pads and I have not turned the rotors yet. I think the vibration I was getting was either bad shocks or bushings. Currently I'm not getting any vibration from the rotors, I recently replaced shocks in all 4 corners, bushings are not in the best shape, will need to replace those soon too. So I'm not sure what to blame previous vibration on, maybe even unbalanced wheel. Finish is holding up nicely, no rust in places where it should not be.
Overall quite happy with the rotors.

 

Thanks for these reviews Joker.

 

Neverr heard of rotating rotors. How difficult is it to remove the caliper to do this?

 

rotor resurfacing is usually done when ever you change the pads. Instead of putting new rotor on for the new pads, you simply take it to the shop, they put it on the lathe and take off imperfections off of both sides of the rotor. Making rotor smooth as it was on it's first day. This makes rotor a micron thinner (not much at all), obviously it will heat up faster since it's thinner now (about a second faster), but the benefit is that your new pads will not have to waste half their life wearing them selves out to match already established wear pattern by old pads on the rotor. Instead rotors and pads start fresh. It is a very common procedure, everybody does that to all friction parts including fly wheel, brake drums and things of that nature.

 

Yeah I'm aware of resurfacing them, But actually taking the left front and right front rotors and swapping them I'm unaware of

 

Yeah, there is no such thing as rotating. But if the rotors are not slotted or drilled you it really does not matter which side they go on. Only slotted and drilled rotors have to spin into certain direction.

 

Joker,

I've got the EBC USR rotors and red stuff pads. I've had them for about 50k now and have a bit of vibration. I just had them turned today and putting them back. I noticed my back pads are much more worn than the fronts. Have you noticed the same? (I thought I read here that the fronts seem go wear faster on the g35.)