I'm at 127K miles now and in the neighborhood for some new brakes. My rotors are pretty thin now so I'm thinking about changing the whole thing. I don't race or autocross so I'm not looking for anything along the lines of stoptechs. I drive in traffic a lot so I need strong brakes. I just want a decent amount of braking power. Are stock rotors good? Infinitipartsusa has them for $42 or so each. And best brake pads?

 

Id grab some rotors off z1motorsports.com thats what I plan to do. All those performance pads squeal n stuff, so go autozone gold or OEM?

 

I used http://www.g35brakesolutions.com to get mine, this is not a plug their prices aren't bad and they are friendly. See website to see their inventory but they have special deals for G35driver members so make sure to note you heard about them on here. I personally would only put centric rotors and pads on my car. NOT OEM.

 

What's your guys take on drilled and slotted rotors? Is it worth it for normal driving?

 

no, not necessary.

good brake pads (like oem pads) will get you to abs braking for one emergency brake anyways. slotted and/or drilled rotors won't improve your stopping distance and will increase the wear on your brake pads (by like 30-50%) in daily driving.

 

oem rotors with Project Mu B-Force pads

 

Drilled rotors will not decrease the life of your pads. Drilled rotors help with brake cooling and help decrease brake fade and warping. Slotted rotors will decrease pad life due to every time you hit your brakes the slots shave a small millimeter of the brake pad away but this is to ensure a fresh pad surface. I've also been told that drilled rotors help to cool the rotors more quickly and the drilled rotors also help to expell brake dust that become trapped in the holes of the rotors they also help to expell brake gases and slotted rotors help to heat the rotors up to optimal temperatures.

 

If you aren't buying DBA or Adams rotors, Drilled and slotted are purely a cosmetic addition. They look great in my opinion and are on my car.

Noobs, there is a reason no one runs OEM pads or rotors, they wear out faster then teenage fads.

 

Is your car a daily driver? Then it doesn't matter. Just get some pads that are low dust.

 

http://papers.sae.org/2006-01-0691/

can't seem to find the pdf easily, but there are summaries and posts about it floating around.

crossdrilling significantly decreases pad life. their estimates were 25% or so in heavy use up to 50% in city like daily driving.

yes, slotted and drilled rotors help with rotor temperatures, but the op said he wasn't tracking his car. oem brakes work at ambient temperature also.

 

wait wait the drilled holes are for weight saving and the slots are for cooling. The slots collect the hot gases in the slot channel and release them once there off the pad. The holes are the useless aesthetic because ur not saving much weight, and ur actually loosing brake contact area. Right? I plan to get slotted only rotors sometime in the future. U definitely don't need both.

 

Yes, the holes allow for greater cooling ability, but with the lack there of metal there, the rotors wear out a bit faster.

 

I may get knocked on for posting this but i bought these two years ago
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FRONT-REAR-K...0be3bc&vxp=mtr

and have about 20k miles on them, and i drive like an @$$ hole half the time, I brake hard and i haven't wrapped these rotors the pads have a very good bite no signs of cracking on the rotors and for under $200 for all 4 corners, its a steal!

 

Good post. Any squeal?

 

For 10$ more you could go with a trusted product like centric...