Warped stoptech rotors?
ive said it before in the motorsports section, I really like the stock 6mt rotors. Even tracking the car in 100 degree weather doing repeated hard braking for 20 minute sessions they held up. They turned a rainbow glazed color at max temp but cooled down with no defects. I feel Nissan spends more money on Research and Development and testing than aftermarket companies. my 2 cents. Dont get me wrong there are a lot of excellent racing products out there, stick to ones that have been tried and tested...
Locate a brake/alignment shop in your area and have them check out your suspension....not Infiniti!Gary
ive said it before in the motorsports section, I really like the stock 6mt rotors. Even tracking the car in 100 degree weather doing repeated hard braking for 20 minute sessions they held up. They turned a rainbow glazed color at max temp but cooled down with no defects. I feel Nissan spends more money on Research and Development and testing than aftermarket companies. my 2 cents. Dont get me wrong there are a lot of excellent racing products out there, stick to ones that have been tried and tested...
Plus, most of these companies buy brembo blanks and cross drill the rotors themselves.
Then slap their name on it and charge up the butt to make up for the money they spent on the machinery.
I've seen this before.....most times it's because the driver tracked the car and/or went hard on the brakes to the point where they overheated then pressed down on the pads. This causes the pads to create imprints in the already heated rotors
moral of the story, get new rotors
moral of the story, get new rotors
I daily drive my sedan, no tracking or hard braking or riding of my brakes and my Stoptechs are doing the exact same thing at only 5 months old. I bought the complete stoptech stage 2 kit from CZP. I was just about to call CZP and see what they said but after finding this ill wait and see where it goes. There is no way its user fault with so many ppl having the same problem within the same time frame
So I spoke to some people at Stoptech. They looked at the above picture and immediately knew it wasn't:
warped
result of over torque'd lugnuts
over heated
They feel something caused the pads to transfer an imprint onto the rotor. It has done this on a few areas, both inside and out and since the car doesn't sit for long periods of time it's confusing.
So in order for them to find out they sent me replacement pads and rotors and I am shipping back these. The one thing that will be different during the new install is I will be using warm water and dish washing liquid to clean them instead of brake cleaner. I used the proper "bed in" procedure before, but they have it documented on their website if anyone wants to read it.
http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp...contents.shtml
We'll see how it goes.
warped
result of over torque'd lugnuts
over heated
They feel something caused the pads to transfer an imprint onto the rotor. It has done this on a few areas, both inside and out and since the car doesn't sit for long periods of time it's confusing.
So in order for them to find out they sent me replacement pads and rotors and I am shipping back these. The one thing that will be different during the new install is I will be using warm water and dish washing liquid to clean them instead of brake cleaner. I used the proper "bed in" procedure before, but they have it documented on their website if anyone wants to read it.
http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp...contents.shtml
We'll see how it goes.
If you use the brakes hard then stop/shut off the car, pad material will transfer to the rotor creating a 'high' spot. When I track a car I slow down on the cooloff lap without using the brakes until I pull into the garage. I then roll the car back and forth for a couple of minutes while talking to my crew/girlfriend.
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