check out project mu

 

ok ill check it out. definately will take the advice into consideration of changing my brake fluid. thanks.

yeah i went to the dealership for oem price i was quoted 62 and 59 for front and rear, a guy there gave me a discount idk if thats a good price.


yeah maybe they both use a different type of bedding process, although a memeber did tell me to do what you described if i went the ebc pad route. still looking to go with the best pad : (

ok. never heard of them but will do.

 

Ace thats actually not a bad dealership price. I was quoted 79 at Nissan for OEM pads. Buy whats in your budget. If you can afford good brake pads buy them, if you cant stick with OEM or something that people have had good experiences with. If your budget is lower than stick with an OEM spec brake pad like the Duralast

 

oh yeah you had duralast right braking power was good? i have ebc rotors in the front will i feel some difference 33 dollars for a set isnt bad at all, its not like i track my car plus ill be on coilovers soon.

 

Most of the information found on this site is opinions rather than facts. So you have to be very careful filtering those out and base your decision on facts instead of opinions.
One fact that you will find anywhere is that ceramic pads offer bad cold braking and need to be used with rotors that are designed for ceramic pads.
One of the mistakes most people make is install ceramic pads on rotors that are not designed for ceramic pads. As the result, pads end up eating away at the rotors much faster that regular pads would and you develop vibration sooner than you would with regular pads.
So if you going to spend money to purchase high temp ceramic pads, get equivalent rotors to use them to a full potential.

 

How do you know if the rotors you plan on buying are rated for ceramic pads? Im looking at the Brembo W0133-1722247 drilled. TIA.

 

All manufactures have different classes of rotors. Some street, some track, some raising.
So if you are purchasing performance pads, you must purchase performance rotors.
IMO it never hurts to go a step higher on the rotor. Rotor is the one that is taking all of the abuse from pad.
Most slotted and drilled rotors are higher performance that just simple ones.
If you not planning to do any serious tracking with your car, I would stay away from drilled rotors. They will give you little to no benefit at normal driving, but they can crack between holes. Slotted is the best option for everyday driving.

 

i have slotted ebc rotors in my front i think im going to go with duralast pads according to my budget suggested by theBigG

 

I've always been under the impression that drilled rosters were ok for a DD and slotted rotors were for track use only. This is due to the fact that under heavy breaking and race conditions pads become hazed. A gloss or sheen forms under the high temp braking lessening the friction between pad and rotor. The slot acts like a blade "shaving" a thin layer off the pads continuously thus keeping the friction coefficient at its highest. But, this shortens the life of your pads. They can also be usefull in wet braking conditions. The holes in drilled Rotors are used for cooling. Plus the drilled ones look cooler in my opinion. LMN what y'all think...

 

Ive been using dura last pads for years there's nothing wrong with that. They also make a ceramic version. $48.00 a set.

 

http://www.g20.net/forum/showpost.ph...00&postcount=1

 

^great link