Need your opinion on rotors!
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As I type this I am getting new rotors installed that I bought from Brakemotive on ebay. The pads are powerstop and the rotors came in powerstop boxes as well. They are drilled and slotted and were really inexpensive. My car is an S.
I did many many hours of research and I got the feeling that most inexpensive rotors are very similar despite the difference in prices.
I'll post up a review later this weekend.
I did many many hours of research and I got the feeling that most inexpensive rotors are very similar despite the difference in prices.
I'll post up a review later this weekend.
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If you buy rotors on ebay, make sure the rotors came drilled from the manufacturer, and the company you are purchasing from isn't one of those that takes blanks and drills them in house before they send the rotors out to you.
Ebay drilled rotors have been known to crack because drilling blanks weakens the integrity of the rotor and added heat and pressure is just too much for the rotor. Slotted on the other hand, isn't as big of an issue.
Unless your car is going to be seeing lots of track time, you don't really need the extra cooling of drilled rotors, but slotted can help performance as the slots help suck the brake pads to the rotor.
If anything, for a daily driver, your selection of brake pads would be a bigger factor of performance here. The rest would really be just for looks.
Ebay drilled rotors have been known to crack because drilling blanks weakens the integrity of the rotor and added heat and pressure is just too much for the rotor. Slotted on the other hand, isn't as big of an issue.
Unless your car is going to be seeing lots of track time, you don't really need the extra cooling of drilled rotors, but slotted can help performance as the slots help suck the brake pads to the rotor.
If anything, for a daily driver, your selection of brake pads would be a bigger factor of performance here. The rest would really be just for looks.
Last edited by dofu; 07-01-2011 at 01:10 PM.
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As I type this I am getting new rotors installed that I bought from Brakemotive on ebay. The pads are powerstop and the rotors came in powerstop boxes as well. They are drilled and slotted and were really inexpensive. My car is an S.
I did many many hours of research and I got the feeling that most inexpensive rotors are very similar despite the difference in prices.
I'll post up a review later this weekend.
I did many many hours of research and I got the feeling that most inexpensive rotors are very similar despite the difference in prices.
I'll post up a review later this weekend.
I got the same ones. Not a bad deal. Didn't have a chance with the winter though. Rotors are already rusty after 1 winter.
These are factory drilled and slotted.
If you are in the south where you dont see any salt from the winters, these are a great option. If you are up north, may want to paint the rotor fins and hubs to prevent it from rusting.
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I got the same ones. Not a bad deal. Didn't have a chance with the winter though. Rotors are already rusty after 1 winter.
These are factory drilled and slotted.
If you are in the south where you dont see any salt from the winters, these are a great option. If you are up north, may want to paint the rotor fins and hubs to prevent it from rusting.
These are factory drilled and slotted.
If you are in the south where you dont see any salt from the winters, these are a great option. If you are up north, may want to paint the rotor fins and hubs to prevent it from rusting.
Here are a couple of pics:
Last edited by Rollo; 07-01-2011 at 06:08 PM.
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Drove around with them for a while this afternoon and they still seem great. They bedded in perfectly, pedal feel is good and they feel slightly more responsive that my OEM's did.
If I were going to track my car I would definitely not get drilled...but I'm not...I just wanted similar to oem performance with a sportier look that will further differentiate my car from the million f'ing Camry's in my part of the country. And so far, these are exactly what I had in mind.
Very inexpensive, great looking, good performance. Also, there is no need for drilled rotors any more--you can believe this or not, I don't care--but when you see drilled rotors on an M5 or Corvette they are for looks...they are awesome brakes I'm sure but they are drilled for looks. The days of needing drilled to remove gasses or promote cooling are long gone.
If I were going for purely performance in an OEM size rotor I would get DBA's. They have special cooling vane technology and I believe make the best one piece rotors you can buy. I had them on my somewhat modded WRX many years ago.
If I were going to track my car I would definitely not get drilled...but I'm not...I just wanted similar to oem performance with a sportier look that will further differentiate my car from the million f'ing Camry's in my part of the country. And so far, these are exactly what I had in mind.
Very inexpensive, great looking, good performance. Also, there is no need for drilled rotors any more--you can believe this or not, I don't care--but when you see drilled rotors on an M5 or Corvette they are for looks...they are awesome brakes I'm sure but they are drilled for looks. The days of needing drilled to remove gasses or promote cooling are long gone.
If I were going for purely performance in an OEM size rotor I would get DBA's. They have special cooling vane technology and I believe make the best one piece rotors you can buy. I had them on my somewhat modded WRX many years ago.
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Oh... the joys of an incorrect order. They sent me slotted and drilled. I wanted blanks. In addition one rotor has this machined cut on the edge of one rotor. Does anyone know what this? I've never had rotors off the G before so thought maybe it was something I wasn't aware of. Or the machine cutting this thing in China went a little haywire.