tfeni52355

I put drilled and slotted rotors and ceramic brake pads on my wife's SC back in 2011. They have been great brakes and look sweet behind the Foose wheels. Seems that after about 20K miles the brake pedal is starting to get low. Seems that is not very much wear for brakes. But she drives mostly in town with lots of braking for stop lights etc.

I'm not too concerned but would just like some opinions and experience if anyone has any with this type of brake setup.

Thanks!

Z07

Ceramic pads are wonderful. They grab well and don't produce dark colored brake dust that makes the wheels look dirty nearly as fast as metallic, semi-metallic, or organic. They do wear on rotors faster than organic pads.

Slotted rotors are great for improving initial bite as they scrape away pad material exposing fresh pad. This causes faster than normal pad wear but provides better initial grab.

Cross drilled rotors are good for eye candy and race cars with frequent rotor changes. They allow space for off gassing to reduce brake fade. They are also good for sudden catastrophic rotor disintegration. Best for track or pro-street types with a risk tolerance for sudden brake failure.

nc356

iTrader: (1)

I'm a bit late replying.
I suppose you have dealt with your brake issue by now, but if not:

Low pedal is not related to pad wear; it is a system problem that should be dealt with ASAP!

Bet you have learned this already.

OBP

I'm running slotted rotors from Powerstop up front and OEM rotors in the back. And I have Posi Quiet ceramic pads all round. Been happy with my ceramic pads, bite is better than OEM. My slotted rotors up front are OK - slight buzz when I brake hard but they feel better than the OEMs which warped after about 55k miles. I've found that ceramic pads with some OEM rotors tend to cause faster than expected rotor warpage ( happened in my Acura RL too after I switched from OEM pads to Akebono ceramic pads ). Overall though, I'm good with a combo of slotted rotors up front and regular non slotted behind and ceramic pads all round.

Would not want drilled rotors - too afraid of rotor failure like Z07 said.