Drilled/Slotted Rotors Options
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Sto_fever
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Drilled/Slotted Rotors Options
Hey everybody, time to get some new rotors for my Gs and i was thinking some Drilled/slotted rotors. My car is black on back with gold writing. I ran across some gold looking rotors. I was thinking it might look good with the gold writing but i have chrome rims so it might clash. Your options will be appreciated. Also what kind of drilled/slotted rotors do you have. Lastly how long did they last.
The link to the gold rotors
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/EBC-GD781/
The link to the gold rotors
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/EBC-GD781/
most brake gurus will tell you Drilled is not really needed no a days because of better pad technology, in addition to potential stress that may crack your rotors, unless your applications are 120mph plus, circuit racing, and such. even then u still have to inspect your rotors after every event.
if you are going for looks which i think your post is leaning towards, id say get any ebay kit, any color or spray it any color, Pink, Green, Yellow, Gold etc and call it a day.
If you are going for performance, your better getting Brembo Blanks, a Good set of Pads, and hard lines. You can also spray both calipers and rotors gold if you wish.
BTW, the gold is not just a pretty color but a Zinc coating that will wear from the rotor bearing surface once you go for your first ride, it will remain on the hat to protect the exposed areas.
if you are going for looks which i think your post is leaning towards, id say get any ebay kit, any color or spray it any color, Pink, Green, Yellow, Gold etc and call it a day.
If you are going for performance, your better getting Brembo Blanks, a Good set of Pads, and hard lines. You can also spray both calipers and rotors gold if you wish.
BTW, the gold is not just a pretty color but a Zinc coating that will wear from the rotor bearing surface once you go for your first ride, it will remain on the hat to protect the exposed areas.
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Sto_fever
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 457
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From: NJ
most brake gurus will tell you Drilled is not really needed no a days because of better pad technology, in addition to potential stress that may crack your rotors, unless your applications are 120mph plus, circuit racing, and such. even then u still have to inspect your rotors after every event.
if you are going for looks which i think your post is leaning towards, id say get any ebay kit, any color or spray it any color, Pink, Green, Yellow, Gold etc and call it a day.
If you are going for performance, your better getting Brembo Blanks, a Good set of Pads, and hard lines. You can also spray both calipers and rotors gold if you wish.
BTW, the gold is not just a pretty color but a Zinc coating that will wear from the rotor bearing surface once you go for your first ride, it will remain on the hat to protect the exposed areas.
if you are going for looks which i think your post is leaning towards, id say get any ebay kit, any color or spray it any color, Pink, Green, Yellow, Gold etc and call it a day.
If you are going for performance, your better getting Brembo Blanks, a Good set of Pads, and hard lines. You can also spray both calipers and rotors gold if you wish.
BTW, the gold is not just a pretty color but a Zinc coating that will wear from the rotor bearing surface once you go for your first ride, it will remain on the hat to protect the exposed areas.
what kind of rims did u have b/c i have chrome and idk if it will look good w/ gold peeping out. i know it will match my emblems. Did you try different pads to make the noise stop?
that would be silly and it would scrape off when you applied the brakes
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Yes, what i do is Just spray the whole rotor focusing on the hats, some over spray may land on the pad surface area but will rub off on brake in period. you may want to take a sand paper to the surface to remove some of the spray also. No biggie
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Sto_fever
Joined: Sep 2010
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From: NJ
this brake setup has plenty of bite but now that i have all that dynamat and the heavy stereo setup i want/need just a little more braking power so i went to the LS swap, if its not enough or i want more i will do a BBK
thanks. i like my SS lines but im keeping them and will reuse them on the LS calipers.
this brake setup has plenty of bite but now that i have all that dynamat and the heavy stereo setup i want/need just a little more braking power so i went to the LS swap, if its not enough or i want more i will do a BBK
this brake setup has plenty of bite but now that i have all that dynamat and the heavy stereo setup i want/need just a little more braking power so i went to the LS swap, if its not enough or i want more i will do a BBK
i took a wire brush and clean the the whole hat area and place some tape around the rotor area before painting, i use duplicolor color caliper paint and now they look really nice ( as always thanks **** on the rotor) but the pad im using sux big time need to get a some better ones" hint sakataj 
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