Question about Minimum Rotor thickness....
03-21-16, 08:32 AM
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And no, the rotors were not damaged. I put my street pads back in the calipers and drove home 3 hours to Atlanta.
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01-31-18, 09:31 PM
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Besides, what's the worst that will happen? Ruin a rotor or two. Sucks, but as relatively cheap as OEM rotors are, not really a big deal. Not like killing any of the two piece options we have.
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03-28-18, 12:45 PM
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Whomever the tech is, he's an idiot or a thief. New thickness front is 30.0mm and you've only worn 5% of the rotor's service life. There is no way you will ever burn through a rotor in 5k miles even if you put Hawk blues on it.
27.2mm in the rear has only used 40% of it's service life. As little as these cars use the rear brakes, you could probably go another 50k without any worries at all.
No need to care much about pads, they will talk to you when it is time to change them long before they are at minimum thickness.
27.2mm in the rear has only used 40% of it's service life. As little as these cars use the rear brakes, you could probably go another 50k without any worries at all.
No need to care much about pads, they will talk to you when it is time to change them long before they are at minimum thickness.
03-28-18, 03:02 PM
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The pad's backing plate will usually contact the outer rim of the brake (where it isn't worn) and squeal like metal on metal (because it is) and let you know it's time to change the pads even if you don't have wear indicators installed. AMHIK.
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06-06-18, 05:44 PM
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Whomever the tech is, he's an idiot or a thief. New thickness front is 30.0mm and you've only worn 5% of the rotor's service life. There is no way you will ever burn through a rotor in 5k miles even if you put Hawk blues on it.
27.2mm in the rear has only used 40% of it's service life. As little as these cars use the rear brakes, you could probably go another 50k without any worries at all.
No need to care much about pads, they will talk to you when it is time to change them long before they are at minimum thickness.
27.2mm in the rear has only used 40% of it's service life. As little as these cars use the rear brakes, you could probably go another 50k without any worries at all.
No need to care much about pads, they will talk to you when it is time to change them long before they are at minimum thickness.
I wore out all my slots on Coleman rotors with hawk comp pads in 300 miles aggressive street driving. Same with Wilwood Polymatrix D
06-06-18, 09:30 PM
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Coleman? Who are they and do they make rotors for an IS F?
The only Coleman I know makes camping gear. I wouldn't expect them to know much about brake rotors.
The only Coleman I know makes camping gear. I wouldn't expect them to know much about brake rotors.
06-11-18, 08:46 AM
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Should have asked my dad. He knows all about the circle track stuff, and they look like they do a lot with circle track racers.