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Old 01-25-12, 09:13 AM
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Time to replace the rotors on my SC300. Car has upgraded LS 400 brakes. What's the best rplacement rotors out there? I'd like to go cross drilled to just add to the looks because my wheels are so open.

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What wheels are those? Sizing as well...

Car looks great!
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Check brakeperformance.com.. That's where I purchased my last set.... I had no complaints.
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I went OEM brenbo, not drilled or slotted but they last a long time.
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Do they rust and get dirty though?
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ALL rotors will rust*

Centric has rotors that are super cheap (~$100 for a set of 4) non-drilled non-slotted
Great option for just about any car regardless of track use or not.

Slotted and drilled are fine for the street but don't except anything from them besides faster brakepad wear.


*Unless you have baller pockets and run carbon ceramics
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R1 concepts slotted here, they are zinc plated to resist corrosion.
Have them for a year and a half now with no issues with my ls calipers and like them a lot.
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Lexxium which one is it? Eline which is $130 or Premium for $230?

Intimazy, not all, there's alot of brands that make the zinc plating, but cost twice as much as the regular ones and haven't seen alot of people vouching for them. Only brand I've seen people vouch for is R1 Concepts, but very confusing because people say "the zinc plated one for $130" don't rust, but when you look into their website the $130 one doesn't say zinc plated, and the $230 one says electro plated?! And that's where I get confused......

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Rockauto has plenty of choices for CHEAP!
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I see everything from $39 up online. Who here has experience with horsepowerfreaks dot com? Reliable? Good products or just a cool name remarketing stuff I should buy from Summit?
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Originally Posted by KingPhilip
Intimazy, not all, there's alot of brands that make the zinc plating, but cost twice as much as the regular ones and haven't seen alot of people vouching for them. Only brand I've seen people vouch for is R1 Concepts, but very confusing because people say "the zinc plated one for $130" don't rust, but when you look into their website the $130 one doesn't say zinc plated, and the $230 one says electro plated?! And that's where I get confused......
The center "hat" area may not rust but the swept areas will. They also have some that have painted centers as well but it really does nothing for the outside.
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That's the part I'm concerned of, the hub and the vent. I don't really think the contact area for the brake pads will rust, and even if it did, it would just wipe off once you step on the brakes...
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Get some DBA 4000XS rotors, Ive heard great things! They look awesome too! They offer a 2 piece rotor the 5000 series too if you wanna go serious...
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I have the slotted with the coating as well so they don't rust and they look very nice..

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Originally Posted by KingPhilip
Lexxium which one is it? Eline which is $130 or Premium for $230?

Intimazy, not all, there's alot of brands that make the zinc plating, but cost twice as much as the regular ones and haven't seen alot of people vouching for them. Only brand I've seen people vouch for is R1 Concepts, but very confusing because people say "the zinc plated one for $130" don't rust, but when you look into their website the $130 one doesn't say zinc plated, and the $230 one says electro plated?! And that's where I get confused......
I got the e line slotted ones for 130.

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