need a good set of rotors any suggestions?
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need a good set of rotors any suggestions?
i currently have a set of slotted and drilled rotors special ordered from advance and i came to a sliding stop once and they warped. i would like a another set s/d rotors but not through advance maybe somthing a little better quality but oem size no big brake kits and i dont want to spend a fortune on rotors
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Re: need a good set of rotors any suggestions?
oem or hawk quiet slot rotors
http://www.hawkpadsdirect.com/Hawk-P...ors-s/5694.htm
i got them for $75 each and got the hawk performance street pads $63 all for 213 shipped from nolimitmotorsport.com
http://www.hawkpadsdirect.com/Hawk-P...ors-s/5694.htm
i got them for $75 each and got the hawk performance street pads $63 all for 213 shipped from nolimitmotorsport.com
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Re: need a good set of rotors any suggestions?
Alot of companies like autozone or advance have lifetime warranties on their rotors...If they warp just take them back and exchange them..
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Re: need a good set of rotors any suggestions?
Brembo blanks. Best bang for your buck. You're actually hurting pad life and gaining very little from slotted/drilled rotors. When you modify the surface of the rotor you actually remove mass, therefore the rotors heat up more quickly.
All you're really gaining is initial bite, otherwise it's really a performance decrease.
All you're really gaining is initial bite, otherwise it's really a performance decrease.
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Re: need a good set of rotors any suggestions?
Most of the time they take your name and phone number and they can pull it it.
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exactly just try to give them the number and the name you gave when u bought the rotors cause they ask reguardless
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what do u mean people like me? i asked for an opinion not to be flamed so if u cant be nice stfu
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Re: need a good set of rotors any suggestions?
Some of the cheaper rotors are made with pot metal as filler... Thus warping easier... It would be hard to warp brembo blanks, whereas, You spend the extra money, you wont be making a bunch of warranty claims...
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Re: need a good set of rotors any suggestions?
Read this: https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-civic-del-sol-1992-2000-1/why-blank-rotors-better-than-cross-drilled-slotted-1437513/
Then go out and buy some good quality blank rotors, such as Brembo or Wagner. I'd suggest you find something that's not made in China but that seems to be impossible these days.
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Then go out and buy some good quality blank rotors, such as Brembo or Wagner. I'd suggest you find something that's not made in China but that seems to be impossible these days.
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Re: need a good set of rotors any suggestions?
Also, stoptech has a really good tech article talking about rotor warping. Stoptech white papers. They say it is pad material unevenly transferred to the rotor.
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Re: need a good set of rotors any suggestions?
Brembo blanks aren't expensive. If you think $60-75/set is expensive for a set of quality rotors I don't even want to know what kind of rotors you're buying.
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Either pay for a set of quality brembo's
or buy 4 sets of cheap-o-rotors from advance/pepboys/etc and spend 2x the amount of money and 4x the amount of labor
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Re: need a good set of rotors any suggestions?
OEM Honda pads and rotors will last a whole lot longer than they probably should. I've seen people get over 300,000kms out of a set of factory rotors. Also, cheap rotors will warp something awful.