just curious to know which brand/make brake pads is good to use with a cross/drilled rotors?...i'm looking for a long lasting and good braking power...

 

The fact that you're using cross-drilled rotors should have no effect on your choice of brake pads. You should choose brake pads based on your needs for braking power, temperature range (street use vs track), cost, longevity, etc.

I've tried a lot of different pads, and I really like the Cobalt GT Sport brake pads. They're good for street use, because they work at cold temperatures, they almost never squeal, and they have a nice level of grip. You can even use them on the track, if you like (although if you want a pad strictly for track use, and don't mind changing them, there are grippier pads around, although most of them squeal and don't work well when cold).

There are lots of previous topics about various brake pads, though. You might want to read through them...

 

I noticed I went through pads quicker after I installed drilled/slotted rotors...just an observation, so for my daily driver, i just get cheapest since they wear a lil quicker..

 

Do not use EBC if you dont want to clean your wheels every time you take the car out or dont want hear a squeaky noise all the time other then that so far so good street/track use

 

Coolbeans, Any ideas on chepest place to order brand name pads??? THX!!

 

axxis ultimates if you can still get them. probably my favorite street pad but also discontinued in the states.

hawk hp+ would be my second go-to pad, usually good deals on ebay

 

Yes that's the fact for drilled or slotted rotors. The holes and slots would "shave" more materials off the pads every time the brakes are applied.

 

You can still get Axxis Ultimates through importrp, although they cost a little more than they used to a few years ago. I just bought some front and rear.

 

Personal experience has been great with Hawk HPS. Ran 4 track days and 1.5 years of very low mileage daily driving(under 5 mile commute). Low dust, low noise and decent initial bite and wear on both the street and track.

I did switch to HP+ temporarily and switched back. They destroyed my Brembo blank OEM replacement rotors and the dust was too much for daily use. The compound of the brake pad if not cleaned very regularly ate through and stained my Si rims clear coat. Completely my bad for not researching them more before I used them because I think that's a common complaint. Great bite and awesome on the track for a "street" type performance pad, I just didn't care for them as a daily pad because of the high brake dust and the damage it did to my rims and rotors.

Unfortunately I haven't really tried any other pad because I like the HPS's and until I can dedicate my car only to track use I'll stick with them. I know their limits and am comfortable with the pads and what they can do.

 

Pads.axis ultimate is what i've been running for past 10 years and still love it

Rotors. you dont wanna get drilled.. we dont need that old school technology anymore the pads doens't make gas when it gets heated up now days. the drilled rotor is for letting the gas escape so you dont get brake pad floating against the rotor.

drilled rotors means less surface area your brake pad needs to lose the heat by touching as much as rotor surface as possible. but when you use the drilled rotor its same as running smaller rotor

and there is alot of stress applied in the drilled hole on the rotor and start cracking in half.

keep it blank.