OK, the Colletti Motorsports web site is down, and that's the only place I know of where I can get OEM Brembo blanks. Is there another place someone can point me to?

Another question I have, I went to the Brembo web site, and found Brembo front rotors for the ITR, both slotted and cross-drilled, selling at $239. Now, how are these different that OEM blanks? Should I get these, or get the OEM blank ones instead? Is there any reason why these are more expensive? Is it worth the price difference?

Thanks for any help.

 

look here
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=181692

fyi... solid rotors are your best bet. they save the pads and are better in the long run.

one set of Bremh0es vs. 2 sets of Autozone r0t0rs...

Will
-brake killer

 

Willard, question about rotors.. I see most everybody on the board louding proclaiming that slotted rotors are a waste of time and they do nothing - but I have seen recently professional race cars (WRC, BTCC, ALMS, for example) using slotted rotors...

Can you explain?

 

The level at which 99.7% of the members of this board (R. Foo is part of the 0.03%) drive we/us/they will never have any issue with 'gas buildup' under the pad material (between the pad and the rotor).

crossdrilled = quick water removal (24hr races, rally, etc)
slotted = gas venting area

Willis

 

Thanks. I understand that the level of performance at which most of us drive will not require these - but when people have made comments about cross-drilled rotors and slotted rotors in the past (not you) they have made blanket statements (at least implied) that these types or rotors are garbage...

 

IMO slotted rotors are garbage, and I'll never run them again. Hawk Blue's aren't gaseous and instead just fill the slots up with bad material effectively removing the slots anyways.. maybe if you used gaseous pads..

 

not garbage... they still work fine, just not as well as a sold rotor IMO.

cons:
Crossdrilled = less mass to help store/release heat, more prone to crack (see what I did to the solid ones?), and eat pad material more quickly than a solid one.
Slotted = slot fills with pad material over time (defeats the purpose somewhat), will be where cracks start.

pros:
listed above

I tend to think that they are more fashion oriented than preformance oriented. But I have been wrong before.

Will

 

Do they still make pads like that? The reason I asked is that while watching the latest round of the WRC I noticed that most of the cars were running slotted rotors...

 

mud/water mebbe?

 

Well the garbage is where I put mine with only a few thousand miles on em.

Slotted also has less thermal mass and surface area, just like crossdrilled. I didn't crack my slotteds because I didn't use the trash long enough, have cracked every solid rotor so far so I'm sure slotted/crossdrilled would have been nicey nice cracked.

The only pro: Makes wallet lighter

PowerStunna rotors own j00!

 

Dave-ROR: I can appreciate your opinion, but you have not explained why so many professional race cars are using slotted rotors. If they are garbage and for bling-bling only then why are they being used on circuits around the world?

 

Because they need to vent their gaseous pads or remove the crap off their rotors.

Race cars and street cars aren't even REMOTELY the same, hence we have far different needs.

What applies to racecars doesn't not necessarily apply to use, despite what those people who lower their cars to within 2" of the ground will try to have you believe.

 

I honestly haven't seen anyone using them, not even in WRC. Which rally was this? Maybe it was used for water/rocks/whatever so they wouldn't get stuck as easily. Maybe they use gaseous pads, hell I'm not on a WRC team to know what pads they use I do know, on *MY* car, nothing has worked better than solid rotors. Beyond my own personal experience there's not much more I can speak upon. That's why IMO they are garbage.

 

That is cool. I'm just trying to understand the bigger picture...

I saw the WRC cars with the slotted rotors during the Safari rally, but I have also seen BTCC and ALMS cars using slotted rotors..

 

These opinions are helpful, and I'll stick to getting Brembo OEM blanks, not slotted or cross-drilled. But my original question remains: Where can I get these?

 

Just get the autozone rotors. $24.99 each

Flux: Err I reread my post, I sounded kinda angry.. I wasn't

 

Just a quick thought. Has anyone asked if Autozone sells Brembo rotors? The reason I bring this up its because my brother use to work for the Autozone wherehouse & he said he saw Brembo rotors in there.

 

ok, still where to get these brembo oem blanks? i don't have autozone's by me....only shitty redneck parts places. "whut? you hav a for cilindr? huh?" is the usual response i get when trying to get little things for my car.

 

Ok, try http://www.cobaltfriction.com/ or http://www.carbotecheng.com
I really don't know if they carry them, but they may be able to get ahold of some. Give them a call.