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Old 03-21-2010, 12:31 PM
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Any suggestions on good looking brakes, that perform well also?
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any budget or goals? stock calipers with good pads/rotors/fluid are good for 98% of applications
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Well, its gonna be a street/strip car, mainly street driving, and as far as my budget goes I would like to get some that wont blow the bank haha
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fresh fluid, braided lines, HPS pads, blank rotors.
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strano sells a nice set with ATE blanks, hps pads, new lines and fluid for about 650.
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C5 Corvette calipers and rotors along with Hawk pads
Old 03-22-2010, 03:45 PM
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I like the strano better than the c5 conversion lol
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as stated above, blanks perform best. i switched to brembo blank rotors and they will take a beating and then be able to stop. i've also had them in slotted form and they were great also. if you NEED to get mutilated rotors, slotted brembos would be my choice.

its a shitty feeling when you're only half way down a mountain on a curvy road and you have to slow down a bit because your brakes tap out from the heat. so... do not get the cheap cross drilled and/or slotted rotors. they take forever to stop and will chip and crack as soon as you drive hard on them (i've gone through more than one set of those).
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Yeahh how much did they run you?
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Give Adam @ Brakemotive a call they are a sponsor on here. I picked up a set of slotted rotors and brake pads for just under 200 bucks!!!! ill be installing them sometime next week.



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