tici

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Here how my Brembo disks + Hawks HPS pads look like after 10'000 miles.
This is my daily drive, I don't race nor abuse it somehow.

Is that normal?
Look at the grooves: they are at least 1 mm deep! (= 0.04")

Other cars have a nice flat surface...


Thank you for your opinions

Stefano

kny3twalker

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I just installed mine, and after bedding them, they look the exact same as yours other than the rust

tici

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Do you think the Brembo disks are extremely soft or the Hawks HPS extremely hard?
I never saw something like that using original GM parts.

What is really strange is the groove in the inner part of the disk: today I took the brakes apart thinking something was broken but everything was fine.

Any idea how this can happen?

kny3twalker

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Hawk HPS are a metallic compound, I saw practically the same results when I had my performance frictions and Power Slots. OEM brakes are a ceramic or organic pad.

Viper

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I've got 15K on mine and they look the same. But they also still stop fantastic so I don't worry about it.

mycamaroSS

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interesting, just bought this combo. Well if vipers are doin fine and they look like this than no worries here

Project GatTagO

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Rotors are wear items just like pads. When you run an aggressive pad like the Hawk HPS you will experience quicker rotor wear.

Andrew

Black FormulaLs1

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i just bought some baer eradispeed PLUS cross drilled and slotted 2 peice rotors used and they looked pretty damn good for $300 shipped...what pads would yall recommend on them? oem stock? hawks? what? i need the rotors to last but lets face it you gotta stop to get fuel....

tici

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That's not too good for me.
Over here US car parts are 3-4 times more expensive than in the USA, so I import almost everything.
To import rotors is really expensive (for the Brembo I paid more for the shipping than for the parts). It's better I install a mild pad (gently to the rotors) and replace it from time to time. It's much cheaper than replace the rotors (only because of the shpping cost...).

By the way: Brembo is an Italian brand, but in Italy (200 miles from here) they don't produce the F-Body rotors!!! Mine came from Mexico.

Project GatTagO

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The trade off is that the less aggressive pad will have a smaller coefficient of friction and thus you will need to press harder on the brakes to stop.

Andrew

tici

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Ehh... I know!
The combo Brembo-Hawks works grate, but 99% of my driving is home to office, so no real need of something special.
Shipping of the Brembo's was like $50-70 per rotor!
Over her I only get OEM or WIX rotors.
The OEM are way too expensive, the set of WIX vibrate since day 1: thay are not warped, they warp as soon they get warm. That's why I went with Brembo (shipped USPS by a friend).
The WIX pads are not too bad: not really "performance" but good enough for me.
I'll soon install them instead of the Hawks. Not too special but I'll save the rotors

mycamaroSS

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werd, perfectly put

warp10

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I've had Brembo for a few years now. Works great for me. I just got them resurfaced and put some new Hawk HPS on all 4 corners. No grooves as of yet.

tici

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Hi Dean! I bet you know where my rotors are coming from
Never had grooves like mine?

warp10

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Kinda of remember yes.

So no, no grooves on mine. My calipers were old and pistons and guide pins where giving me issues. I replaced everything except for the routers. Works well.