New rotors w/painted hats!
12-19-2008, 02:41 PM
#1
New rotors w/painted hats! I saw the rotors that Sommer86, 6LE, and Dave put on their cars, so I got a set as well and painted the hats a high temp flat black:
LT_Chevyboy helped me out and showed me how to install rotors and pads (Duralast Ceramic) last night. I bedded the pads (5-10 hard stops from 30MPH), there was still a little squeaking going on, so I did a firm slow down from 70MPH down to 20MPH this morning and the squeaking has gone away (for now). This setup works much better than stock (or at least what I had). Feels much firmer and a lot safer than my old brake setup. When slowing down today one time I noticed that people behind me had to aim to the left or right of my car to avoid hitting me... Didn't seem like I was actually slowing down too fast so I guess they work a lot better than everyone elses brakes.
I found out too that I should rebuild the calipers on at least the front.
Some pics I took this morning:
LT_Chevyboy helped me out and showed me how to install rotors and pads (Duralast Ceramic) last night. I bedded the pads (5-10 hard stops from 30MPH), there was still a little squeaking going on, so I did a firm slow down from 70MPH down to 20MPH this morning and the squeaking has gone away (for now). This setup works much better than stock (or at least what I had). Feels much firmer and a lot safer than my old brake setup. When slowing down today one time I noticed that people behind me had to aim to the left or right of my car to avoid hitting me... Didn't seem like I was actually slowing down too fast so I guess they work a lot better than everyone elses brakes.
I found out too that I should rebuild the calipers on at least the front.Some pics I took this morning:
Last edited by ZexGX; 12-19-2008 at 02:46 PM.
12-19-2008, 07:51 PM
#7
The hardest part is sanding, cleaning, and masking (prep for paint).
Yeah I'm noticing that too... Very pleased. I thought it'd be worse than stock just because of the things I've heard regarding braking surface area but for some reason these feel much much better.
Yeah I'm noticing that too... Very pleased. I thought it'd be worse than stock just because of the things I've heard regarding braking surface area but for some reason these feel much much better.
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12-19-2008, 09:43 PM
#9
rotorsonline - there's a couple sponsors here who can put in orders for you and possibly get you a discount (6LITEREATER and Stroker396@APF carries these I think). Got all 4 for $175 on a GP deal but I'm not sure you can still get them at that price (wouldn't hurt to ask though 
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