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Rock Auto Thinking of getting this brake/rotor kit
https://www.rockauto.com/catalog/mor...nid=505&jpid=5
Anyone have any experience with them ?
https://www.rockauto.com/catalog/mor...nid=505&jpid=5
Anyone have any experience with them ?
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Only if you like poor stopping ability and potentially cracked rotors.
Ceramic pads are **** for stopping power, and drilled rotors are only for looks nowadays, and they are prone to crack, especially cheap ones.
If you want better stopping power you want blank rotors with semi-metallic pads:
http://www.stranoparts.com/partdetai...=269&ModelID=7
Ceramic pads are **** for stopping power, and drilled rotors are only for looks nowadays, and they are prone to crack, especially cheap ones.
If you want better stopping power you want blank rotors with semi-metallic pads:
http://www.stranoparts.com/partdetai...=269&ModelID=7
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Those ones from Rock Auto look similar to what Brakemotive has, but not sure if they are actually the same or not.
Screw semi-metallic pads, sure they stop a little better technically, but the dusting is just not worth it for a street car. A good ceramic pad will still bite well.
Yeah, drilled rotors can crack, doesn't mean they will. I cannot speak for any others but I have yet to have any of my Brakemotive rotors crack since I started using them years ago. I'd rather them not be drilled at all personally, but it doesn't really bother me that they are.
Screw semi-metallic pads, sure they stop a little better technically, but the dusting is just not worth it for a street car. A good ceramic pad will still bite well.
Yeah, drilled rotors can crack, doesn't mean they will. I cannot speak for any others but I have yet to have any of my Brakemotive rotors crack since I started using them years ago. I'd rather them not be drilled at all personally, but it doesn't really bother me that they are.
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Those ones from Rock Auto look similar to what Brakemotive has, but not sure if they are actually the same or not.
Screw semi-metallic pads, sure they stop a little better technically, but the dusting is just not worth it for a street car. A good ceramic pad will still bite well.
Yeah, drilled rotors can crack, doesn't mean they will. I cannot speak for any others but I have yet to have any of my Brakemotive rotors crack since I started using them years ago. I'd rather them not be drilled at all personally, but it doesn't really bother me that they are.
Screw semi-metallic pads, sure they stop a little better technically, but the dusting is just not worth it for a street car. A good ceramic pad will still bite well.
Yeah, drilled rotors can crack, doesn't mean they will. I cannot speak for any others but I have yet to have any of my Brakemotive rotors crack since I started using them years ago. I'd rather them not be drilled at all personally, but it doesn't really bother me that they are.
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My hawk hps pads hardly dust worse then the stock ones, but stop 1000 times better with zero fade. Cleaning the dust is not any more of an issue than before, and I like to keep my car immaculate.
Every ceramic pad Ive tried (which admittedly is not many) has been **** for stopping. This is the same as Ive read from others who have compared their ceramic to to similar non-ceramic pad as well.
I have ceramic Posi-Quiet fronts on drilled and slotted rotors, stock drum rears and possibly factory brake fluid. It's absolutely fine for normal driving with a slow initial bite but very linear resistance overall. They can hit pretty hard if you make them to as well. Obviously this isn't the best choice and I'm not pushing their limits, but they're a great pad that lasts a long time, virtually noise free and brake dust is not terrible either.
I will be changing to solid rotors and hawk hps's this winter though along with a brake fluid/complete brake system upgrade...not that I think my current setup is bad, more or less this new setup is better suited for what I want out of my car
I will be changing to solid rotors and hawk hps's this winter though along with a brake fluid/complete brake system upgrade...not that I think my current setup is bad, more or less this new setup is better suited for what I want out of my car
Sorry late to the post but I have these powerstop brakes and have been very impressed with their performance. I saw this post earlier but I wanted to post after I have tested them at a private track event instead of just the short little sprints of 50 seconds at autoX events. I raced at grange motor circuit which is a fairly small coarse but still was able to race as many laps as I wanted to. The brakes performed very well and I did not notice any brake fade. They did get hot, and hot enough to heat up the wheel to the point it would burn your hand if you touched it for longer than 1 second, I forgot to bring my infrared temp sensor so I can't tell you how hot they got but they didn't crack or warp at all either. No noticeable brake dust was produced from these pads as well. So in the end I would recommend this brake set especially at this price point.
Most likely a V-6 car.
FWIW, I recently replaced the pads and rotors on my wife's Jag XF. OE pads were metallic, and the dusting was terrible. I could wash the car one day, she'd drive back and forth to work the next day, and the wheels, especially the fronts, would already be ready for another wash.
I went with Powerstop ceramic pads, this time around. There's virtually no dust, whatsoever. Do they "bite" as well as the OE metallic? No, but I'd say that they have about 80% of the bite, and since the car isn't being raced, just street driven, that's more than adequate.
FWIW, I recently replaced the pads and rotors on my wife's Jag XF. OE pads were metallic, and the dusting was terrible. I could wash the car one day, she'd drive back and forth to work the next day, and the wheels, especially the fronts, would already be ready for another wash.
I went with Powerstop ceramic pads, this time around. There's virtually no dust, whatsoever. Do they "bite" as well as the OE metallic? No, but I'd say that they have about 80% of the bite, and since the car isn't being raced, just street driven, that's more than adequate.
Yes a v6 car... Nevertheless I beat an Lt1 camaro, and 2 Ls1 stock F-body's at a local autocross event by 3-4 seconds on a course 
It's a blast out there with an open diff with no traction control, drum rears, and 225 street tires all while competing against cars with nearly twice your horsepower stock
It's a blast out there with an open diff with no traction control, drum rears, and 225 street tires all while competing against cars with nearly twice your horsepower stock Lol you're halfway right, 98-02's did. Most 93-97's didn't though. Didn't mean to come off smart...alright maybe I did, regardless though, I think ceramics hold up pretty good in low to average speed stops even in succession