Brake rotors
01-20-2005, 04:50 PM
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Brake rotors I am in the market for some new brake rotors since my fronts are severely warped and it is driving me nuts. I have been looking at either the Power Stop cross drilled, Power Slot, or the Brembo cross driled and slotted. I don't do any road racing or anything so I am looking for a rotor that looks great and performs well. Are there any advantage or disadvantages of the cross drilled? What do you guy think? I can get any of these cheaper than OEM and my father works for GM. I am just affraid that OEM will warp quickly again since I have heard that they are crap. Any help is appreciated!
Thanks, Brent
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01-20-2005, 04:54 PM
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Sloted and drilled does nothing but look good. Drilled are the easyest to crack, but if you let your brakes cool off before you park it wont be a problem. Since you are not raceing. Power slots are good rotors. I'm going to order the LG DBA ones soon, since they are better then the stock C5 ones I have with my brake upgrade kit.
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Here's what to do.
1) Go to Farm & Fleet, Fleet Farm, Wal*Mart, wherever. Buy 4 replacement disks. $120 Don't bother getting zinc coated, I'll address this later.
2) Take a corded drill, unless you have a really good cordless like Black & Decker or Craftsman 12v and put in a 1/8" metal drill bit. Drill holes in the surface, but no more than 23 to preserve strength. Don't hit the vanes. Like any other drill project, draw out your design first. $0
3) Buy some sandpaper, preferably for a palm sander, but a sanding block works pretty well too, in 40, 100, and 400 grit. Start with the 40 and work to the 400 making sure you get the holes flush so the pads don't grab. You can also finish it up by using some steel wool. $5
4) Optional: Use a dremel with the ball shaped grinder. Here's where you can really customize. You can make the designs you want. There's no rhyme or reason to the slots you see. They're just there to help heat and gas escape from the pad, and clean the pads, so it's not important to have a design in science as important as it is to at least have them there. You can go curved, multi-curved, or slants. You can then use sanding attachments and/or the polishing kit to fine tune.
5) Now here's why not to get zinc coated... because zinc is cheap and it's certainly not flashy. Any local chromer can do 4 rotors for under $100. Not only do you get the best looking rotors, chrome strengthens the rotor and you can get an extra 10,000 miles out of them, depending on how you drive of course. You can also skip the sanding part if you chrome them as the chromer will finish the surface to prep for chroming
$225 for rotors that look better than the crap out there now, both in design and finish, and they'll last longer than about anything out there.
Best used with ceramic/porcelain pads (available at any parts store autozone, pep boys, o'reilly's, advanced, car quest etc.)
Here's my Firehawk:
1) Go to Farm & Fleet, Fleet Farm, Wal*Mart, wherever. Buy 4 replacement disks. $120 Don't bother getting zinc coated, I'll address this later.
2) Take a corded drill, unless you have a really good cordless like Black & Decker or Craftsman 12v and put in a 1/8" metal drill bit. Drill holes in the surface, but no more than 23 to preserve strength. Don't hit the vanes. Like any other drill project, draw out your design first. $0
3) Buy some sandpaper, preferably for a palm sander, but a sanding block works pretty well too, in 40, 100, and 400 grit. Start with the 40 and work to the 400 making sure you get the holes flush so the pads don't grab. You can also finish it up by using some steel wool. $5
4) Optional: Use a dremel with the ball shaped grinder. Here's where you can really customize. You can make the designs you want. There's no rhyme or reason to the slots you see. They're just there to help heat and gas escape from the pad, and clean the pads, so it's not important to have a design in science as important as it is to at least have them there. You can go curved, multi-curved, or slants. You can then use sanding attachments and/or the polishing kit to fine tune.
5) Now here's why not to get zinc coated... because zinc is cheap and it's certainly not flashy. Any local chromer can do 4 rotors for under $100. Not only do you get the best looking rotors, chrome strengthens the rotor and you can get an extra 10,000 miles out of them, depending on how you drive of course. You can also skip the sanding part if you chrome them as the chromer will finish the surface to prep for chroming
$225 for rotors that look better than the crap out there now, both in design and finish, and they'll last longer than about anything out there.
Best used with ceramic/porcelain pads (available at any parts store autozone, pep boys, o'reilly's, advanced, car quest etc.)
Here's my Firehawk:
That is a new one. Chrome and heat do NOT mix!!! Chromeing a rotor has to be the worst idea I have ever heard. 
i think that looks like crap, for one...nvm im not even gonna say it. for 2 way way too flashy, looks like some crappy chrome rotor cover 
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