Wilwood big Brake with new Front Rotors?
08-14-2005, 08:52 PM
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Wilwood big Brake with new Front Rotors? Wilwood Big Brake with what Front Rotors
I just ordered a Wilwood 6 brake system- front 6 piston calipers, with the Q brake pads and stainless steel lines.
At first, I thought of keep my Sure Stop drilled and slotted Rotors, but now I'm not so sure.
My current rotors have about 5K with Hawk pads- the set-up works well.
What would be the plus and minuses on keeping my current rotors but changing everything else... I would save about $500 bucks- not a bad thing.
If I do change the front rotors, which rotors should i choose and why- looking at the Wilwood (2 piece rotor) or Baer EradiSpeed +(plus)(2 piece rotors). I'm told they both are about the same size, a bit bigger than stock(on the "fire line"), however the Baer rotor is much lighter that stock. If this is so, I would be interested in this since this reduces unsprung weight.
I plan on keep my rears calipers stock, but the rotors are the same Sure Stop rotors with hawk pads- I will be installing steel lines in the rear also and change to the Motul 600.
I just ordered a Wilwood 6 brake system- front 6 piston calipers, with the Q brake pads and stainless steel lines.
At first, I thought of keep my Sure Stop drilled and slotted Rotors, but now I'm not so sure.
My current rotors have about 5K with Hawk pads- the set-up works well.
What would be the plus and minuses on keeping my current rotors but changing everything else... I would save about $500 bucks- not a bad thing.
If I do change the front rotors, which rotors should i choose and why- looking at the Wilwood (2 piece rotor) or Baer EradiSpeed +(plus)(2 piece rotors). I'm told they both are about the same size, a bit bigger than stock(on the "fire line"), however the Baer rotor is much lighter that stock. If this is so, I would be interested in this since this reduces unsprung weight.
I plan on keep my rears calipers stock, but the rotors are the same Sure Stop rotors with hawk pads- I will be installing steel lines in the rear also and change to the Motul 600.
08-14-2005, 10:38 PM
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At first, I thought of keep my Sure Stop drilled and slotted Rotors, but now I'm not so sure.
My current rotors have about 5K with Hawk pads- the set-up works well.
What would be the plus and minuses on keeping my current rotors but changing everything else...
My current rotors have about 5K with Hawk pads- the set-up works well.
What would be the plus and minuses on keeping my current rotors but changing everything else...
If you ordered something custom built, that's a whole different story.
08-17-2005, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by trackbird
The minus's are that your stock rotors won't fit with the 6 piston brake kit (if it's the stock wilwood kit). I would use the rotors that Wilwood sends, they are quite heavy duty and work very well.
If you ordered something custom built, that's a whole different story.
If you ordered something custom built, that's a whole different story.
My .02 cents.
08-17-2005, 08:17 PM
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I ordered the Wilwood kit plus the gt rotors- no drilling of rotors.... I guess i just have order the drilled and sloted instead of just the solted...
I'm not planning on racing.... yet!
I'm not planning on racing.... yet!
