Rotor & Pad Question
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Staging Lane
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Rotor & Pad Question I was going to get some Hawk HPS pads and I have one of those really cheap valuecraft rotors, it was given to me with the car. Should I ditch it and get some duralast or other brand instead?
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I went with WS6 Store Front Cross Drilled and Slotted rotors and brembo blanks in the back along with PBR pads on the front, and Hawk in the rear. I have not heard a squeal at all. not like the Autozone/Oreily rotors i once used. And there is hardly any brake dust.
i just installed a full set of powerslot rotors about 600 miles ago. they are still squeaking like crazy. i tried putting some disc brake quiet on the pads but it did nothing at all. do anyone elses powerslot rotors squeak? im thinking it may be my pads cuz a buddy of mine put the same pads on his truck and his brakes squeak too. Im using Bendix carbon-metallic pads.
Staging Lane
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Your rotors won't really cause the squeaking. It's usually the pad material (of course now I'll get all those "I had to reseat my rotors to stop squeaking" responses, as if I needed to be proven wrong).
Your power slots will cause additional dusting and a "whrrr" sound when stopping however.
Your power slots will cause additional dusting and a "whrrr" sound when stopping however.
I just got the duralast rotos from autozone and my hak hps pads should be coming in tomaorw. If they do I will have them on the car sunday and ill let you know how they are. I wanted to go with brembo blanks but tire rack had them out of stock
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Originally Posted by GXP Lover
Your power slots will cause additional dusting and a "whrrr" sound when stopping however.
Stopping is night and day difference than my old brakes.
Originally Posted by CAMJAG
Just finally installed the front brakes and they are great so far. No more vibrations. Did a couple hard stops and I can tell a difference. Good setup to me
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Originally Posted by _JB_
...rotors create some dust...especially when your dog pees on the rims and the dust collects at the bottem of the rim.