I noticed my brakes were working well the last week. My ebrake didnt work at all and I was like WTF. SO i brough it to my local shop where my friend works. They took apart my rear (drums) and found a leaking cylender. they replaced it and readjusted my breaks for 50$ and now i got nice sharp brakes again. YAY. Screw abs lock em up!

-B

 

ok .

 

Brakes are my best friend when I'm driving... They've saved my **** so many times. Yesterday another car was driving parallel to me and decided to come over into my lane. If I didn't have the brakes that I have I would have been hit.

 

Yes brakes are good...now get rear disk brakes, drums are ghaytarded

 

they work just as well as discs for 95% of the people out there

 

well now i have working brakes. N E brakes that work are better than NO brakes at all:-p (in the back)

 

Speaking about brakes.. Ive always wanted to get some Brembo's or another brand thats painted Black instead of yellow or some crap.. Should I get drilled types only? I think slotted, or drilled and slotted would be overkill. And are they pretty much bolt-on? Ive heard of "brake kits". Would I need a stronger master cylinder or something? I never researched brakes.

:tinks a beer: Heres to knowledge.

 

You won't need Xdrilled or slotted unless you live on a race track and need better cooling for your brakes. This place has plenty of info on brake upgrades in the stickies if your really interested.

 

the first thread about brakes in a long time where someone spelled brakes right! yay for you guy.

 

the only way you can have a black rotor face is if you get carbon rotors (think $$$$$$$$$$)
any sort of rotor modification is pointless for street use and very likely DETRIMENTAL (sp?) to rotor life.

 

if you wanted something black instead of yellow couldn't you paint it black?

 

I think he was talking about the place where the pads touch the rotor..

 

He's talking about the calipers correct.

 

never seen cross drilled or slotted calipers

 

Just was interested in something that cools better than stock rotors. Perhaps it is detrimental. I assumed that better cooling would lead to slightly less expansion and contraction and less material loss on the pads. Depending on what the material is.. Insofar as I have read, there is no downside to having excellent cooling, even in low-speed or street use. I know ceramic pads have been around. But arent they toying or using already, the teflon-ceramic rotors and pads? Less dust also means less heat in and around the caliper/rotor assembly, no? Same reason why we blow out our PC cases when they get too dusty.

 

I have a nismo set. I payed like 35 dollars for them with 190 dollars on shipping from eBay. You need to start selling them. They feel like they glide when you push the brakes.

 

Unless your constantly slamming on the brakes while racing, there really shouldn't be a need for cooling since your brakes will be working the same regardless in normal driving.

Wow, cross drilled and slotted calipers. Do they sell the RWD conversions for the VG only there?

 

I think scope is refering to PAINTED calipers, not the drilling of rotors.

 

Scope needs a bigger scope in that case

 

You should just be able to slap the new rotors on no problem after taking the caplipers off. What ever happened to just painting the calipers black so that the brake dust doesnt show? anything else is too ricey unless you have a show car