Have any of you noticed much faster brake pad wear with drilled rotors vs blank rotors?

 

Well it would make sense that you would have faster pad wear for drilled and slotted rotors due to the shearing stress present when the pad is pushed against the rotors.

 

It does make sense...but I really wonder if this theory applies in the real world application. Some folks are blaming my friend's premature pad wear on his Stillen drilled rotors.

 

Well that im not sure about, since ive always had blanks.

 

I don`t see how a brake pad can flex THAT much to be effect by the slots.

 

I didn't notice a difference. I just hated the noise of the cross drilled rotors.

 

I got 50K miles out of a set of Metal Masters with X-drilled rotors. Actually there was plenty of pad still left, but they were squealing like mad. I'm running Wagner Thermal Quiet Ceramic's now. Lifetime warranty, so I really don't care if they ware out, replacements are free!

 

Nope, no excessive wear.

 

I've had slotted and drilled rotors for about 70k miles, and I put new oem pads on at the same time. I'm still on those same pads.

 

i had brembo drilled rotors and pads on my integra and this didnt happen, but ive heard other people complain about it happening to them.

 

i had my pads on for almost 2 years w/drilled rotors and spirited driving

 

shouldn't be excessive wear, but they certainly will fade quicker than with blanks.

 

when you changed the pads did you resurface the rotors?

 

what kind of sound does it make? is it like a whirrling sound?

 

yes

10 chars SOMEONE REMOVE THAT PEICE OF ****