i come home from florida to find these in my basement. they arrived the day i left but i never had chance to post pics....if someone has already posted this, then i'm sorry if this is a repost, but i'm just coming back from miami and not about to look through all these new posts.......these new rotors look sweeeeeeeet.







**PS** if you're going to reply to this post, be sure to remove the image links, we don't need these pictures loaded 10000000000x's.....

 

Specs, details?

They certainly look nice.

 

yeah I love the way new rotors look....but one question - is there something on these that are different from other slotted rotors that I am missing?

 

surely....they are stock sized 2k2 rotors. the fronts are BPI and the rears are brembo's....
the option i had was slotted or x-drilled....or both...i don't like both, that looks too crowded. and x-drilled just isn't my type...so i stuck with slotted. the surrounding area of the rotors are silver zincplated to protect against rust...

now...how good are these compared to stocks....who knows...iRotors has a pretty decent background with the bimmer forums. the prices were VERY VERY good. 109F/99R if slotted/xdrilled/both or subtract 20 (89/79) if blanks. that's pretty sweet i must say.

 

are those stock 5th gen rotors or the 2k4 rotors? I have a set of 2k4 rotors on order from them... hopefully they ship this week...

 

they SHOULD be stock-sized rotors. so you dont' need that blehmco kit. my only thought is that the 2k4's should have been the only ones to come in "black". but mine are black...so if they don't fit, then we have a problem...ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT. actually let' measure these rotors.....

and i'm measuring a little under 11-3/4". like 1/8"....i dunno stock rotor sizes...anyone care to give me the stock size, or at least confirm that these sizes match?

 

I figured these were stock replacements but are they better than the stock ones and if so why?

 

those are the correct stock sizes...

 

The stock 2k2 rotor is 295mm x 24mm. The 300ZX TT rotor is 280mm x 30mm.
And even though the Z32 calipers are 4 piston, they're made for a much smaller diameter but thicker rotor. Not to mention you need to get wheels of a different offset for them to fit.

I have heard that the 2k4 rotors are 320mm and I know the Cobra rotors are 330mm and the Willwood kit is 335mm.

 

I recall that when I put on the Blehmco kit, I measured the stocks at 10.4" or so and the 2k4 rotors at about 12"......I might be wrong though.

 

well let's put it like this man...can we really trust any companies. no one has bothered to make rotors for us...this is our very first company (excluding stillen and PS) that has actually produced something. it's either this or stocks. we've already come to the conclusion that stocks suck a$$, so i'm basically lookin at other options. these prices are pretty good and it's a good way to test them out. be sure that by the end of the summer, i should have some sort of review.

so i'm sorry that i'm not saying much, but you see why i've decided to take a chance with them. nice looking product and fair pricing.

 

Calm down Beavis. Im asking a question here, not knocking your decision. I already said that I like what I am seeing so far. I just want to know the technical stuff.

 

i ordered some rotors from irotors last summer. so far i have been VERY pleased with them. They still look great after a yr of being on my car.

 

haha...think you misread my post man...i wasn't gettin defensive...i was tryin to be as informative as possible. because if you do honestly think about it, us 2k2/2k3 people don't have much to work with, so anyone that comes with anything is always a tested product until it finally proves usefull. i'm just as skepticle with these rotors. given a few runs with them, i really hope to give a good review on them.

sorry if i sounded like i jumped down your throat. wasn't meant to sound like that.

 

Actually I think we have plenty to work with. Our brakes are much better than the 2k0,2k1s. Im still thinking about using Cobra 330mm rotors but the drawback to that is I know my slicks wont fit.

 

Stillen X drilled versus Irotors..?

 

How about frozenrotors.com ? I called the guy up and they make fronts and rears for 2002/03:
Front FrozenRotors $114.50 each
Rear " " $108.00 each

 

nice what pads are you running with them

 

That's what I'm wondering.....Polo??

In the 20 years I've been driving, I've warped every rotor imaginable. Stockers, Pep Boy-specials, Raybestos, PowerSlots, and Brembos. I've been on tons of forums and researched why this happens ad nauseum.

I'm starting to think it's all because of semi-met pads leaving deposits behind on the rotors. After 13k on my new PowerSlots I'm about to have them cut because they're lumpy and I'm thinking about switching to ceramic pads. I used PBR MMs with the powerslots. This was also a BBK w/ 13" rotors.

Back when I was first driving I had a 70 Chevelle SS that never warped rotors (used older non-metalic pads - asbestos). I also had a '77 nova, same thing.

I didn't start having problems with rotors until I started driving cars with semi-met pads.

I've blamed the rotors all these years and have tried just about every aftermarket option I have, to no avail.

 

funny you mention this....i was thinking close to the same thing a few months ago. i had this feeling that it's really the pads that are just too harsh on top of the added accelerated driving we do. i really have no way of proving it. that, and knowing that the rotors are an issue (we have quite a few stock people to back that up) tends to lean me towards the rotors faulting.

as far as what i'm using, i'm going with my Porterfield R4-S pads. i had them on my car for about 5k miles. i personally don't think that's a lot, and my rotors were warping before i even swapped pads. if i feel them act funny in this first month of testing, i'll swap them out asap. but if they seemt o run fine after the initial break-in, i'm keeping them.

 

Ceramic pads should lessen the warping effect that the metallic/semi-metallic pads have on your rotors. I'd love to be able to run composite pads and ceramic rotors, but it would take forever to heat up. Plus, I'm not too certain that ceramic rotors would hold up for every day driving (they work for some race cars, though)...

 

Where can we order these from or see pictures of the x-drilled?

 

call up irotors directly and just ask them to be part of the group buy created by matt blehm for the maxima. by default, all rotors are zinc plated, so the receipt will only specify if someone requests for them NOT to be zinc plated.

pictures are in the general forum, under matt's thread...if and when i find it, i'll link it through.

 

You don't happen to have a link that can give me an education on the blehmco kit? I must have been away when that discussion occurred or just missed the threads. Thanks.

 

Nice Polo...now when is the install????

Can't wait to see those on WITH rims.....C'mon u can get rims (again)

 

well, lots of links on the .org... but this webpage should help in your education

http://www.mattblehm.com/brakes.html

basically, it consists of a relocation bracket and hardware... there are two types of relocation brackets... one allowing you to use the stock 5th gen caliper with the larger 2k4 maxima rotor and one allowing you to use Z32 calipers with the 2k4 maxima rotor. 2k4 maxima rotor = 12.6" while 2k/2k1 rotor is only 11"...

 

pics are dead.....

 

I see the pics fine. Must be your settings...

 

Marco, your site is down.

 

rotors were installed today. total time...about 45 minutes for the front set and about 1 hour for the rears. that's some serious time right there. the only reason the rears took me long was cause i didn't have the tool to move the piston in. other than that. they look nice, although the main goal was not for looks, but to remove this horrendous warping we have...i've driven it around a bit and so far, i'm enjoying my new stopping abilities. havne' t put it to the test, but at least my steering wheel don't shake no more. i'm quite happy. for those that were curious, they are exactly replacements, and yes the fronts are roughly 11-3/4".

some pics....and i note again: REMOVE IMAGE LINKS WHEN REPLYING.

 

another reason why rotors get warped, and it is inevitable, is the cooling ability. when you are at a stop, usually you are stepping on the brakes. that means that the rest of the rotor is cooling off whereas the area where pad contacts the rotor isn't. most times this can't be helped in a sense that at a stop, or at the drive thru, you are at some incline where the car rolls forward or backward without the brakes applied.

accumatively, this ends up with warped rotors. I am not up to speed as the degree of warpage, but this is definitely a contributing factor.

 

another reason why rotors get warped, and it is inevitable, is the cooling ability. when you are at a stop, usually you are stepping on the brakes. that means that the rest of the rotor is cooling off whereas the area where pad contacts the rotor isn't. most times this can't be helped in a sense that at a stop, or at the drive thru, you are at some incline where the car rolls forward or backward without the brakes applied.

accumatively, this ends up with warped rotors. I am not up to speed as the degree of warpage, but this is definitely a contributing factor.