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Old Jun 7, 2011 | 01:33 PM
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Decision between rotors.

I have a 5.5 gen max and changed the rims to the 2011 g37 rims. Since the rims are 19'' i feel like the braking distance is worse. Im planning on changing the rotors to drilled but dont know which ones to get. Is brembo the right choice or is there anything better? thanks for the help.
Old Jun 7, 2011 | 02:12 PM
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Braking distance will be worse with heavier wheels.

Drilled are overkill for the street. Slotted or blanks with good pads will help. Personally, I would stay away form Brembo blanks. Mine warped in 10k miles so I switched to Centrics and couldn't be happier.
Old Jun 7, 2011 | 02:48 PM
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Hawk HPS pads FTW.
Old Jun 7, 2011 | 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by TallTom
Braking distance will be worse with heavier wheels.

Drilled are overkill for the street. Slotted or blanks with good pads will help. Personally, I would stay away form Brembo blanks. Mine warped in 10k miles so I switched to Centrics and couldn't be happier.
Mother of God, it happens with normal braking or hard braking?
Old Jun 7, 2011 | 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by jency9488
I have a 5.5 gen max and changed the rims to the 2011 g37 rims. Since the rims are 19'' i feel like the braking distance is worse. Im planning on changing the rotors to drilled but dont know which ones to get. Is brembo the right choice or is there anything better? thanks for the help.
heavy wheels will do that. you wont benefit from drilled rotors whatsoever. as a matter of fact, reduced pad contact due to the holes will reduce your braking power even further. get a BBK or a nice set of pads with good bite (hawk hps, axxis ultimate)

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Personally, I would stay away form Brembo blanks. Mine warped in 10k miles so I switched to Centrics and couldn't be happier.
brembo makes quality rotors, you didnt break yours in the proper way.
Old Jun 7, 2011 | 03:53 PM
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So is Brembo Slotted a good choice. Is it better than Hawk HPS?
Old Jun 7, 2011 | 03:57 PM
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blanks offer the highest ratio of surface area/pad contact. first upgrade your pads
Old Jun 7, 2011 | 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by QT1 5MT AE
blanks offer the highest ratio of surface area/pad contact. first upgrade your pads
which pads do you recommend?
Old Jun 7, 2011 | 04:32 PM
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Come on dude, this has been covered ten fold. Now PW to post near useless threads.


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