I want to upgrade rotors and possibly calipers (or just i just get new pads?)... Is this ok?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eb...103196&r=0&t=0

 

WE ARE THE ONLY SELLER ON eBay THAT SELLS CAD PLATED ROTORS !
sure he is...


FITS 00-02 MAXIMAS
I hope he doesn't have any 02 Max owners buying the brakes only to find out they don't fit.. 00-01 front rotors are different than 02

 

He gives great deals and now my car stops real well!

I hope all is well Phoung, I look forward to meeting you on Sunday!

Best of luck Melteye!

Jason

 

Rotors seem a bit expensive... I think others may cost less than that and it's not from ebay. ie Stillen?

 

The CAD plating part is good. I dont like Cross Drilled since it has been proven slotted is much better than cross drilled, since cross drilled can have stress/heat cracks in the holes during high speed braking.

Dixit

 

I bought mine from phong! He's a good guy to deal w/. PHONG - i have not sent my lines and liquid back to you yet. I will soon! Here is a pic of what i got from phong.

 

Look good, but just me, I dont like rust look. Only way to get around that is having CAD plated.

Dixit

 

the rotors i got from Phong are the Stillen Cross Drilled CAD rotors!

 

Why do I seem to see rust in the holes and on the sides of the rotors? Or is that the picture?

Dixit

 

For the same reason if your car sits in the rain over night and you look at the FACE of the stock rotors.

 

But if they are CAD plated, there can be NO RUST

Dixit

 

uhm, the CAD plating will work for areas that are not part of the brake surface therefore the surface that the brake pads will rub on will have rust because it's iron there. "PLATING"

Why do people have to gripe about everything! me included...Now I probably just started a war... hope not.

 

Cadmium plating is great. It does not allow rust to form on the areas that the plating is on. But when you first brake, the plating on the face of the rotor is gone. Hello to the possiblity of rust.

Now the drilled vs. slotted question (or war). Cross-drilled (or cast-in-place) rotors, if properly chamfered, should (key word) not stress or heat crack. Now if the wrong pad was used, sure, it might. But that's just like putting nitrous on your car, if done right, it shouldn't (there's that key word again) blow up. But it might.

The drilled rotors perform much cooler and have less unsprung weight than slotted, allow gases to escape through the holes, and the holes resurface the pads, preventing glazing. The slotted rotors do not perform as cool, weigh about the same as stock (actually might be a bit heavier, due to the better structure of the cooling vanes), allow some gases (but not much) to escape through the slots. The slots main function is to resurface the pads to prevent glazing.

I have slotted rotors on my T5. My personal experience leads me to believe that the slotted rotors run a little hotter than stock, due to the continuous resurfacing of the pad. I don't think the slots can keep up with removing the heat. I wish that I got cross-drilled and slotted rotors. Best of both worlds.

 

You are wrong there, no war, just saying you aint correct. My friends GS300 has the same type of rotors but stock rotors and his never rust. Not even the surface area or the sides or anything. He even left the car and did not drive it for one month.

Dixit

 

PLATING....meaning the rotor is not ALL cadmium. hawks25 is correct. The possibility of rust happens when the plating is worn off on the surface of the rotor where the pad makes contact. If you look at a cad plated rotor you can see the VERY visible difference in the portion where the pad is contacting the rotor and where it isn't. You may not have rusting at all, like your friend BigDonJonx. One experience does not mean you can create a generalization like you did. When I initially put my cross-drilled/slotted cad plated rotors on my Max there was slight rusting on the chamfered edges of the cross-drilled holes. It's not obvious, but it's there. To me it's not a big deal because comparatively the stock rotors just plain sucked. So is it possible to not have any rusting? Sure. Is it possible to have rusting? Of course...more likely.

 

The GS300 probably has some kind of plating or paint on the non brake surface of the rotors... our rotors are painted black on the non brake surface from the factory, so they don't rust unless the paint chip off which it does...

 

can't we all just get along

:: group hug ::

 

Who sells the xdrilled and slotted rotors for the 5th gen, other than that guy on ebay, what company makes them. I think stillen has the xdrilled, but where to get rotors with both (xdrilled and slotted)? thanks

 

instead of guessing and using miriads of theories, can you please talk in a normal language? Speak only out of your own experiences. Whatever works on a race car may not work for everyday driving. Pro racers change their brakes after a few races, but as daily drivers, we all want reliability and price, that exceeds the stock ones. Thank you!

 

I am a daily driver who does not participate in racing. My rotors work well for me and I am content with them. The company that makes cross-drilled/slotted rotors is Powerslot. I got a hook up for them, I'm not too sure if they are available to the general public yet. If you would like a set let me know and I can get them for you for a fair price.

 

Yes, I would like a set... First pictures and price if possible.

 

Hawks: well said...

 

for daily driving, either drilled or slotted is fine. A DD will never heat cycle the rotor beyond the point where cracking and warpage will be an issue. XD and slotted rotors get a bad rap due to: improper break-in, over-torque on lugs, spraying cold water on a hot rotor (washing car).