Blank, slotted or cross drilled?
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Blank, slotted or cross drilled?
Blank, slotted or cross drilled? I am buying new rotors and need some recommendations. also I found a place that sells the rotors painted, will this hurt
the performance of the rotors?
the performance of the rotors?
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I think it all depends on the type of driving you're doing. The primary purpose of slotted rotors are increased cooling, and cross drilled are great for reducing unsprung weight. Cooling helps you in hard and extended braking situations, like hilly highway driving, racing etc. and reduction of unsprung weight helps with improving handling. If you aren't looking for either of these with brakes, then I wouldn't go to the extra expense of slotted or cross drilled. Also, I'm not 100 percent sure about cross drilled, but slotted can not be turned. If you do lots of driving, depending on the cost of rotors, you can have the brake rotors turned every couple or 3 pad changes, if you're doing lots of brake jobs, and save some money.
Also, most high performance brake packages that are cross drilled and/or slotted also come with higher performance brake pads, made from harder materials, that while increasing brake performance icrease rotor wear as well. Now, you have a more expensive rotor, that can't be turned on brake lathe, and will require replacment more often. So really, as I said above, unless you need the extra performance, go with the suggestion before me of better pads, then at least, you can turn the regular rotors when they need it, or if they need replacing, do it with a cheaper part.
Brembo is a pretty good name, they're also used on the G35 as OEM for the upgraded brakes, and I've never heard of them cracking, however that doesn't mean that they won't. Chances are if they cracked early in life, there'd be a warranty so I wouldn't worry about that.
Also, most high performance brake packages that are cross drilled and/or slotted also come with higher performance brake pads, made from harder materials, that while increasing brake performance icrease rotor wear as well. Now, you have a more expensive rotor, that can't be turned on brake lathe, and will require replacment more often. So really, as I said above, unless you need the extra performance, go with the suggestion before me of better pads, then at least, you can turn the regular rotors when they need it, or if they need replacing, do it with a cheaper part.
Brembo is a pretty good name, they're also used on the G35 as OEM for the upgraded brakes, and I've never heard of them cracking, however that doesn't mean that they won't. Chances are if they cracked early in life, there'd be a warranty so I wouldn't worry about that.
Painted rotors!
I just made a comment about that on another thread, but anywho
Unless you are doing a big brake upgrade get a nice set of brembo blanks and be done with it.
They'll last longer , and stay cooler than a set of drilled rotors will.
and most brembo drilled rotors aren't drilled by brembo, but by someone else who may not have any clue what they are doing.
I just made a comment about that on another thread, but anywho
Unless you are doing a big brake upgrade get a nice set of brembo blanks and be done with it.
They'll last longer , and stay cooler than a set of drilled rotors will.
and most brembo drilled rotors aren't drilled by brembo, but by someone else who may not have any clue what they are doing.
worthy combo there. Well, unless you don't mind a little more dust..... they stop on a dime tho!
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