i just installed my brembo blank front rotors on my 00 se and no more vibration...i didn't replace stock pads because they were still fairly new...hope i don't get any more vibration and/or wrap rotors for say at least another 30k!

 

Over the past weekend I replaced my front rotors too with Brembo blank rotors and Hawk pads (I bought them on tirerack.com for $180 inc S&H). I have 60K on my 2K max and I think this is the best thing I could have done -- the annoying vibration is gone as expected. I did realize that the rotors are real heavy compared to the OEM rotors and better made US steel.

I think this is the right thing to do to stop the vibration -- also the OEM stuff don't last that long anyway.

 

This has been argued time and time again. I hope this does solve the vibration problem for all of you, but just wait another ~20-30K miles and see.

As a side note, I'm now using the BlehmCo BBK (2k4 rotors, PBR Metal Master pads) and after ~2.5 months I am noticing warpage/shaking/vibration again... puzzles me, guess I'll stick it out until it gets really annoying and have the 2k4 rotors turned.

 

Also, I don't believe rotors are made from steel... this site seems to corroborate that: http://www.stoptech.com/whitepapers/...otors_myth.htm

 

spirillis, so u have the 2k4 rotors and still have warpping and virbration? damn that sucks...i hope my last at least 30k or so before i have to resurface it...

 

Yeah, just beginning to feel it. I haven't jacked it up, ripped apart the setup to inspect it yet to see if it's not something else causing that... but I'm pretty sure it's thickness variation in the rotors, 'cause you can feel it if you apply medium/light brake pressure at low speed... you can feel the "oscillation" in the steering wheel and the braking which slows as the vehicle slows down.

 

Thanks for the info, spirilis. Several members have recommended that setup but it seems it still falls short. This really blows... I was going for Powerslots but I think I'm gonna try the BPI rotors from irotors. Anyways, it seems no matter what you try, the vibration keeps returning sooner than later...

 

I have the BlehmCo setup...I thought I was feeling rotor vibration last week (about 10K miles on them) but then I just had to replace my tires, and the vibration is gone....so it was my tires, not the rotors....After reading Sprilis' post I went out and did about 30mins of hard braking/light braking in a huge parking lot, trying specificallly to cause overheating and/or feel any imperfections....really heated them up. Perfectly smooth the whole time...could not overheat them after 30 mins of 0-80-0 runs up and down the lot.

I think we should all face the fact that there's not a damn thing anyone can do to stop warpage completely - not Irotors, not frozen rotors, not brembos, not slotted, not cross-drilled. They all warp eventually due to our cars poor braking system design.

Has anyone ever considered that maybe our CALIPERS do not have an even cylinder pressure, which could cause warping rotors on ANY rotor?

I think the only sure-fire way to eliminate warpage is a true BBK - but then you gotta get bigger rims, etc.....alot more $$ than just turning the rotors every 6 months IMO...

 

Keep in mind, I do need my tires rebalanced I think--I'm feeling vibration (non-braking) at highway speeds... begun ever since I drove around DC the other weekend. I jacked up the car 2 weekends ago and inspected all the wheels and I don't think any of the wheels are bent, so I must've lost some balancing weights or something.

I'll see how it is after having the wheel rotated & balanced.

 

yeah DC will do that to you...I bent a rim last spring with all the winter potholes...

 

yeah I've had a bent rim before... I remember what that was like though. I think this is a little different. Plus one of the wheels didn't have any balancing weights on it at all...
But the last time I bent a rim, the Mr. Tire in Westminster showed it to me... on the balancing machine the wheel wobbled, and up-close you could see the rim was a little "flatter" on the inside at one point. I closely inspected all 4 wheels under sunlight (after cleaning the inside of each one w/ some wheel cleaner, a wheel brush and a hose) and I didn't notice any imperfections.

 

try cryogenically treated frozen rotors