I've been looking for new rotors and I'm not quite sure what the difference is between the different types. I see iron and gold cadmium plated. I also see slotted, drilled and slotted & drilled. What is the best? I don't race on a track so I don't need anything that is going to stop an airliner but I do like to have fun. Also, what pads are good, I keep hearing ceramic but never a specific type. I have seen the Greenstuff pads and they look pretty cool but do they work or are they worth the money?

 

just get brembo slotted brakes and brembo brake pads


thats what i want

except i dont konw if i want drilled or slottled

 

the point of drilled and slotted rotors is ti disperse heat quicker....(have you ever noticed when your brakes get used alot then they dont work all that great).....drilled or slotter really makes no difference, but i want both because i like how they look....

ceramic pads are good for better stopping power and less brake dust......

if you wanna stop real good then get some good ceramic pads and drilled/slotted rotors....the cheaper the pads cost, the cheaper they are made......dont go cheap on brakes or you might end up regretting it down the road

 

Drilled/slotted rotors are ONLY good for show. Even autocrossers don't use them and they beat on the brakes hard. They will also tend to crack.

 

yea i was talking to my dad about the drilled and slotted brakes and he told me to never get them cause they break easier than other brakes

so i just want one or hte other...

my buddy got brembo slotted brakes on his EG6 Si

they are pretty nice...

 

Drilled or slotted rotors won't help you any!!! If you want a cheap upgrade, get 2nd gen rotors up front. They have bigger cooling veins.

 

how much are they?

and are they easy to install?

 

when street brake pads see hard use the bake pads can "boil" going from a sold to a gas so fast as to not matter. this gas can push the pads off the rotors, which i'm sure is not too fun. high end cars (porsche, lambo, and others i can't afford) use crossed-drilled rotors to release this gas. they also make the cooling vents (on the rotor) big enough to keep the rotors from overheating and cracking. the main reason cross-drilled rotors crack is overheating. cross-drilled rotors (when used as a stock replacement) have less surface area on the rotor to stop the car, so you must press harder and longer to get the same breaking result. because you didn't change the calipers to fit a wider rotor (with bigger cooling vents), you overheat the rotors, they will crack. any type of overheated rotor will crack.

sloted rotors are designed to do the same thing as cross-drilled, release gas. they just don't crack as fast as cross-drilled do. but, they do have more pad contact than cross-drilled(all those dang holes).

no matter what type of set-up you have, if you overheat the caliper the brake fluid inside WILL start to boil. this is known as brake fade. air bubble=no brake fluid pressure. bad stuff. happy motoring.

 

^^^Great POST!!

 

I've heard confirming reports about the drilled and slotted combo cracking very easily. What about just slotted?