The Daytona Chargers have a serious break issue. The extra HP and torque cuaght Dodge off guard and we are all having issues with the breaks. I had to turn the rear rotors and the guy at O'Reilly was shocked they were in such bad condition. I think I am going to purchase after market rotors. I have given Dodge a lot of chances and they are pretening that I am crazy. I'm not deaf and I hear the break noice.

Any suggestins on aftermarket rotors???

Scott

 

I got tired of my brakes fading on me. I do beat my car but rarely beat the brakes. I drive fast but most of my hard braking is 40-0. When I drive fast one the freeway I usely slow down with the shifter and then use my brakes. Ever since I bought this car the brakes sucked at high speeds 90+. So I got rid of my speed limiter and figured I should upgrade my brakes. I got EBC slottoed rotors and EBC red stuff pads. Worth every penny, I can beat and beat the brakes and they do get hot but no brake fade. This has been the best upgrade I have made for my car becuase I can actualy drive faster because I can stop better and rely on them every time I step on them. Be prepared for brake dust and noise... They actualy make a slight grinding noise just driving around... I am not sure if the stock rotors and garbage or if its the pads. But replaced them and you will not regret it!!

 

The most disappointed I have been with teh Daytona is with their breaking system. For the first 8000 miles I had the car in the dealership constantly. They allegedly had a Daytona break brake recall. The changed the pads, calipers and resurfaced the rotors. All I know is that they stopped the squelling for 20K miles and the rear brakes went out with 55 % of the front pads remaining. Very strange. Last week I had to have the rotors turned again on front and back and now no noise and they brake very well with no shake at all. I tested it at 110 mph today.

SRTEATR - Glad you like your new brakes but - any brake noise is the most annoying thing to me. I would rather my car rattle than to put up with constant break noise or even applied peddle noise.

 

having the same problem with the squeaky breaks and vibration over 80mph with my 07 R/T but i only have 750 miles on it! seems to be coming from the back right, have the origional chrome clad wheels with the goodyear 18"s on it but waiting for american racing wheels to come in hopefully next week! i DO plan on getting it aligned after the new wheels but the brake issue is driving me nuts! i went on to the dodge website looking for recalls but found nothing - any suggestions anyone ?

 

My issues started early on . I think you must take it in while the 12,000 mile warranty is intact. For some reason, these cars have serious rotor issues. They warp very easily. I can only assume you need to get your rotors resurfaced. It wears your rear pads down quickly too.

 

I did my my brakes a while ago as i posted. drove for about 3-4 weeks squeak came bake on passenger side. Took right rotor & put on left side. Squeak was know on Left. end of story.

 

I thought I would chime in. I got 30K miles from the factory brakes on my Daytona. During that time, they were heavily abused, and they performed admirably. My only complaint is the brake dust. There definitely special performance brake pads specific to the Daytona, according to the dealer.

Currently I am waiting for my drilled rotors to arrive, and I have some ceramic pads waiting to be installed. I know drilled rotors = trouble, but they are not that expensive. What I really want is some new brake rotors from Disk Brakes Australia or DBA. The have a newly released drilled and slotted, witha unique internal structure that from an engineering point of view appears to be unbeatable. Unfortunately no has them yet, so I will probably install them in 6 months when they arrive here.

take a look...
http://www.dba.com.au/2006/new_produ...GE_CHARGER.asp
I would get the:


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4000 Series XS (premium cross-drilled & slotted)
Vented
Front

What makes them better? "Kangaroo paw", don't laugh... from a strictly engineering point of view it is brilliant, less warping, better heat shedding. Here is a video:[align=center][/align]http://www.dba.com.au/2006/videoclip.asp

Check out the difference it made on a EVO on their website.


Heck, if enough people want in, I will order case of them and deliver them at cost! Maybe we could get a dealers cost deal...

<2 cents>

 

Here is what was delivered. I was shocked how cool they were. If these work half as good as they look, I am lovin life! Already have the ceramic pads to go with them. Looks like I am ordering the rear ones to match!
They are the best that I could find for the 5.7 R/T Daytona. Should be a stock rotor replacement. The rotors are directional, with a different "vane" design for left and right sides.
Disk Italia brand. The pictures do not do them justice!

Any comment?

 

I also had squeaky brakes; took car in to dealership on numerous occassions and of course, they found nothing. Finally got fed up and had my brake pads replaced with ceramic pads and viola! the squeak is gone! On a side note...my rotors are crap and that is next to be replaced. Seems that dodge uses crappy rotors on their vehicles. As a matter of fact, my rotors can't even be turned, that's how bad they are.

On a good note...just had my AFE Stage II CAI installed and WOW!!! what a difference.

 

Looks like the picture did not make it. Here goes again... Disk Italia for the R/T

Picture hopefully....
https://dodgeforum.com/photo_view.asp?file=0;1125628


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