i am mostly basing my positive opinion on what DR has said about his, along with the price...

 

As long as we are on the topic of drilled rotors;

Consumers should also watch out for OEM rotors that have simply been drilled and re- sold. This process starts with an already basic piece of stock metal, and weakens it beyond belief.
Good aftermarket suppliers will use a higher tensile strength material, drill it, and then heat treat (or Cryo, or Nitrite).

I add this for the simple reason that the price I see quoted here almost falls in the “too good to be true” category. Just beware of what you get “cheap”. Especially when it involves safety equipment that your and others lives depend on.

2 cents
Vince

(Ok, Ill shut up now....)

 

but consider the HUGE number of people who buy these cheap slotted rotors...mostly in the import crowd...i really think that the progressive decline in the price of these lower end performance rotors has alot to do with the fact that so many places and companies are offering them..

 

I agree. Lots of stuff is over-charged for a while but once something becomes more common or when more people start making them, prices do come down immensely. The place I ordered from had really good rating, and their rotor sets usually go for about $500. eBaY allows for idiots to sell garbage but it also allows for companies who have overstock to sell it and get it out of their inventory fast and cheap.

Gripforce is a sponsor over at one of the big LS1 forum's.....and their rating on eBaY is entirely too high for them to be selling junk.

Vince, good information and it's definitely something people should be on the lookout for. These rotors look good compared to the OEM ones I was looking at.

Something we also should keep in mind in this case, is that these are basically Eclipse cars and that the parts would indeed made by a lot of people. It's very possible in fact that this is the reason for the low price.

 

drilled and slotted rotors are only necessary for racing or towing applications. most people will never generate the heat necessary to warrent slotted rotors. they simply take away from surface area inturn making braking worse. not to mention there harder to cut or refinish.

 

all cars generate heat, and anything that causes heat, overtime will warp them, which is why you have to cut rotors...so even with non-racing strain, the performance rotors help to disperse heat, which helps to increase rotor life and brake heat.

 

the reason drilled and slotted rotors were invented was to fight "aero planning" its when gas actually builds up inbetween the pad and the rotor. Its caused by extreme heat (which daily drivers generally cant generarte) i forget the actual numbers but all they do is lower surface area which means less heat absorbtion and worse heat dissipation, not to mention less fricition area for the pad and braking action itself.

 

Sorry for the terrible grammar.

 

so youre saying that there is no positive effect on a daily driver to have slotted/drilled rotors...

 

If that was the case, why would performance cars even come with them....

Sorry, but I'm with BadStratRT on this