Brembo Rotors..., this a good price? Options

[Valo666]

Hey, so theres this place on the other side of the city from me that sells Brembo Rotors, and KVR pads for any thing essentialy. So i gave them a call, they said it would take 2 days to order. For Cross drilled rotors and a set of KVR pads for both front and rear it would be $191 US, or $237 cnd for the rotors, and $92 for the pads cnd. So all in all, $379 CND with tax. Would you say thats pretty good for a full brake setup??

[LewFX]

as long as they are reputable and know what they're doing, go for it, but brembo rotors are only 20 bucks at nopi.com, so they charging allot to cross drill and slot em.

[Valo666]

they are pretty good..their ebay feedback is 98.9%...my friend got a set of rotors for all 4 corners, KVR pads for his maxima for around $400 from these guys. His car stops on a dime.

[Junior]

is his name rock? Are they located at kennedy and ellesmere? If it is then he's pretty good. I've gotten a few items from him before.

[Valo666]

i think so..his numer is 905-927-9756??..he said its around there some where

[playr158]

if he's drilling and slotting....brembo blanks then i wouldn't get them............
its highly dangerous and weakens the disk structure by alot and can lead to potential and dangerous brake failure

[LewFX]

^ yeah what he said!

[Galcobar]

If you're going with the visual effects that are cross-drilling/slotted, try poweredbytoyota.com -- Burien Toyota's on-line store. I seem to recall they sell KVR pads and rotors.

[Valo666]

i dont care about visual, im more going for performance. I want my car to stop on a dime.

[Galcobar]

Then skip the cross-drilled and slotted rotors. Those were stopgap measures introduced when brake pads would offgass or glaze.

Offgassing pushed the pad off the rotor, so the holes were necessary to give the gas someplace to go. Glazing occurred when the brake pad was overheated and pressured, creating a slick, low-friction surface. The slots would cut the glazed layer off the pad, restoring proper friction.

Neither is necessary any longer. Brake pads have evolved beyond the need for them. If you are managing to glaze your pads, get better pads.

Aside from the structural issues, reducing the rotor's mass reduces its ability to act as a heatsink, which is the whole point of the braking system. The holes and slots also reduce the surface area contacting the brake pad, actually making it easier to lock up the brakes as the amount of friction will be concentrated across a smaller surface.

[Valo666]

k..
well im not lockin up my breaks nor am i glazing my pads. Ive been runnin with a set of highperformance pads in the front since i bought my car (ceramic pads) on regular rotors, and so did my friend with the maxima. I drove his max a few times when he was just runnin on regular pads and rotors, when he switched to brembo's and kvrs's like what im plannin on duin we actually stopped 6 feet shorter. We did a test on his street, did a run to 60km/h, then hit the breaks. We stopped in 28feet or so, then did the same test with the brembos and we stopped in around 20 feet. So i dunno, you say going cross drilled is pointless cuz its gonna lock up ur wheels, yet cars like porche and farrari run cross drilled and slotted rotors factory. 95% of the cars here who drift, do solo racing or just time attack on a track are runnin 4 wheel cross drilled n slotted. my friend who runs solo in his neon shaved 8 seconds off per lap on cayuga's track because he switched his breaking setup.

[Gen6-GT]

Drilled and/or slotted rotors are just a cosmetic enhancement these days. If you look at the Porsche Racing Team, they actually remove the factory drilled rotors from their cars and replace them with plain rotors when they race-prep a car.

Why? Because it's unnecessary, and it does reduce both the rotor mass (therefore it's ability to absorb heat) and the surface area. Holes and slots are there to prevent some extreme conditions from occuring, like the aforementioned glazing and offgassing. But they do look nice, I have a set of drilled fronts on my SRT-4 =].

The biggest improvements you can make to your brake system are getting better pads or bigger rotors (is there even a big brake kit for the 6GC?). Get some Hawk HPS pads and you'll note far more of a difference in your braking than you will with drilled/slotted rotors.

This post has been edited by Gen6-GT: Aug 7, 2005 - 2:35 PM

[LewFX]

at first i thought my ceramic pads were bad because they got hot and warped the rotor faster, so i went back to toyota pads. now it seem i got a bad rotor.

[mark_426]

The rotors you mentioned for those cars aren't the same ones youre looking at buying. Theyre forged, and are much stronger. The rotors youre looking at are drilled and slotted after they're forged, which is what weakens them so bad.

Plus, I have heard you will eat pads up a considerable amount faster.

If it floats your boat, buy them.

[Valo666]

i just went with blanks in the rear for now, my fronts are good as is. I might go for some cross drilled l8er.