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post Mar 18, 2005 - 1:20 AM
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hey is there any good front brake rotor out there for our celica st ?????
 
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post Mar 20, 2005 - 3:12 PM
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EBC Green Stuff pads are complete and utter CR@P! I wouldn't use them on my pushbike, let alone a performance car. I've seen at least 2 instances where the pad material has come away from the backing plate when they've been exposed to some harsh braking. Red Stuff is far better, but I personally would never use EBC stuff.
I'd definately recommend pads from the likes of TRD, Mintex, Pagid, etc.

Cooling is often the biggest issue as far as braking is concerned. One easy free mod is to remove the stone guard from the hub. This will allow much better airflow over the rotor/caliper.
Another thing often overlooked is the brake fluid. DOT4 or 5 isn't designed to cope with hard repetative braking and will easily rexcah boiling point - causing air bubbles to form in the system resulting in brake fade due to a spongy pedal. Use a high quality race type fluid (I use Elf HTX) to eliminate that problem. And finally, fit braided brake hoses. OE hoses tend to expand under pressure reducing the pedal feel.

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If you intend to make a 'genuine' comparison, then you'll need to make sure that all is equal between the cars
They use the same tyres, both have new rotors and pads (to ensure thicknesses are equal - make sure they are fully bedded in though). Car weight is important so = amounts of fuel, driver weight, no junk in car, etc, etc. Also impportant to ensure that the road surface is the same and remember to do several tests.
It's not just a case of running the cars along side each other and guessing when you want to apply the pedal. Even a 5 yr old can do that and it proves nothing. Listen to those with experience and research what has been written. And I don't meant believe what the rotor or pad companies write either wink.gif
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- st_celica_killer   brake rotor   Mar 18, 2005 - 1:20 AM
- - Coomer   Brembo makes OEM replacements. Or you could use bi...   Mar 18, 2005 - 1:22 AM
- - macavely   u can get soem cross drilled slotted ones on ebay ...   Mar 18, 2005 - 3:15 AM
- - shid   Don't get cross drilled and slotted, you'l...   Mar 18, 2005 - 10:00 AM
- - BLINKYxMUNKEY   www.irotors.com has rotors for are car.   Mar 18, 2005 - 10:47 AM
- - x_itchy_b_x   yeah i was reading cross drilled are stupid. Read...   Mar 18, 2005 - 10:54 AM
- - shin   i have brembo cross drilled and slotted rotors for...   Mar 18, 2005 - 11:41 AM
- - st_celica_killer   so how sure are you that the 7th gen celica front ...   Mar 18, 2005 - 1:36 PM
|- - Kwanza26   QUOTE(st_celica_killer @ Mar 18, 2005 - 6:36 ...   Mar 18, 2005 - 4:59 PM
- - Coomer   QUOTE(shin @ Mar 18, 2005 - 8:41 AM)i have br...   Mar 18, 2005 - 1:51 PM
|- - shin   mine's a GT, i got them both from my local dea...   Mar 18, 2005 - 3:13 PM
- - shid   Shin, its actually physically impossible for you t...   Mar 19, 2005 - 12:15 PM
|- - AndyST4   QUOTE(shid @ Mar 19, 2005 - 12:15 PM)Shin, it...   Mar 19, 2005 - 7:28 PM
|- - Kwanza26   QUOTE(AndyST4 @ Mar 20, 2005 - 12:28 AM)drill...   Mar 20, 2005 - 2:07 AM
|- - shid   QUOTE(AndyST4 @ Mar 20, 2005 - 12:28 AM)drill...   Mar 20, 2005 - 3:29 AM
|- - GT4WRC   QUOTE(shid @ Mar 20, 2005 - 3:29 AM)Not to me...   Mar 20, 2005 - 5:44 AM
- - shin   hmmm.. you might be right...when i replaced the st...   Mar 19, 2005 - 12:39 PM
- - st_celica_killer   would these fit on our celica st??????? looks sexi...   Mar 19, 2005 - 2:41 PM
|- - Coomer   QUOTE(st_celica_killer @ Mar 19, 2005 - 11:41...   Mar 19, 2005 - 3:44 PM
- - GT4WRC   Just been having a similar 'discussion' on...   Mar 20, 2005 - 5:40 AM
- - playr158   QUOTE(shid @ Mar 18, 2005 - 10:00 AM)Don...   Mar 20, 2005 - 1:21 PM
|- - Coomer   QUOTE(playr158 @ Mar 20, 2005 - 10:21 AM)i ha...   Mar 20, 2005 - 2:34 PM
- - GT4WRC   EBC Green Stuff pads are complete and utter CR@P...   Mar 20, 2005 - 3:12 PM
- - playr158   oh yea i know about testing hey with the funding w...   Mar 20, 2005 - 3:18 PM
- - shid   Plyr, we've been over this. It's been prov...   Mar 20, 2005 - 4:08 PM


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