New "Socks" Options

[KAOS]

If rims/rubber are "NEW SHOES" then I'd like to show off my new "SOCKS"

I went with a Crossdrilled Rotor and PBR Ceramic Pads and dirty yellow calipers... lol.

The last brake pads I had on were crap and they were HUGE dust'rs. These ones are performance rated and I was recommended them because of their low dust rating.




What do you think? I still have to do the rears, but I can do those another night. I love having a semi-heated garage!

[enderswift]

looks sharp.

god im never gonna figure this out. I thought drilled rotors = bad. brembo says so, and so do a bunch of other sources. But i keep seeing OEM's selling cars with drilled disks and plenty of cars in magazines with them. What gives? I thought drilling became obsolete ages ago when pads stopped forming a gas layer under hard braking... also I've read that drilled rotors offer no additional cooling and infact cant hold up to heat without cracking. the only advantage i can see is the additional bite you get and a decreased chance of glazing your pads... but don slotted rotors do the same without the shortcomings of the drilled?

im so confused at this point.

This post has been edited by enderswift: Dec 2, 2008 - 12:54 PM

[richee3]

looks sharp.

god im never gonna figure this out. I thought drilled rotors = bad. brembo says so, and so do a bunch of other sources. But i keep seeing OEM's selling cars with drilled disks and plenty of cars in magazines with them. What gives? I thought drilling became obsolete ages ago when pads stopped forming a gas layer under hard braking... also I've read that drilled rotors offer no additional cooling and infact cant hold up to heat without cracking. the only advantage i can see is the additional bite you get and a decreased chance of glazing your pads... but don slotted rotors do the same without the shortcomings of the drilled?

im so confused at this point.

Wait a second.. I thought drilled and slotted rotors were supposed to be the best you can get. Obviously I know nothing about brakes, but my front left rotor is warped and I have needed new pads since I bought the car anyway, so I figured I'd come to this section on the forum and do some learning since I'm going to replace all my pads and the front rotors. I don't want to threadjack, so if someone could PM me some information in dumb person terms, it would be greatly appreciated!

Oh, and KAOS, your brakes look awesome! I'm thinking (and only thinking) about having my calipers powder coated black when I replace everything.

This post has been edited by richee3: Dec 2, 2008 - 6:14 PM