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2fast4U Total posts: 1113
Gary2001 Regal GS Joined: 28 Dec 2004 Location: Niagara Falls, NY Age: 54 |
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 4:36 pm Post subject: WTB: Good set of Rotors |
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Hey all..
I am looking for a recommendation (or purchase if you have a set) for a pair of front rotors... _________________ Sgt at Arms - Council of Elders
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dlclarkii Total posts: 107 David2001 Regal LS Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Location: Lancaster, PA Age: 45 |
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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Hey Gary I just bought these rotors a few weeks ago. Cost me $150 for two Cross Drilled & Slotted rotors. Seem to be good quality.
http://www.bestbrakes.com/sp_rotors.shtml
I'm sure I'll get harassed for not buying plain rotors  |
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Scott McAvoy2002 Other Car Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Location: Deepest Darkest pits of HELL! Age: 44 |
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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Raceshopper is a good place to buy all your brake parts....I plan on buy my rotors and pads from them once I can save enough money... the SP Slotted for my car are $152 each for the fronts, and the Ferrodo DS2500 pads are $136. unfortunatley i just missed a group buy on them for $96!!  _________________ 2002 WRX Wagon - SOLD!!
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2fast4U Total posts: 1113
Gary2001 Regal GS Joined: 28 Dec 2004 Location: Niagara Falls, NY Age: 54 |
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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My last set was a set of plain rotors, be it 110 each...
Is it worth buying the slotted rotors? I am not really concerned with cost to a point, but NEED stoping power overall.. |
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bluto2000gs Total posts: 3300
Carl1996 Other Car Joined: 31 Mar 2004 Location: Lima, NY Age: 54 |
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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Gary if you plan on keeping your car at the 1/4 mile track and have no plans for solo racing (cones in an open lot) you should buy a good quality standard replacement rotors and hawk or ebc pads. _________________ Good Bye.
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studderin Total posts: 6272
John Csotello1998 Grand Prix GTP Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Location: 2nd gear burnouts Age: 43 |
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 2:09 am Post subject: |
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I have power stop rotors from I forgot the price? and hawkHPS pads from pepboys there wer like 50-60? they work great, and don't wear inot the rotor. But have dust if you do 130-50 breaking. (Ive seen sparks fling out of other peoples glowing rotors "driving" at night start to fade if you don't get some cool time after some 100-40 stops. thats not normal agressive street driving. lol rotors are still fine tho.
I might get the hawk HP+ if they make them for the car?
there been 2-3 post about this I rmeber the price and were I got them from
I also put moorse cermica pads on a mild gp and those are good and have little (you can see) dust. Got them ar parts america/advanced auto, I think ther were in a durabrand box tho? what I was wering of that but it said "moose cermic" (reboxed or distutied by..) on the box.
perfoamvce fiction carbon metailcsI had, there were good new but I htink started wearing into the rotor and making noise, so I switched to the hawks. weraver golds metallics suck ballz also.
hawkhps agrssiev street
moorse cermaic mild street _________________ New Era performance
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KC2GIW Total posts: 5563
Matt Antonio1998 Grand Prix GTX Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Location: SYR/ROC Age: 25 |
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 2:23 am Post subject: |
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FWIW, I dont know much about stock brakes, but i can advise against doing teh ls1 swap. I did it...panic and hard breaking ownz, but the larger volume in the front calipers makes the pedal mushy and throws off the f/r bias. not to mention the rotors are literally what...8 lbs heavier...they're gigantic. I'll be going back to stock.
Just in case you were thinking about it...stop...you dont need to be any slower ( ) and if you decide to do some fancy drivin', it'll probably screw up your bias noticably....
Good luck,
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therealist Total posts: 599 Antwone2004 Grand Prix GT Joined: 19 Oct 2005 Location: Lockport NY Age: 50 |
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:03 am Post subject: |
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Everyone seems to praise that break swap.I knew it had to have fault's somewhere _________________ My cars:
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2fast4U Total posts: 1113
Gary2001 Regal GS Joined: 28 Dec 2004 Location: Niagara Falls, NY Age: 54 |
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:25 am Post subject: |
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ALright cool.... I already bought the pads, they are rebestos ceramics and were around 70.00.
I will just stick with the stock rotors again for now then. I burned through this pair in a year and a half, and that is why I was asking.
Thanks for all the input! |
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studderin Total posts: 6272
John Csotello1998 Grand Prix GTP Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Location: 2nd gear burnouts Age: 43 |
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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what brand were the rotors so we know not to get them? |
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dlclarkii Total posts: 107 David2001 Regal LS Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Location: Lancaster, PA Age: 45 |
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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2fast4U wrote: | ALright cool.... I already bought the pads, they are rebestos ceramics and were around 70.00.
I will just stick with the stock rotors again for now then. I burned through this pair in a year and a half, and that is why I was asking.
Thanks for all the input! |
Big mistake on the Raybestos! Ceramics get way to hot and warp your rotors under constant heavy breaking, not ideal for drag racing as much as you do. Should have got Hawk Performance Street pads instead. Your new rotors won't last!  |
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GTP98 Total posts: 1787 Jay1998 Grand Prix GTP Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Location: b-loooooow Age: 44 |
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:09 am Post subject: |
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Just get some Brembo blanks and a set of hawks.
Edit: This place has good prices for hawk pads and brembo rotors
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Jack Total posts: 303 Jack Toepfer1994 Grand Prix GTX Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Location: Cheektowaga Age: 41 |
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:34 am Post subject: |
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