Looking to upgrade my brakes.
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Looking to upgrade my brakes.
I'm wanting to change out my front brakes. Is it ideal to buy slotted and drilled rotors if I don't do hard core braking? Or should I just go with drilled and upgrade to some really good pads.
I've looked around and not really sure what do get and if I need to upgrade/change other parts out for different rotors to work.
I've looked around and not really sure what do get and if I need to upgrade/change other parts out for different rotors to work.
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How much are you willing to spend?
I myself have drilled and slotted disks, with some posi-quiete ceramic pads. No squeaks whatsoever. OEM pads wears out a lot faster, and I hate them.
I myself have drilled and slotted disks, with some posi-quiete ceramic pads. No squeaks whatsoever. OEM pads wears out a lot faster, and I hate them.
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My stock ones were junk after 34k miles, tossed on some Wagner ultra quiets with the stock rotors and made a good difference over the stockers. Next time around ill probably get some slotted rotors(only because theyre the same price or a hair cheaper than oem).
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I believe the cheaper drilled rotors crack from heat. I would recommend some power slots. I have some with on the front of my 02 with some Hawk pads and they work great. I need to buy some rotors for the rear since I have new pads sitting on the shelf.
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I'm not talking about 6 piston stop on a dime set up. Slotted/drilled rotors for better hear displacement and some better pads for more stopping power.
I'm not wanting to spend a lot but what ever is fairly price I'll look at.
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Where are you guys buying the slotted or drilled rotors that are cheaper than OEM. GM rotor is 73 bucks so where are you guys finding slotted for cheaper. Also, I have used a regular rotor and EBC greenstuff 6000 series pads and boy what a difference, though it was on my 98 plus they lasted twice as long as other regular pads. Now, ive been noticing that most people around here are using Hawk pads and not EBC when it comes to performance braking solutions. Are these Hawks really what they are cracked up to be? I loved the EBC's since they gave no dust and even with stupid teenage style driving in the OBS and hard stopping i never got fade. I have been recommending EBC pads a lot, but curious about hawks now and what series you guys use. I hate the OE pads, they came glazed from the dealer and oh man do they squeek and growl. my rotor is nice and flat and almost mirror from it, and before i bought the truck ( my 07) they did a $400 brake job of new pads cut and clean rotors and inspect everything else. they failed to burnish the pads though and yeah. So how would you compare Hawk to EBC? and where are you seeing good slotted rotors at the same rate as OE because I see slotted pairs at 200+