wagner262

I am really wanted to get drilled and slotted rotors, mainly for the looks. My rotors are fine but stock.

I was wondering if I am crazy to consider used? Is there a way to tell by looking at a rotor how much life it has left.

If I went new what are the good brands and what should I be looking to spend on 4? Just curious Ive heard there is a lot of crap rotors that crack easy if its a bad brand.

Thanks guys

Bill Curlee

Drilled rotors are a lot of hype... The holes will plug with brake dust over time and if they are used hard, WILL CRACK between the holes.

On the other hand, slotted rotors work VERY WELL and do improve rotor efficiency.

I purchased 4 new OEM Replacement premium rotors from NAPA and the price was outstanding. Its been many many years ago since they were replaced and are 100% fantastic. ACTIVE Duty and Vets get a discount! I use the brakes hard and have ZERO warapage issues. I don't TRACK my car. That's a whole different ball game.

Someone told me that NAPA now have a slotted rotor but, I have not looked into that.

Here,,, I googled it:


http://knowhow.napaonline.com/stop-r...brake-upgrade/

Give them a call and see what they offer and if it interest you..

If it were ME,,, I would stay away from drilled rotors. Had them on my C6 Z51 coupe. They didn't crack but they sure did plug up with brake dust!

4XLR8N

See post #45 of my Grand Sport project thread to see what I did...

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...project-3.html

I would not buy used brake parts unless I was VERY confident of their history and serviceability.

Ray 2000 C5 FRC

wagner262

Bill you always have the answers! ill look into napa for the slotted rotors. Like I said I dont run my car very hard just looking for appearance upgrades

wagner262

nice post, I love the upgrades

jackthelad

"Drilled" rotors are OK if they were designed to be that way. Like Baer Eradispeeds for example. Had them on now for north of 40k miles with no issues at all, definitely no "clogging" - in fact that's a new one on me.

p.s. and I bought them used originally.....

lionelhutz

Check the Brakemotive rotors. They are a little over $200 for pads and drilled/slotted rotors. Lots of people here have installed then and I haven't seen anyone here complain about the quality. The pads are nothing special though. I believe they are still a forum vender too.

racebum

the real oem rotors are very good. older high carbon iron. much better than all the lower cost rotors sold today. keep them until they groove

racebum

many people complain about the quality, it's bottom level garbage. low carbon rotors and cheap cheap pads

the OP could reuse his OE rotors and buy authentic z06 pads from amazon sold under the ac delco label for 150 shipped front and rear. nice increase in stopping power and less than the china made garbage from brakeomotive

lionelhutz

Ya, I'm seen lots of people who never owned a set say they are junk, but find some threads with actual owners who didn't race their car and still had issues with them. I put a set on my car to try them out and they've stood-up as well as the OE ones did.

You can spend $700 or $800 for a set of Baer rotors and get much better rotors. But them, they're about 3x the cost so they'd better be nice rotors.

runner140*

Ordered thru them Monday and arrived via FedEx yesterday.
Opened up the boxes....they look good. $190.00 for four rotors plus ceramic pads+free shipping.
Will post when they are installed.

73Corvette

Wow... that's pretty inexpensive

runner140*

The jury is still out....until they are installed. But the price is right.

ZigZag

I've had mine on for over a year with no problems. They look good on and stopping power is excellent. Granted it's just a daily driver and no track time but they are great for the price.

racebum

why? he's already said his stock rotors are in great shape. the OE rotors are very good

brakes and tires are the two most important parts of a car

lionelhutz

Well because he posted he wanted drilled and slotted rotors....

FASTFATBOY

Nothing wrong with drilled and slotted if you are a "cruiser" kinda guy. If you drive the car HARD, I wouldn't.

BTW, been a tech/mechanic most of my adult life and have never heard of a rotor "clogging" with brake dust.

And I hate the factory style pads, the brake dust makes me want to pull my hair out. For 75% of the guys a high quality ceramic pad the is PROPERLY BEDDED works well on the street.

Bill Curlee

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BTW, been a tech/mechanic most of my adult life and have never heard of a rotor "clogging" with brake dust.

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And I hate the factory style pads, the brake dust makes me want to pull my hair out.

You provided the answer to your own statement..
The factory Z51 pads dust pretty bad.
If you have a Z-51 C6,, take a close look at the drilled rotors and see if they are not full of brake dust.
I had to use a drill bit and unclog each front rotor (by hand) after about 25,000 mile.

racebum

which brings up another point. a person has to choose low dust or performance. the higher performance you get the more they dust