Are these worth buying? If you have experience using these brakes before, please let me know your feedback. I have the 12-inch rotors on my '93.

I'm not looking to spend a lot of money on brakes - just looking to get standard brakes. I priced out my local auto parts stores for just 4 rotors and the price comes out to be the same. However the eBay brake kits pads are already included.

Please let me know your thoughts. I'm not certain on the quality on these brakes. Thank you.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/FRONT-REAR-KIT-Pro-Grade-OE-Blank-Rotors-AND-Carbon-Metallic-Brake-Pads-/311221614803?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Year%3A1993%7CModel%3ACorvette&hash=item487640f8d3&vxp=mtr#ht_7684wt_1383
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FRONT-REAR-KIT-SILVER-Slotted-Drilled-Rotors-AND-Carbon-Metallic-Brake-Pads-/311247912609?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Year%3A1993%7CMake%3AChevrolet%7CModel%3ACorvette&hash=item4877d23ea1&vxp=mtr#ht_7684wt_1383
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FRONT-REAR-KIT-Reliance-OE-REPLACEMENT-Brake-Rotors-Plus-Ceramic-Pads-C1378-/121056841597?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Year%3A1993%7CModel%3ACorvette&hash=item1c2f8ccf7d&vxp=mtr#ht_4092wt_1362
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FRONT-REAR-KIT-Gold-Hart-DRILLED-SLOTTED-Brake-Rotors-Ceramic-Pads-C1378-/121050781906?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Year%3A1993%7CModel%3ACorvette&hash=item1c2f3058d2&vxp=mtr#ht_5042wt_1362

 

Go for it

I have fitted the drilled / slotted rotors they look nice.

Check if you have the standard 12 inch rotors on front or the J55
13 inch rotors?

You can check the build codes on the label either in glove box or rear starage compartment, if it has the J55 code you have 13 inch heavy duty rotors. If you do not then the 12 inch rotors are on your car.

You need open wheels to show off your drilled / slotted rotors

 

Are those ebay ones? How are they performing?

I have saw blades so its hard to see the rotors.

 

It is still best to measure the rotors. If I went by the codes I would buy 12" rotors only to find out they are too small becasue someone that owned the car before me switched out for the 13" rotors.

 

I can't speak directly about the ones you posted but there is an Ebay outfit called Brakemotive that sells a very good product at a real good price. Their customer service is the reason I've put them on my Vette and two other cars. I've only had one problem. After about a year and 10,000 miles one of the front rotors warped on my Monte Carlo work car. I called them and and asked for the price on a new rotor. His reply was, "It shouldn't have warped. He immediately sent me out a new set of front rotors and pads. No shipping, no cost at all. Service like that deserves my continued support in this day and age of ripoff artists.

The Vette stops much better and the pads are virtually brake dust free. You always get some brake dust but these are not much at all. I have them on the Vette, a '95 Impala SS and my Monte Carlo. When the Tahoe needs brakes I'll be getting some for it. For me personally.......service sells.

 

Thank you for the advice. I went ahead and ordered the brake kit from Brakemotive.................price is only about $10 more and if the customer service is that great, I am more than happy to pay the extra. Plus they ship from IL so it will get faster to me here in NC.

 

In my limited experience and research, I have found that drilled and/or slotted rotors are unnecessary and if not done properly can cause stress cracks. And stay away from rotors that are zinc coated on the braking surface. It rubs off onto the pads and causes poor braking and chatter. Centric stock OEM rotors are excellent quality and will get the job done as well if not better than the GM engineers intended.

 

I didn't spend a lot of money on brakes and I bought 4 delco rotors and hawk street pads. Unless you're racing you're wasting money and decreasing reliability.

 

I think you'll really enjoy them. They will change your pedal feel for the better. I've read all the Brembo, Wilwood articles on brakes and tons of other engineering papers talking about the benefits of drilled, slotted, drilled and slotted vs solid rotors. Some say yes and some say no but for some reason the mighty Porsche 917 used them as does Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Porsche, Bugatti Veyron, and Corvette Racing's C7.R plus every other high performance car in the world. I realize that they are all high performance cars and we just drive a lowly Corvette but they work well for me. I did a bunch of road racing for many years and know what brakes should feel like and I like them.

 

oh no gerard, you just had to mention drilled/slotted rotors !

 

while I somewhat agree with you on the D&S thing, I haven't had any bad experience with zinc plated rotors, or for that matter, the drilled and slotted thing either. I do feel it's not necessary for the street. I've installed four sets of zinc/D&S rotors in the last 7 or 8 years now without issues - my 85 corvette, two 90 corvettes, and my Silverado pickup. just installed a Powerstop set on my arctic white 90, and have about 200 miles on them - zinc plating is pretty much gone from the brake pad surface, and I have no chattering or poor braking characteristics. the D&S rotors have been on my 85 since around 2006, and there is absolutely no signs of any cracking anywhere - just pulled and inspected the rotors for some minor brake work, and I've never had any chattering issues in all those years. as a side note, the corrosion on the zinc plated rotors is pretty much minimal. they were purchased on-line from I-rotors. here's the package I installed on my (white) 90 -

https://www.rockauto.com/catalog/mor...361&cc=1041264

 

Are you running stainless braided lines on your car and if so was there a noticeable improvement? Thanks!

 

I'm not running them on the Vette.....yet. I had a line fail on my '95 Impala and I replaced all my stock brake lines with Aeroquip braided lines. There was definitely a firmer pedal feel but I'm not sure if the old lines were just getting too compliant or old and swelling or not. It does make more sense that a braided line would "swell" less than a rubber hose, even if it were rated for the hydraulic pressure. When you're talking 1000-2000 PSI, that's a bunch of pressure.

 

Got my rotors and pads (ceramic) from Brakemotive........only took 2 days to receive them after I ordered the kit and got them installed 3 days ago.

These rotors and pads are actually the Power Stop (see pics below, part # stamped on the rotors) brand but it was not advertised as such. Power Stop kits are at least $300 but I only paid $164 for mine.

Braking is definitely improved in all aspects.

 

gerardvg

It appears that your pads are making contact only with the outer portion of your rotors - the inner radius is untouched. Others smarter than I, please chime in and tell me if this is this normal or not -

Thanks in advance -

Jake -

 

I know it looks odd, but I'd say NORMAL. if it wasn't configured correctly, the whole assembly (pads, caliper, caliper bracket) wouldn't fit together, and function properly. looks pretty much the same as my 90.

 

Pad footprint is simply dictated by the height of the pad. If the above hat a 2pc hat/rotor assembly that gap would be filled in with a larger alum hat to make up for it. Put that same caliper on a smaller rotor and that gap would go down. Nothing more than a visual thing for the most part.