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Old May 3, 2015 | 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by 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.
Looked at my Eradispeeds today. No sign at all of clogged holes - they have been on about 40k miles. I guess it depends if you buy cheap or good......
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Old May 3, 2015 | 08:37 PM
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I've had TPS Motorsports slots on my 02Z for 5 yrs.With them I use Hawk HPS pads and Goodridge SS lines.

It's a good UG from stock.

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Old May 3, 2015 | 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by jackthelad
Looked at my Eradispeeds today. No sign at all of clogged holes - they have been on about 40k miles. I guess it depends if you buy cheap or good......
has more to do with pad material. a performance pad will dust and will wind up in some of the holes. low performance pads like ceramic are so hard there is no dust and thus no accumulation

a decent street pad like the hawk hp+ or the older axxis ultimates would coat a drilled rotor
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Old May 4, 2015 | 01:55 AM
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I bought drilled slotted from a forum vendor. I like the looks.
I used EBC green stuff pads.

The rotors are wearing faster than the pads!

Ron
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Old May 5, 2015 | 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by dbaker
I've had TPS Motorsports slots on my 02Z for 5 yrs.With them I use Hawk HPS pads and Goodridge SS lines.

It's a good UG from stock.

\db2
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Another vote for TSP. I have the dimpled and slotted on my 04 vert and couldn't be happier

http://www.tpsmotorsports.com/corvet...-calipers.html
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