Brake Specialists, please chime in!!!!
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Melting Slicks
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Brake Specialists, please chime in!!!!
I know much about drivetrain and engine and all the other good stuff....but I have no idea about brakes. My brakes are just fine, with 22K on them, but I love the look of nice slotted rotors (and drilled, too).
I do not want to spend a million dollars just for the look and a little improvement. What should I do for brakes?? When I swap rptos, what else will I have to swap?? What rotors do you recommend (shoes, pads, etc...)?? I think the stock ones are just fine, so I am more into the brake system I have now, with a better look on the rotors. Please help!!!
I do not want to spend a million dollars just for the look and a little improvement. What should I do for brakes?? When I swap rptos, what else will I have to swap?? What rotors do you recommend (shoes, pads, etc...)?? I think the stock ones are just fine, so I am more into the brake system I have now, with a better look on the rotors. Please help!!!
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Re: Brake Specialists, please chime in!!!! (Untouchable00)
Get the Eradispeed rotors front and rear with stock pads. If you are into a painted caliper I would say go for it!
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Re: Brake Specialists, please chime in!!!! (Untouchable00)
My preference would be the Baer Eradispeeds and a set of the GM ceramic pads. The baer rotors look great and have a zinc wash to keep rust at a minimum. They are a simple swap with on other parts required. The GM ceramic pads are QUIET and almost dust free while still supplying good performance.
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Re: Brake Specialists, please chime in!!!! (CHJ In Virginia)
My preference would be the Baer Eradispeeds and a set of the GM ceramic pads. The baer rotors look great and have a zinc wash to keep rust at a minimum. They are a simple swap with on other parts required. The GM ceramic pads are QUIET and almost dust free while still supplying good performance.
Burning Brakes
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Re: Brake Specialists, please chime in!!!! (Untouchable00)
http://www.electro-dynamics.com/brakes/brakes4.html
Check this out. I am thinking about this set-up because it is not outrageously expensive and it appears that it would be a fun project.
Check this out. I am thinking about this set-up because it is not outrageously expensive and it appears that it would be a fun project.
Burning Brakes
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Re: Brake Specialists, please chime in!!!! (Gramps)
http://www.electro-dynamics.com/brakes/brakes4.html
Check this out. I am thinking about this set-up because it is not outrageously expensive and it appears that it would be a fun project.
Check this out. I am thinking about this set-up because it is not outrageously expensive and it appears that it would be a fun project.
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Re: Brake Specialists, please chime in!!!! (Gramps)
I bet under normal use "I mean normal street driving" those rotors would last the life of the car. :yesnod: They look good and would not warp too!!
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Burning Brakes
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Re: Brake Specialists, please chime in!!!! (DSTJ99)
$400 a rotor with the hat. Thats seems a little outrageous to me :eek:
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Burning Brakes
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Re: Brake Specialists, please chime in!!!! (Untouchable00)
So when I change my breaks, I just change rotors and pads. What about shoes, etc...???
"etc...???" I aint goin there!
[Modified by Gramps, 8:49 PM 1/20/2003]
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Re: Brake Specialists, please chime in!!!! (Untouchable00)
Here's what the Eradispeed +1 rotors look like with painted calipers:
Front:
Rear:
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Front:
Rear:
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Re: Brake Specialists, please chime in!!!! (Gramps)
I've thought about this one up, down, left, right and sideways, and it always seems to be the calipers that run the cost up. I'm tempted to try some brembos (rotors only) and get some hats made from somewhere like:
http://www.hoerr-racing.com/
but that will be down the line a little. I would be cuious to know if anyone has thrown some 14 inchers on their car and moved the stock calipers out a bit. I've got 18" wheels on so I think they'll fit. For stock wheels you'd probably need to stick to stock size rotors.
My $0.02.
http://www.hoerr-racing.com/
but that will be down the line a little. I would be cuious to know if anyone has thrown some 14 inchers on their car and moved the stock calipers out a bit. I've got 18" wheels on so I think they'll fit. For stock wheels you'd probably need to stick to stock size rotors.
My $0.02.
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Re: Brake Specialists, please chime in!!!! (Gramps)
So when I change my breaks, I just change rotors and pads. What about shoes, etc...???
Shoes? I suggest some Gucci loafers in a nice soft leather.
"etc...???" I aint goin there!
You don't have shoes on a 4 wheel disk system. Shoes are on drum brake systems which are usually just the rear.
All you will have are pads, calipers, and the rotors. Of course there are ABS sensors, and I'm not sure about the Emergency Brake set up.
[Modified by Gramps, 8:49 PM 1/20/2003]
Shoes? I suggest some Gucci loafers in a nice soft leather.
"etc...???" I aint goin there!
You don't have shoes on a 4 wheel disk system. Shoes are on drum brake systems which are usually just the rear.
All you will have are pads, calipers, and the rotors. Of course there are ABS sensors, and I'm not sure about the Emergency Brake set up.
[Modified by Gramps, 8:49 PM 1/20/2003]
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Melting Slicks
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Re: Brake Specialists, please chime in!!!! (shafman1)
Yeah, I know, shoes, pads, they are the same thing, OK, I was just in a rush. We Italians are always thinking of GQ things. That is how many guys here refer to the pads as shoes, if that is what the joke is about.
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Re: Brake Specialists, please chime in!!!! (Untouchable00)
Now, now, I'm new at this game myself. There are a set of brake shoes for the emergency brake. If you are going to replace the rotors, calipers, and brake pads, you will see the brake shoes when you take the rotors off. Make sure you adjust the emergency brake when replacing the rotors. Turn the adjuster out about 5 or 6 clicks at a time until you feel a slight drag on the rotor. Then do the other side. Most emergency brakes from the factory are out of adjustment. In other words, they don't hold very well.
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