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Old 12-31-2009, 09:09 PM   #33 (permalink)
Zeffrin
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Street use, get bog standard rotors... look at CJMR2T's response. (edit: Should have said OEM rather than bog standard, I'm used to talking about muscle cars... toyota engineers know their stuff and choose the best materials and set the minimum thickness based on thermodynamic calculations, OEM rotors are best for street use.)

Removing mass is removing places for heat generated to equalise into increasing the chances of deformation/cracking in the remaining material.

The point of drilled/slotted rotors is to provide an exit point for gases which is potentially trapped between the pad and the disc when the brakes a clamped down however for a street user, if you get some nice flat discs.. preferably new but machined greater than or equal to minimum thickness is fine the pads themselves should wear flat.

While slotted/drilled may improve stopping time MARGINALLY the pads/rotors will last a lot shorter time due to the aformentioned shaving of pads and increased warping of rotors.

As for pads well... ceramic has good wear and heat conductivity... but to be honest for street use meh... when I buy pads I've generally been offered a choice between hard (which I assume to be ceramic) which will last a lot longer due to the harder material and superior heat dissipation or soft which wear faster but stop better. I've tried and been happy with both but to be honest with you, on the street I've only ever needed to be soft of the brakes and come to a nice smooth slow stop and so soft pads seem to last potentially years anyway and that one time you do need to stop right now... they do the job nicely. I'm pretty sure soft pads are your standard asbestos based jobs...

the only downside to them is the dust that can accumulate on your rims but whatever, no point going if you can't stop.

Last edited by Zeffrin; 12-31-2009 at 09:21 PM.. Reason: correction
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