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i have a friend who keeps buying cheap rotors from auto zone. THey cost maybe $13 each. he puts them on and weeks later they are warped. I told him to stop tightening the lug nuts so tight but they keep warping. What are the best rotors made for this car, the lx carb model? honda oem brand, slotted, drilled, drilled and slotted would cheap drilled and slotted be good?
ebc sport drilled rotors are nice. I can't speak on how long they take to warp (i don't normally have that problem with mine. but they only cost like $55 for the pair when I bought them, and they are slotted and dimpled. :)
I bought mine from tirerack, and i don't see them anymore, but if you call around you might be able to find them. otherwise most people on here really love brembo blanks, $25/ea.
http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/brake...ar=&perfCode=P
I run autozone blanks, with no problems at all. Tell your friend to buy better pads.
Alex
I read in a car tuning book that I bought that "cryo-treated" rotors resist warping. If you look on tirerack, they have a pair of cryo-treated, slotted powerslot rotors, but they are expensive.
http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/resul...7&autoModClar=
I have the cheap rotors up front too and they seem to be warped. I will be getting Brembo blanks soon.
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Originally Posted by lamontlamont
Tell him to get a torque wrench and to tighten his wheel nuts properly. Also, abusing any brake will cause it to fail, and the only remedy for that is to change driving habits.
Brembo blanks, they're cheap and high quality.
i have brembo blanks with aem pads best combo imo
Also, you should tell your friend to properly bed the rotors before regular driving with them. It's preferrable to bed new rotors with old pads, though.
i always thought if u get new rotors u should replace the pads toQuote:
Originally Posted by Vanilla Sky
Really? I'd always assumed that new rotors demand new pads...Quote:
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hahaha beat u to it lolQuote:
Originally Posted by guyhatesmycar
you dont need breaks......just throw it in reverse.
and the award for worst advice ever goes to...... drum roll pleaseQuote:
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Tell him brakes don't warp that some guy on the internet told you so so go on with his big bad self.
Been dying to use that one . :huh:
Best luck I have had is with my link below Type R rotors, pads and calipers. Way more then a year and no warped,err shuttering when braking.
wp
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Originally Posted by Oldblueaccord
i know who you talking about....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.....OWNED!!! SUCKA>>>LOL
im happy with my se-i set up....drilled and sloted with AEM pads and SS lines....stops real nice....so good that i need to get sticker tires next time i buy some.
Actually I use to believe that rotors wrapped as well, but it turns out it has a lot to do with the pads you have. They truly do leave deposits on the rotor. I have EBC pads and it turns out they are notorious for this problem. I called the guy at fastbrakes to ask him about my warping problem, and he told me there is no way I am warping my rotors. He then told me to get different pads (Hawk HP preferably) and take a piece of fine grit sand paper to the rotor. So I tried it, and all the brake shuttering disappeared. It only took about 30 sec of sanding per rotor on both sides of the rotor, and I was done. Take some sandpaper to the rotors and get some new pads :thumbup: .
I don't know if I want to get into this again, but yes you can leave pad materials on the rotors. You can also burn it off with a series of high speed 80 -> 40mph brakes. Heat up the rotors, but don't over do it.
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Originally Posted by 2ndGenGuy
But wouldn't he need to replace the pads that are causing the problem in the first place, before he tries the 80-40 thing?
Where are you lord in this time of peril? Show the disbelievers the light. $12 rotors cannot possibly warp, it is all in your minds.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oldblueaccord
Yep, brake rotors don't warp. It's all in the brake pads, cause they start having cemenite forming. Even ask Carl Smith, he knows rotors don't warp. Get with the program people.
It's Carrol Smith. And you call yourself a beliver, you should be shot. :lol:
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Haha, I just thought that sounded good. Really, I turn at least one set of rotors a week from warping. Just have to mic them so their not below specs afterwards. If a rotor is really warped, I just replace them as a set with new pads. Generally just install some semi-metallic pads.. We don't get into high performance pads & rotors on cars. When I install new rotors, you have to remove the film with BRAK-KLEEN before installing new pads. Then use a torque wrench @ 80-100 ft. lbs. on the lug nuts.
I think I've turned my rotors once owning my car for 6 years.
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Your quote is a little wrong, rotors due warp but only under EXTREME heat. I think racecars that go from 100+ MPH then slow to 40MPH, and so on a so forth for hours at a time have this problem with warping rotors. I dont think a 3gee even has the ability to make the rotors warp.
