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    Best brake rotors that won't warp

    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?



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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    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.

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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    I run autozone blanks, with no problems at all. Tell your friend to buy better pads.

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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    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.

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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    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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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    Quote Originally Posted by lamontlamont
    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?

    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.
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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    Brembo blanks, they're cheap and high quality.
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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    i have brembo blanks with aem pads best combo imo

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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    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.

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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    Quote Originally Posted by Vanilla Sky
    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 to
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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    Quote Originally Posted by Vanilla Sky
    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.
    Really? I'd always assumed that new rotors demand new pads...
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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    Quote Originally Posted by guyhatesmycar
    Really? I'd always assumed that new rotors demand new pads...
    hahaha beat u to it lol

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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    you dont need breaks......just throw it in reverse.

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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    Quote Originally Posted by MessyHonda
    you dont need breaks......just throw it in reverse.
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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    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 .

    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.


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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    Quote Originally Posted by Oldblueaccord
    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 .
    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.
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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    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 .
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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    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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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    Quote Originally Posted by 2ndGenGuy
    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.

    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?
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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    Quote Originally Posted by Oldblueaccord
    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 .
    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.
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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    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.
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    It's Carrol Smith. And you call yourself a beliver, you should be shot.
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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    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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    Re: Best brake rotors that won't warp

    Quote Originally Posted by ddude2uc
    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.

    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.
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