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Thoughts on Pad/Rotor Combo

Blakcard

Blakcard

Autocross Newbie
Only one way to find out...

You willing to be the guinea pig and post up a review?
 
Blakcard

Blakcard

Autocross Newbie
Can I pay you on say, Tuesday?
 
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ben_m

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Haven't bought them yet. I'll probably do it in June when I need to get my car inspected and an alignment.
 
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ben_m

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Went ahead and ordered them. Parts looks pretty nice and Pads look like they have tons of Meat on them. Can't wait to get them installed and try them out.
 
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ben_m

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So far so good. They look nice and have a good progressive bite. Haven't really driven the car after getting the new pads seated but under heavy braking car def felt much better at stopping.
 
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SyDiko

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I'm in the market for new rotors and pads too, but I'll probably get normal rotors and street pads... I'm always skeptical of drilled/slotted rotors.


But for that price, those don't look too bad. I have regular power stop pads and rotors on my Daily impreza and they work great. :)
 
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ben_m

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SyDiko said:
I'm in the market for new rotors and pads too, but I'll probably get normal rotors and street pads... I'm always skeptical of drilled/slotted rotors.


But for that price, those don't look too bad. I have regular power stop pads and rotors on my Daily impreza and they work great. :)
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I could have gone for blanks and saved $50 but I figured what the hell and give it a shot. The combo is actually very quiet.
 
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SyDiko

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The kit you bought is $350 isn't it (front and rears)?

I'm going to do the KOE5801 OEM kit, with the blanks... Rockauto is selling the kit for ~$230 shipped.

EDIT: Faq me hard, just found some centric blanks w/posi-quiets on tirerack for $220.
 
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ben_m

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Overall I'm not impressed with the kit. They are quiet, but the braking doesn't seem to be any better than OEM. O well, live and learn.

On the plus side I replaced my bent rim, its nice to do HWY speeds and not feel the car is going to shake apart.
 
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SyDiko

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ben_m said:
Overall I'm not impressed with the kit. They are quiet, but the braking doesn't seem to be any better than OEM. O well, live and learn.

On the plus side I replaced my bent rim, its nice to do HWY speeds and not feel the car is going to shake apart.
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Yeah, on my Subaru the Power Stop kit feels slightly better than OEM. However, I think its more pad than anything. Maybe change to a super bitey pad like the hawk hps?



That said, I did end up going with the centric kit.
 
lilonespaz

lilonespaz

Drag Race Newbie
how necessary is it to change the hardware while doing pad/rotor install?
and or what is a must change/waste of money to change?

example this stuff (front pad/rotor install kit from ecs)


and rear install kit



I mainly ask because they sell stoptechs pad/rotor kit (im guessing without install stuff) for $400 or i can buy ECS geomet rotors and Hawk hps pads with install kit for $640.

Is the extra ~$200 in install kit needed? or should i just source pads and rotors only?
 
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1ashchuckton

1ashchuckton

Autocross Champion
That kit would be nice to have, but my take is that kit is probably not needed. You might want to pull a wheel & look at what is there now. Is there a lot of corrosion? Are those rubber boots intact? If not you could have corrosion on the slider pins.
 
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