ebay rotors and pads?

[tim]

I've never heard of that. Their office is closed right now but do they have decent prices?

I want to get drilled brembos with some ceramic pads. There was a thread somewhat on this topic a while back, but it doesn't mention many great places to go. I'll call that brakeplace tomorrow. thanks

Dont waste the money on slotted/drilled rotors. Some quality blank rotors will give you better performance and cost less.

[HiImBrian]

And yes, Brake & Equipment Warehouse has all that shit, usually in stock.

Just called em and they have like two different rotors in stock. Aimco drilled/slotted rotors for the front for like $120 and some sentric rotors as well.

So you guys really think that something like blank brembos would work well? My other option is to just get my stock rotors resurfaced and get new pads and brake lines.

[tim]

If you have enough material to machine the current ones you could do that. New ones dont cost too much though either. If you dont race and really abuse your brakes I wouldnt worry about spending a whole lot on fancy rotors. Actually, after doing a little research on some open track racing sites I found most people use blank rotors rather than drilled of slotted because the dont crack as often.

[scheides]

Drilled rotors crack, period. When they crack, they brake, and it's never good.

I have blank stock rotors on my car and just did Ferodo DS2500 pads and Technifit SS lines. The car stops absolutely amazingly and doesn't seem to fade. Hawk or JET's Axxis suggestion would be a good option too. If you're on a tight budget jsut stick with stock-ish stuff w/ decent pads, you'll be happy.

[scheides]

Oh, and in case I didn't make it evident in my first post, don't buy that shit on ebay. $170 for 4 rotors and pads!? I guarantee they are crap. Why would you trust your life as well as anyone that would ever ride in your car (GF, wife, kids, you mom?) to some unknown cheap-ass brand? Brakes are first and foremost safety equipment, remember that.

Just my $.02 :D

[tim]

Two things every car absolutely has to have. Good brakes and good tires. I wouldnt skimp on either.

[HiImBrian]

Oh, and in case I didn't make it evident in my first post, don't buy that shit on ebay. $170 for 4 rotors and pads!? I guarantee they are crap. Why would you trust your life as well as anyone that would ever ride in your car (GF, wife, kids, you mom?) to some unknown cheap-ass brand? Brakes are first and foremost safety equipment, remember that.

Just my $.02 :D

I was hoping since ebay fmic's were highly rated that maybe possibly the rotors were too haha. Btw, I have no wife, no kids either (that I know of), and my mom is dead...only kidding

[scheides]

Ebay FMIC's aren't as good as you'd like to think they are :D

[CVD]

And yes, blank brembos are better than most of the drilled crap on the market. By far.
To do better than those you really have to spend some money.

[HiImBrian]

Ebay FMIC's aren't as good as you'd like to think they are :D

What I meant is they don't crack like the exhaust manis or leak like the bovs. Some ebay stuff is legit and some is lashit