Well somehow my factory brakes and rotors made it to 30k and now are definitely hitting the fan. Stopping power has definitely reduced and they are squealing horribly. Last time I was at the track it didn't even feel like I was going to stop at the end of the track.

I'm probably going to replace everything with OEM stuff. I do like how they gripped when I got the car and his responsive they were but when they are done they are done. I might get some slotted rotors from zzp or somewhere and then get OEM pads front/rear.

Just wondering what everyone is running for pads and rotors? Let me know what you got and how much your set up was!

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Stock

 

coleman fronts with brembo(ferrodo) pads, stock for everything else if you drive the car prett hard. if its just a street car hawks stuff with centric blanks

 

I had hawks, I didnt like them. went back to stock, much better. I tracked the car too so I remember the difference. I want to try r1 premium slotted rotors with stock pads, I think that would be pretty sick.

 

Definitely track the car. It really takes a beating and I want that good stopping power back.

Ya that has my attention. I kind of want a slotted rotor just for a more aggressive look but also for the reliability of the power to stop. I might go with r1 slotted rotors and then get stock pads.

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Wert i have stock pads and the cheaper R1 drilled rotors and have been pleased with them, especially when they get wet. Only issue i had with the stockers was stopping in the rain, and the drilled rotors are better. I didnt go premium because i wasnt going to road course it.

 

I did see they make the premium models in just the slotted rotors. Do you have the r1s in the rear too or just the front?

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I don't think you'd be dissapointed AFAIK it should be a great setup.

 

stock pads and rotors. i just ordered stock setup from CED. i got 70,000km on them and not squeeling yet.

 

Rockauto has everything Oem in stock and shipped to my door step for $140 then CED

 

Got 125k out of stock rotors and front pads. Had to have powell service and replace rear brake pads @ 60k though. Ordered through CED got good service and parts, went all stock again. MUCH cheaper than through GM Canada.

 

125k out of the front rotors and pads??

 

Stock pads or you can use a designated track pad.

coleman rotors are the best period for up front but they r big bucks. I'm going to play with r1 concepts premium rears but the stocks worked fine with me for track cars.

 

you live in the US. if you lived in canada it wouldn't have been $140 cheaper.. lol

 

i have them on all 4 corners as i wanted them to match. The zinc plating on them looks amazing under my black wheels. I had drilled and slotted rotors on my old Z28 and they were a little aggressive on the pads. Wasn't going to road race so i didn't need the slotted ones. I have braked pretty hard on the the drilled ones and they haven't warped yet. I went with the cheaper ones also due to the premiums adding more rotational weight when i didn't need them.
If you are going to track it ( aside from drags) i would go with the premiums due to them being able to take more abuse. Just my 2 cents

 

I am going to run stock pads on some R1 premium slotted and drilled. I had all four on my last SS and they were amazing.

I don't track or auto x my car so I've never worried about cracks.

 

slotted and drilled rotors are no good imho UNLESS they are some extremely high dollar ones that are made properly. slotted can be no good to if made improperly.

for me slotted only is the way to go or just get blanks. drilled rotors I find crack easier especially under stress and drilled and slotted is too much material missing out of the rotor for me. wangspeed runs centric blanks and has had good success with them.

so my 2 cents is buy the centrics if they are cheaper then oem(you can get them from tire rack). get oem pads unless you want a street pad then get hawks or parts store brake pads. for winter I run some cheapo autozone pads and they stand up pretty good to daily driver and they are like 50 bucks. colemans are a 900 dollar investment for the fronts alone plus pads. I always run ferrodos up front as my car sees double duty and stock out back.

 

Ya I'm definitely not going to run drilled and slotted. Omiotek, what's your opinion of running R1 premium slotted rotors all around with OEM pads?

Everything OEM from rock auto comes to $430 shipped. To get R1 Premium slotted rotors for the front and rear with centric rear pads and OEM ferrodo pads for the front comes to $560 shipped.

 

R1's are nice as long as you just decide to go slotted. Def go with stock pads. Im sure Omiotek will agree, he helped me with my setup all the way thru

 

Not sure I feel about the r1s yet. Will let you know in a couple weeks how they handle the rear braking. II'm sure they r up to par with centrics

 

Definitely the route I'm looking to go.

I think I'm gonna pull the trigger on the r1s and stock pads. I just need to replace the fronts but I want everything to be good to go and to match for a while.

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yeah im sure the r1s will be fine. never had them on the track because my stock rotors in back have been fine till i wore them out at the end of the season and ive alweays run the ferrodo pads up front with colemans.

 

Do you have a link to the colemans? I seem to can't find them, but I'd at least like to see what they are.

 

They are floating rotors, you can contact Powell about them I beleive

 

Ah that's the $900 set up. That's definitely pricey, but probably worth every penny.