Iight its about that time. I need brakes but since i do i was planning on getting rotors and pads and doing them all at the same time. So Where can i find some cheap cross drilled and slotted rotors? Also which are better pads ceramic or oem?

 

nga is having a sale on brakes right now Id say theyre pretty good. Im ordering some powerslots and hawk hps pads heard they were both really great!

 

Do u have a price for rotors and pads all the way around or a website

 

x2....im ordering my brakes on wednesday...there r cheep brakes on ebay but idk if i trust them





o and i wouldnt get anything but ceramic

 

Does anyone have a website? And the difference between ceramic and oem pads?

 

if i was u i would get the 1's on ebay some people use them and love them all around is actuily pritty CHEAP .. soem 1 will soon chime in here..

 

ottp's ebc setup or powerslot setup.

http://www.ottperformance.com/Cobalt...114/index.html

 

O ok so still no answer on the difference bewteen ceramic and non ceramic brake pads

 

i believe the ceramic creates less brake dust

 

non ceramics will wear out faster and cause more brake dust to show up on the wheels. they also dont do well with heat the hotter they get the more wear they will show... they are also called organic pads... these are the pads people usually put on there car right before they sell it..... ceramic pads have a higher heat tolerance.. when they get hot they still wear but not as fast. also they reduce brake dust alot compared to organic pads. only problem i hear people complain is there queel loud in the morning.. this is because there cold once they warm up they quite down.... go with ceramics or semi ceramics at the least u wont be disappointed.

 

Question how does the rotors come off on these cars? Are they freefalling? A bolt? Pressed on?

 

I'm not sure how the rotors are on the car, but I would like to give my 2 cents on my system. I switched from stock rotors/pads at 60k roughly to power slot rotors and hawk hps pads and to be honest I really am not that impressed. I feel like I really have to lay into the brakes MORE to get the car to slow down and or stop. They work and do there job, but it doesn't feel as good as the stock system in all honesty. I had a shop install the brakes so I really don't think it was the install, maybe a manufacturer defect I dunno. Either way if and or when these pads go I am going to try the ebc green stuff pads.

 

Iight good looking out. Does anyone else know how the rotors come off

 

R1 brakes are def FTMFW, cheap and excellent braking. powerslots are overprices IMO, i got R1 slotted premium rotors and hawk hps pads. its a billion tmes better than stock

heres my thread with pics
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/r1-concepts-169/new-brakes-pics-179092/

they are held on by little nuts on the studs, they are just used during assembly to keep them on. us a flat head screw driver to undo them then therotors slide off, thats what i did

 

You talkin about it like those black clip things that have a hole in the middle wit like teeth? Those hold the rotor on?

 

I got my slotted rotors, hps hawk pads, braided stainless steal brake lines and brake fluid from tcmotorsports...really good quality. Cost me $650 shipped to canada. Seeing as my car had about 60,000km on it the stock rotors were on really good. Took me and my mechanic 3 hours with a 5lb sledge hammer and 2 bottles of anti-seize to get the rotors off.

 

It took 3 hours to do all around or what? And where did you spray the anti sieze?

 

yes those clips. just pry the teeth things outward and spin them off

 

O ok gotta. Good looking out doesn't sound to hard

 

3 hrs seems about right. remember i also painted the calipers in that time, also the rear calipers have to be turned, not pressed, to get the caliper piston in. I didn't spray any antisieze, just used the supplied brake lub on the caliper bolts and back of the pads so they dont sqeak. i did spray brake cleaner on the calipers and rotors before final assembly.

 

O so the rear ones have to be turned in ok what like use a c-clamp to hold the cailper shut and just simply screw them in? the fronts are pressed in? And I use a c-clamp to press the front in right. So how to get the calipers to open for both front and rear?

 

i just used the old pads on the front caliper pistons and a c clamp to press them in. on the rear i took some needle nose pliers and turned them by hand, they have grooves in the piston were the pliers can grab onto. took a little longer but i didn't have to use the GM piston tool to do it. once you look at it u'll see how easy it is

 

So how do you get em both opened?

 

i just told you

 

O my bad. I mis read it. So that was basically how to take them open em and close em. Iight cool