I run slotted rotors as well, properly done (best is V grooves with tapered depth ends) they offer improved performance by reducing glazing of the pads.
Speaking of which quality ceramic pads will provide a great improvement on our cars, especially over the stock pads which are just a bit better than dog-doo.
Pep Boys' Pro Stop ceramic pads are very good and reasonably priced...
Hawk ceramic performance series along with some decent slotted rotors are great...mix that with SS brake lines and a 5.1 fluid swap and youll be in a whole new car.
I agree with HAWK Blue pads. Its been almost 2 years since I've put them on and they are stopping well. I actually prefer a good vented/stock style rotor most of the time. I've had EBC red stuff pads as well as their slotted/dimpled rotors, but they warped quickly for me so I went back to a stock style vented-rotor without any slots/crossdrills/dimples and I've been happy so far. I will say though that the blue box pads from HAWK have done me well.
The best rotors you can buy for factory style replacement are Baer Eradi Speed. They are a little pricy but ultra light weight and look awesome. I use the Hawk HPS pads front an rear.
I know some people are going to disagree with me but I've had awesome results with ebay rotors. The ebay pads are junk but my last two sets of rotors I got off ebay in the 150$ range. Although they were random overstock units, the first set was stop tech and the second was a brembo casting. As long as you get a high quality rotor I don't care who it comes from. But do yourself a favour and get a good set of pads suited to your application. Ebc makes a great line of pads for every application.
Edit. I've also gotten drilled rotors both times. They cool so much faster. I notice a huge difference in the canyons Iver the stock flat rotors. Another thing to seriously consider is getting a set of stainless steel brake lines and swapping over to a full dot 4 fluid. If your brakes ever see serious heat, you will love dot 4. Do not use dot 5. The abs module does not like dot 5.
Venomouz if your looking to update the look of your brake calipers a company called MGP may have a set of caliper covers youd like if you do some searching.
Well my cobra has the calipers and I painted them black but want to do the letters red, the decals on eBay look oversized and I think ima use some paint to fill them in.
I recommend BREMBO as mentioned previously some good ones with a few pistons they actually make some with 6 pistons now talk about stopping on a dime . Hope I helped
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