Going fast is one thing .... braking fast is another ...
I always see everyone upgrading the performance of the car ... but what about brakes?
Well to a certain amount its fine, but maybe the next time your brakes are up for a major upgrade you might consider using high performance parts.
However my brakes were due for a complete replacement and after running around and doing a bit of research.
I have decided to use DBA slottered barkes for the front and DBA crossdrilled for the rear. Bendix Premiums were chosen as brakepads. Since these Rotors cannot be machined like standard ones it is important to use softcompounf brake pads, which require more frequent replacing, but dont eat through your rotors.
The advantage of these new rotors are that the solottered ones are made of a harder compound and the slots wear dirt and brake dust to the outside instead of being stuck between rotor and brakepad which can destroy either rotor or pad. The rear ones are crossdrilles with slots, which like the slottered ones, remove the dirt between pad and rotor, but are more effectively cooled. Disadvantage is the crossdrilled rotors are made of a slidely softer compound, which means soft compound brake pads are a MUST.
Since they have been fitted today i gotta drive easy for the next 500Km but hey it will at least help my fuel economy also!
Now you probably think that performance brakes are $$$$, well brakes in general aren't cheap after all, but this upgrade cost me $150 more compared to the STD setup, which i think is a good investment ($850 fitted)... (I probably got a sweet deal anyway) |
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