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Cross Drilled Rotors
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Quote:I'm still not all that convinced that they wear out that much sooner. In a street application how much would you consider a good pad life to be? I change rotors and pads when I change from my summer to winter tires? 2 full seasons like tires maybe 20,000 KM is plenty of life.

I can't comment on the wear, because I've never run them. ;) That's just what I hear, and it makes sense.

How long can you expect out of brakes? That's a pretty vague question.

My Dad has a Toyota 4Runner with 360,000km on it, just had it's first brake job.

I have 55,000 on the WRX, and they're still good.

Some people are happy to get 30,000 out of a set of GM brakes.


Quote:So the best performance / cost-effective upgrade to a Focus' stock brake system is....

Larger discs? Discs all the way around for us drum-heads? (expensive, apparently)

Better quality Brembo blanks or perhaps something slotted by a name brand manufacturer?

In other words, Brembo blanks and Hawk HPS pads or EBC Green Stuff pads is a smart move?

You really can't upgrade from stock without doing something radical. The rotors are all the same within a stock fittment. No opportunities there.

The stock pads are pretty damn good, if you don't mind all the dust. Great bite, modulation, and fade resistance.

I tried Mintex A/F to get rid of the dust, and they really sucked. Couldn't take the heat of a trackday.

There are pads that will outperform the stockers on a trackday, but you don't want them on the street as they make nasty dust, squeal, and eat rotors when cold.

Frankly, I don't understand the desire to improve the performance of the stock brakes on the street. Other than to get points for saying you did.

The stock brakes can lock up R compounds at 120+km/h. You can't improve on that. Lockup is lockup. I've never had serious fade with stock-ish power when beating on them on a racetrack, so no thermal issues. Got a feel problem? Bleed them for $20.

What other performance measurable are you wanting to improve?
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Cross Drilled Rotors - Medicman - 11-15-2005, 05:42 PM
Cross Drilled Rotors - Flofocus - 11-15-2005, 11:50 PM
Cross Drilled Rotors - NOS2Go4Me - 11-16-2005, 12:29 AM
Cross Drilled Rotors - focuzedn2o - 11-16-2005, 12:52 AM
Cross Drilled Rotors - darkpuppet - 11-16-2005, 01:27 AM
Cross Drilled Rotors - MAlby7 - 11-16-2005, 01:36 AM
Cross Drilled Rotors - Euro Ford Fan - 11-16-2005, 01:45 AM
Cross Drilled Rotors - darkpuppet - 11-16-2005, 02:48 AM
Cross Drilled Rotors - Euro Ford Fan - 11-16-2005, 03:07 AM
Cross Drilled Rotors - P-51 - 11-16-2005, 03:48 AM
Cross Drilled Rotors - darkpuppet - 11-16-2005, 03:59 AM
Cross Drilled Rotors - Euro Ford Fan - 11-16-2005, 04:11 AM
Cross Drilled Rotors - NOS2Go4Me - 11-16-2005, 04:19 AM
Cross Drilled Rotors - Kool_ZX3 - 11-16-2005, 04:30 AM
Cross Drilled Rotors - Focus Is Art - 11-16-2005, 05:39 AM
Cross Drilled Rotors - P-51 - 11-16-2005, 07:40 AM
Cross Drilled Rotors - NOS2Go4Me - 11-16-2005, 07:45 AM
Cross Drilled Rotors - DILATED - 11-16-2005, 01:38 PM
Cross Drilled Rotors - Medicman - 11-16-2005, 08:19 PM
Cross Drilled Rotors - P-51 - 11-16-2005, 11:21 PM
Cross Drilled Rotors - Burnin21 - 11-24-2005, 01:54 AM
Cross Drilled Rotors - nass - 11-27-2005, 12:32 AM
Cross Drilled Rotors - DadsToy - 11-27-2005, 09:33 AM
Cross Drilled Rotors - nass - 11-28-2005, 02:19 AM
Cross Drilled Rotors - DadsToy - 11-28-2005, 12:10 PM
Cross Drilled Rotors - DadsToy - 11-28-2005, 12:12 PM

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