I need new pads and roters, the stock one kind of suck, being that the truck is kind of old and there are drums in back. I'm pretty sure I'm going to go with some EBC pads, my question is, are getting vented rotors really worth the money?
Are they going to stop better, or last longer??Ditch teh EBC's..... Get some Centrics, much better quality for automotive use
They are quieter, less dust, last longer, stop very well..Are they going to stop better, or last longer??
What about rotors, worth getting something slotted/ drilled
And they are a little less money. I don't drive like a jackass, I'm ganna be in a 9,000lb truck. I just want my junk to stop on my 10-15 trips to downieville every year. It's not daily mountain roads, but it's once a month at least.They are quieter, less dust, last longer, stop very well..
Slotted and drilled....... Do you drive like a complete jackass taht slamms brakes and slides tires for every corner? If yes, go for it, if not... well get them anayways cause itll be funny next time you do you brakes and find out how much more they cost to machine!!!
Seriously, unless your in a hi performance application were you are really heavy on the brakes, drive mountain roads all day long, or tow an excessive amount of weight all the time, drilled and slotted end up just looking cool, and are not needed.
And yet you play one on ridemonkey.I don't drive like a jackass,
To install pads and rotors......Who's hoping for an installation error?
Well, your right about that.I'm past the point of major fail potential.
Yeap, there is more than a few TSB's on those trucks, highly recomended to go with slotted and drilled on the tundras and tacoma 4x4 and prerunners. Rotors just cant dissapate heat at all. Warp every time they get hot.Well for what it is worth I LOVE my new rotors/pads.
I have a 2004 Tundra and the brakes were a little under-sized (and cheap) so every 7k miles or so the rotors would warp. After getting them "turned" for the billionth time I decided to upgrade to some "cryo-slot" rotors with ceramic pads and I've never had to mess with them since (I'm at least 40k miles into them).
http://www.frozenrotors.com/products/power-slot-cryo/
Yeah. better words are not spoken with automotive work. When you say your past something going wrong, your pretty much guaranting itll go wrong. Its my techs that say they dont make mistakes anymore, or they know this job inside and out that always end up forgetting to tighten one bolt that effs the entire job up.To install pads and rotors......
I'm doing an engine and transmission swap. I'm past the point of major fail potential, the 4K governor spring is already in my engine, as well as the 60lb valve springs, if anything was going to happen I was ganna drop the valve into my cylinder, or drop something into my injection pump while I had that open.
I just threw boxster monoblocs on my S6 and the difference from the old girlings are night and day...this is all with standard steel rotors. I suggest you use quality pads (I have pagids in the rear and textar OEMs on the front) but stick with steel rotors unless you're tracking it or have serious fade issues. I suppose if you can get them for the same price, I'd take a slotted or dimple slot EBC rotor, but that's not likely. Skip the drilled rotors outside of track use.
As for Centric components, throw them in the trash. I bought hoses and rotors from them, the rotors are already rusty and the hoses don't fit my vehicle. I tried to order some loaded calipers that showed as being in stock but they weren't. I tried to order Porsche calipers and they mysteriously went out of stock. I'll never buy centric components again, it's not worth the wasted time or effort.
Thermoqueits are a wagner product BTW.... We cleared our shelves of those. WHen they first came out they were great. But more and more they have had major QC issues. No longer worth even putting them on a car with all the damn noise they make.I have the centric ceramic pads on my 4 Runner, as well as centric premium rotors (black box)... white box (economy) centric rotors suck stanky toe jam (buy right or buy twice). Put them side by side and you'll see the difference in thickness of the braking surface. 50% left on the pads and they're running quiet and strong.
Used to run the bendix thermaquiets with the stock rotors but I would get howling during extended mountain descents and fast warpage.