| New brakes: slotted and drilled rotors with pads |
Subject: New brakes: slotted and drilled rotors with pads by Matatk on 2015/3/22 1:48:23 The 89 was in need of some new brakes so I decided to add a little bit of shiny stuff. I could have bought basic blank rotors and pads but I wanted it to look a little nicer. I don't track my car or anything like that so I am not worried about the internet over-exaggeration of drilled rotors cracking if you look at them sideways. What I bought was a set of Powerstop drilled and slotted rotors with the Z3 ceramic pads. I got a nice deal on Rockauto with a combination of our coupon code and a factory rebate. Total was just under $250 shipped. Not bad. http://www.powerstop.com/products/ So here is the old stuff: Stock rear brake setup:   Previous C5 upgrade in the front:   I bought these Russell speed bleeders a while back but never installed them:  I've seen confusion on what size to buy, but this is the comparison for the C5 bleeders:  And for the C4 rear:  The C5 pads were certainly worn down:  Old vs new:  New rotor mounted:   With calipers and pads mounted:   Looks good through the spoked rims:   I also used the new speed bleeders to bleed the system. Wow. It was so simple. You just crack the bleeder 1/4-1/2 turn, hook up your tube/bottle, and pump the brake pedal. That's it. The check ball inside prevents any air from getting back in. Super fast and easier than dealing with the vacuum pump. I highly recommend these if you bleed your system often. After that I took it out to bed in the brakes. After the bedding process, I was impressed with the stopping power. I was even able to get the ABS to lock up which I haven't been able to do since I changed my MC to the Camaro setup (more rear bias). The only problem I had was one of the anti rattle clips was bent in too close to the rotor and rubbing. I had to take the caliper back off and bend it out of the way, but that was pretty quick. The pad mounting hardware included with the Powerstop kit was good quality, this just seemed to be a fluke. So I only have a few miles on the rotors and pads so I can't comment on the durability, but my first impression is very good and I certainly like the appearance much better. |
