AFTERMARKET BRAKE ROTORS AND CALIPERS

[crigitti]

GUYS ITS ABOUT THAT TIME TO CHANGE THE BRAKES ON MY 2002 Q45.

SINCE I'M INVESTING ALL THAT MONEY ALONG WITH MY 60K SERVICE, I THOUGHT MIGHT AS WELL GET THOSE FANCY LOOKING BRAKE ROTORS AND CALIPERS.

I CANT SEEM TO FIND ANY ON THE NET. ANYONE HAVE SUGGESTIONS???

[maxnix]

First, LOSE THE CAPS LOCK KEY!!! We can read mixed case very well, thank you.

Try a search on Google. Look at Stillen and APRacing. Read the technical articles at Stop Tech, and read the posts on braking here by Q45tech.

In short, if you drive very hard, bigger brakes will do wonders for you, provided your wheels, suspension, and especially tires are sufficient for top performance.

One problem with big brake kits for the F50, no one makes a rear fitment.

Now, if you only want an OEM rotor replacement, look at Brembos at Tirerack, drilled and plated Brembos at Stillen, and maybe PowerStop. Our guy Joe has a group buy on the Stillen drilled Brembos right now. Move fast if you want in.

Do not believe every seller on the internet is dealing in genuine brand products. Many scams when it comes to substituting cheap Chinese rotors.
Modified by maxnix at 7:56 AM 9/29/2006

[PIONEER]

There are not a lot of options for the F50.

For the F50 I know Jason can get the Rotors from Canada. I had these before and I sware these things were balanced b/c after I installed them, my car would shake all the time and after rims replacement, tires replacement, I never got rid of this problem.

[Q45man1]

I had a magnum cross drill rotors and akebono pads for my 02 Q45. It worked OK but after replacing all struts/shocks and installed the swift springs from Jason B. I decided to put back my OEM rotors. It just feels much better.

Avoid the cheap rotors and pads made in China especially from Rotorworks. It's just crap.

Q45man

[F55]

If you just want to get OEM cross drill rotors then go to http://www.rotora.com I have on my 02 q-45 works good

[maxnix]

Most Rotora are chinese, unfortuantely.

Please, report back after 10K, 15K, 20K, etc. miles.

[texasoil]

A short story here about 'lower price' stuff sourced from PRC--remember they still have LOTS of workers being 're-educated' aka prison labor -in their government owner enterprises. Several hundred (a lot) of large (30" dia), high pressure (600# ANSI class) pipe flanges were sourced from China and installed in the Alaska North Slope on some oil flow lines-with the contractor relying on the 'paperwork' supplied with the shipment. When the stuff was Q/A tested for real, found to be brittle at normal ambient temps-and all had to be replaced in the field at cost of many MILLION$. Turns out the 'new metal' flanges were cut and machined out of scrap tanker plate steel!. Had impecable appearing certification-that were all false! giving steel heat numbers , lot numbers and production tests, etc just like quality U.S shop. Wanna know what happens if a rotor shatters on a hard stop? Tain't pretty for your survivors to view.Hard enough to make good warp resistant rotors without using low quality pig iron and prison labor.