Ready to order NEW BRAKES. Question about BREMBO's!

[ManoNegra]

Originally Posted by codyace

No way. They are the same blank rotor.



Brembo blanks do the same thing as Carquest or similar OE replacment. It's a rotor.

I've used both Brembo blanks with cheap pads and cheap blanks with Hawk street pads. I'll take the former any day.
It's not about wear and longevity for me but performance. The cheap blanks/Hawk combo just didn't bite quite how I'd like them to, glossed pretty soon and gave me a nasty pedal feel. Not linear as with the Brembos.
Did the same with my AE92 trying to save money - cheap rotors and pads, came to ~$120 for all the parts - and again, brakes feel like crap. The old adage you get what you pay for comes to mind.

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Originally Posted by ManoNegra

I've used both Brembo blanks with cheap pads and cheap blanks with Hawk street pads. I'll take the former any day.
It's not about wear and longevity for me but performance. The cheap blanks/Hawk combo just didn't bite quite how I'd like them to, glossed pretty soon and gave me a nasty pedal feel. Not linear as with the Brembos.
Did the same with my AE92 trying to save money - cheap rotors and pads, came to ~$120 for all the parts - and again, brakes feel like crap. The old adage you get what you pay for comes to mind.

Really? That's interesting. Always good to have a point of view from someone who had both. I think I will be in good shape then with brembos and HPS pads.

[codyace]

Originally Posted by ManoNegra

I've used both Brembo blanks with cheap pads and cheap blanks with Hawk street pads. I'll take the former any day.
It's not about wear and longevity for me but performance. The cheap blanks/Hawk combo just didn't bite quite how I'd like them to, glossed pretty soon and gave me a nasty pedal feel. Not linear as with the Brembos.
Did the same with my AE92 trying to save money - cheap rotors and pads, came to ~$120 for all the parts - and again, brakes feel like crap. The old adage you get what you pay for comes to mind.

Hey, always good to get more opinions!

I got a nice set of brembo blanks when I had Carbotech Pads on my Altima, and didn't notice a darn bit of difference. Only reason I swapped rotors was due to exploding a CV joint and getting grease everyhwere...damn FWD turbo cars!

However I have been in other s14's with the same weight/pads/master cylinders as me, and couldn't tell the difference between rotors either...then again, we're beating the dogshit out of them during HPDE days....they tend to bed pads in reallllly fast.