Slot Drilled Rotors?

lil black liberty · **Posted:** Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:44 pm

Does anybody have some slot drilled rotors that are zinc plated with silver coating? If so how do they work, as in are they good, bad, or ugly?

lil black liberty · **Posted:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:54 am

No help anybody?

flyingwen · **Posted:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:39 am

I tend to stay away from drilled rotors. They can cause microscopic cracks, when not cooled propperly, and has been proven to fail in race applications. Personally the Frozen rotors / power slot with Hawk pads provide the best braking I have found.

http://www.powerslot.com/partsapp/resul ... gories=25&

KJ kyle · **Posted:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:06 am

slotted and drilled rotors will do nothing for you unless you have a set of brake pads with a really high coefficiant of friction, and you need to dicipate mad heat. if your looking for better breaking, you might want to step up the pads first.

trailman · **Posted:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:29 am

flyingwen wrote:

I tend to stay away from drilled rotors. They can cause microscopic cracks, when not cooled propperly, and has been proven to fail in race applications. Personally the Frozen rotors / power slot with Hawk pads provide the best braking I have found.

http://www.powerslot.com/partsapp/resul ... gories=25&

Your link says that I can't access the website directly.

lil black liberty · **Posted:** Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:11 am

KJ Kyle: I wish you were right, I did upgrade my brake pads I have the Hawk Pads. But I need new Rotors because my OEM aka stock rotors are so warped and shaved that I need new ones.

Guest · **Posted:** Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:32 am

flyingwen wrote:

I tend to stay away from drilled rotors. They can cause microscopic cracks, when not cooled propperly, and has been proven to fail in race applications. Personally the Frozen rotors / power slot with Hawk pads provide the best braking I have found.

http://www.powerslot.com/partsapp/resul ... gories=25&

The Hawk pads have earned me the nickname "Squeaky" on the trail.

So great to be wheeling with a pile of topless CJs, TJs, YJs, and JKs and be able to have the windows up and the AC blowing...and the only sound you hear is XM radio and people on the CB saying "What the hell is that noise?"

lil black liberty · **Posted:** Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:36 am

Thunderbird you made me laugh so hard I spit my pepsi all over the keyboard. Squeaky... you know now that you mention it, mine does that too.

Guest · **Posted:** Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:26 am

Hey, that's what they get...

guy taking his top down:
"Betcha wish you could do that!"
"Betcha wish you had power windows, AC, and satellite radio!"

sleeve84028 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:35 pm

I too avoid drilled rotors.

drilled rotors remove mass to save weight but they also take away metal. That metal actually functions like a heat sink to absorb the friction and keep you stopping.

Slots are fine in my book

KJ kyle · **Posted:** Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:48 pm

the slots are there to run off water to prevent water fade, the holes are drilled to dicipate heat, i dont think its to save weight. and if you have aftermarket pads which are warping your rotors because of the higher coeficiant of friction, yes cross drilled rotors will help.

sleeve84028 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:26 pm

You should read up on these articles.

Brake Myths

Myths continued

Brake Systems Explained

Holes in brake rotors are a bad idea. You'll look cool but that doesn't mean you will be stopping better.

LibertyGuy · **Posted:** Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:14 pm

I have slotted rotors in the front and they were a waste of money cause they warped just like the factory ones did. They look good but not worth the expensive price.

RED_KJ_666 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:57 am

I Just Ordered up DBA 4000 Series Rotors front and Rear for my 2004. I plan on running some Hawk pads to complement them. Anyone else Running DBA 4000's?

Front:
http://www.dba.com.au/view_product.php? ... es_id=3056

Rear:
http://www.dba.com.au/view_product.php? ... es_id=3056

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