2nd Gen R60 Countryman Most liked posts in thread: Drilled, Slotted, or OEM rotors?

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  1. frankthetank77

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    #34 frankthetank77, Mar 23, 2015
    Well, she's all done for now! What do you think?
    Outfitted with Stoptech Slotted Cryo Treated all around. Brembo pads on the front and Akebono Euro ceramic pads in the back. Topped off with "S" valve stem caps. Now I want to paint my calipers red....I didn't think that part through. Should have planned better.

    Interestingly, when I took her for a drive after all was done, i was getting a loud clicking sound coming off of the driver rear. It stopped after a bit. I'm just assuming it was the pads getting used to the slotted rotor?

    Overall, I'm extremely happy with how she came out and love driving her even more now!. :Thumbsup:
     

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    #35 Crashton, Mar 23, 2015
    I've never heard the slots making noise, but have felt it. After a short time you won't notice it. If that noise continues I'd revisit that brake & have a look. Did you bed your pads in?
     
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    #39 Firebro17, Mar 24, 2015
    I've done that too!
     
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    #40 Dave.0, Mar 24, 2015
    I tell her you are free to get out at anytime. :lol:
     
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    #42 Dave.0, Mar 28, 2015
    My wife is very cool and she understands my car is not her car.
     
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    #46 Crashton, Nov 6, 2015
    Needs moar bigger holes. Or better yet a set of modular slots.

    [​IMG]
     
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    #10 Firebro17, Sep 4, 2014
    Chuck, my friend, you are the frigg'n MAN!!! That's the one.

    You gotta teach me how to do that...
     
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    #15 Dave.0, Sep 5, 2014
    Plain = $ or Carbon Fiber = $$$$$$$$$$ nothing else really matters.
     
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    #19 Firebro17, Sep 5, 2014
    Thanks Nathan.
     
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    #20 ColinGreene, Sep 6, 2014
    That and i hate the noise slotted/drilled rotors make when you get on the brakes hard.
     
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    #21 UKCoopeR, Sep 6, 2014
    Haha yeah, they do sound a bit like the old baseball card in the bike spokes trick. If you want the full on helicopter sound you can try wave rotors like these. They make a hell of racket lol. [​IMG]
     
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    #22 vetsvette, Sep 6, 2014
    Wish I could afford noisemakers like those! :biggrin5:
     
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    #23 ColinGreene, Sep 6, 2014
    I know, Jan and I had them on his race car. I put them on. it sounded like a helicopter landing all the time.
    He loved it.
     
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    #24 cct1, Sep 6, 2014
    Is the master cylinder handling that ok, or did you guys figure out a setup that could handle it?
     
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    #25 walshe_ian, Sep 7, 2014
    They look cool but your losing surface area for braking kinda silly I think
     
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    #27 UKCoopeR, Sep 7, 2014
    yeah, they are more often used on rear brakes, drag cars or motorcycles where you don't need max surface area and the weight loss is worth the trade-off
     
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    #29 frankthetank77, Feb 18, 2015
    Just ordered some slotted Cryo-Treated Stoptech's for my rears.

    I went for a drive this last weekend and burned them up pretty bad. I honestly don't know how I did it. The road was a nice and slow, uphill/downhill, windy one. So slow that at one point that it got to be an 11% grade on the backside down and I was manually shifting to a lower gear to slow me down. I don't think I got much faster than 40mph.

    I was following behind a group of bikers so i was keeping my distance, but I guess that wasn't enough. Once I finally got to a nice straight stretch I pulled over because I kept smelling burnt brakes...sure enough...smoke billowing off the back wheels.

    Time for some new brakes!

    Thanks again for your recommendation!
     
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    #30 Crashton, Feb 18, 2015
    I think you will be happy with them. On those downhill slogs let the gearbox give the brakes a rest. Engine braking helps a lot.

    What kind of brake pads are you going with?
     
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