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I'd pull the pads & sand them a bit. Then I'd clean the rotors with brake clean & then by going out & making some very hard stops to clean the pad build up off the rotors.

 

80 grit is what you want, an orbital sander is best.

It's unlikely the rotors are warped, that's VERY uncommon. Usually what people call warped rotors are pad deposits.

 

Just buy a nice set of Centric Plain High Carbon 125 Series Rotors off Tire Rack. That's what I run all year long and when I am on the Dragon.
I drive hard and use my brakes harder. If you want low dust go with the Akebono Euro Ceramic Pads (Premium)

The Centric's hold up great :ihih: they will do the job and they are good rotors. Yes I abuse the heck out of them and they can take it.

I used to have slotted for a few years but got tired of the sound. They have a purpose bit its really not needed for street driving unless you want the "bling" factor.

Don't waist your money on drilled ones they crack and are really only needed on track cars if they don't use slotted rotors. Slotted rotors are good but for how you drive it sounds like it would be a waist of money.

For your 2013 MINI Cooper (non-S) the High Carbon Plain 125 Series Rotor are $45 each for the front and only $32 each for the rear.

Here you go:http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/results.jsp?autoMake=MINI&autoModel=Hardtop&autoYear=2013&autoModClar=Cooper

 

Yup...centrics are GREAT!!
my last set of Zimmerman rotots on the rear were so soft they were groved after a HALF a set of pads (on the rears)...I swapped them out when I did my fronts (had to replace a rear caliper that was sticky)....the high carbon centric are machined VERY nicely...i'd endorse them 100% if you are not needing a bbk.

 

OK if you have a cracked pad, new pads now not later. If that pad comes apart in a heavy braking situation it might get ugly.

As far as sanding, I'd first clean everything with a can of brake cleaner. Then I'd sand the rotors with something less coarse than 40 grit. I'd use a sanding block.

If you want a pad with low dust I'd recommend a ceramic pad. Follow the bed in process to the letter & you should be good.

 

Make sure you don't have a wheel bearing going bad and get rid of cracked pads.

You are not using EBC pads are you? :frown2:

 

Hawk blues are used by many to get the pad deposits off, if they'll fit your calipers. Just don't leave them on....

You can also gently sand the rotors and re-bed the pads. Problem is you can't actually see the pad deposits.

Whatever you do, just make sure to do a proper bed in procedure, it'll help prevent any further issues.

Probably most importantly, why/how did you get pad deposits? I've only had this issue after tracking my car, some pads are definitely more prone to it than others, and choosing the proper pad for the proper application is critical.

 

My SD (diesel) came with smaller Cooper 280mm discs and I was getting serious brake fade problems, so I switched to 294mm S discs - the same calipers are used, just with a different mounting bracket.

The S brakes don't feel any better than the non-S ones, but they don't suffer from fade. So the change is not worth doing unless you have fade problems. The difference in size is not obvious, so it's not worth switching either for just appearance reasons (which seems to be most peoples' reason for brake upgrades).