Brake Rotors

I detailed a client's car yesterday and he is on the board of directors for HADA (largest motorspor club in Canada)...on his car he had $300 brake pads from Japan made by Project Mu. I was shocked that on OEM rotors (honda), the car was able to stop stupid fast!

With that said, I recommend you check them out.



I personally would recommend Brembo blanks and something like Hawk HPS pads, as they are easy to get. If you want more info on the Project U pads, let me know and I will contact my client.



Here's some info on the different styles of rotors...

Stagefourmotorsports.com
 
kaval said:
I detailed a client's car yesterday and he is on the board of directors for HADA (largest motorspor club in Canada)...on his car he had $300 brake pads from Japan made by Project U. I was shocked that on OEM rotors (honda), the car was able to stop stupid fast!

With that said, I recommend you check them out.



I personally would recommend Brembo blanks and something like Hawk HPS pads, as they are easy to get. If you want more info on the Project U pads, let me know and I will contact my client.



Here's some info on the different styles of rotors...

Stagefourmotorsports.com
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I used to think the name was Project U also, but it's actually Project Mu.



Project Mu Home page
 
kaval said:
I detailed a client's car yesterday and he is on the board of directors for HADA (largest motorspor club in Canada)...on his car he had $300 brake pads from Japan made by Project U. I was shocked that on OEM rotors (honda), the car was able to stop stupid fast!

With that said, I recommend you check them out.



I personally would recommend Brembo blanks and something like Hawk HPS pads, as they are easy to get. If you want more info on the Project U pads, let me know and I will contact my client.



Here's some info on the different styles of rotors...

Stagefourmotorsports.com
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Project Mu's price is up there in line with Endless......so if a person is considering R1....i don't think so haha
 
"Mu" is the greek letter M or
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It is used as the symbol for the Coefficeint of Friction for Physics applications.



/geek content
 
rjstaaf said:
I replaced my rotors with OEM type Brembo replacements last year and they still look as good as the day I mounted them. There is no rust or corrosion of any kind anywhere on the rotor. The Mustang is my daily driver and they see all kinds of weather. I got them from the Tire Rack...



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I have used these on my VW. Good rotors initially, but mine rusted terribly and I replaced them before they wore out.



I ended up replacing them with Teves (ATE) plated, slotted rotors.

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The slotted rotors make the pads dust like crazy, but the brakes bite a lot harder! I've only had them on a couple weeks, so I can't speak to the life of the plating, but I imagine plating has to last longer than any paint, even e-coat. Time will tell.



JDookie said:
The only thing I worry about with those is, will the brakes break in properly if they have to wear off the coating first?
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The plating on the wear surfaces wore off the first day. Great braking from the first stop!
 
Slotted. After heavy heat and when used on a heavy car the drilled can develop fine cracks as mentioned before. If you have good stopping power stick with stock. Some cars, like Honda's and some Toyotas, have weak stopping power and for those I recommend the slotted. Why fix what's not broken, and use the money on more important things.
 
Here are a few pictures of the rotors I received. These are the EBC Ultimax Black Dash Series. They're more money but I'd rather have an American made rotor than an offshore made rotor.



Front (12")



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Rear (11")



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Hopefully I'll get some time this week to put them on the car, paint my calipers, and install the caliper decals. I will post more pics when I get that done.



Feel free to comment.
 
The coating wears off in like a week. The coating stays on the slots and the hub of the rotor because the pads don't make any contact there.



It's a shame that those EBCs don't come with CAD plating further inside the vents of the rotor where it matters the most. Nonetheless, EBC makes pretty good stuff.
 
The inside vents have a really gold colour, I think they might have been zinc coated to get that colour, or its just the base plating for the black.
 
when I installed my CAD plated rotors, I topped the rotor hats with grease to help keep the salt away for a while.



then again, you could always put some crazy sealant or wax on it :p haha
 
kaval said:
.. I topped the rotor hats with grease to help keep the salt away for a while.



then again, you could always put some crazy sealant or wax on it..
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Stick with the grease or some anti-seize, LSPs don't last IME.



Mr_Elusive- Yeah, please report back as to how they hold up through the winter. Looking great now!



I'm about to get cryoed/plated rotors on the MPV next week, dunno how well *they'll* hold up, but it's better than nothing.
 
Tomorrow when I install a short shifter, install new rears and service the fronts, I'll snap some pics of how mine have held up through a winter of harsh salt and abuse :p



I was only kidding about the LSPs..hehe!
 
yeah, winter here in utah just trashed my rotors. I'm gonna try and get some steel wool with something to get it cleaner. It shouldn't damage anything
 
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