Re: EBC rotors worth it?
[Re: volaredon]
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08/01/23 09:33 PM
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I just put some on a truck a customer brought me, one was warped pretty bad and vibrating out of the box, I machined both and all was well. They did feel like a nice solid rotor though and cut pretty nice.
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Re: EBC rotors worth it?
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08/02/23 12:42 AM
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They are the only ones I will buy and have been for years. Only thing worth a damn since the foundry in Canada that used to supply all the better parts houses closed years and years ago. They are expensive and worth every penny. I’ve had 3 cars with them and maybe 4 if I think hard enough, put a set on a car I still have two years ago and they’ve been flawless as usual.
Had to wait for the boat during the Covid mess, was afraid I would have to go with the honorable mention powerstop brand off rockauto. Those bailed me out on a car I couldn’t get a set for one time and just had to do something.
Summit had the best price last time and got them here as soon as the boat arrived. I had found some place in Florida that claimed to have a set but when I bought them online I got a notice they didn’t. So better get on it if you are in dire need.
FYI their daily driver pads dust like crazy, so know that going in. Those have much better bite than the oem pads did. Had the car since new and noticed that right away. The dusting is bad enough I wish I’d gone back with factory pads though.
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Re: EBC rotors worth it?
[Re: mopars4ever]
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08/02/23 06:18 PM
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I buy the mopar ones. No problems when using them I did that exactly once on a square body Cherokee XJ and never again. They were stickered over versions of the exact same parts store ones I'd bought previously for that same XJ. I could see thru the "Mopar" stickers on the boxes and though I paid 2-1/2x what the parts store wanted at the time they warped like potato chips just like the previous parts store ones i'd bought. I'd owned 2 XJs and this was the 2nd of those, and that thing went thru rotors every 8-9 months, went thru 3 sets of rotors to 1 set of pads.i finally bought a set of EBC ones for that jeep.but it's been 8-10 years ago.
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Re: EBC rotors worth it?
[Re: volaredon]
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08/02/23 06:26 PM
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Next (related) question I know that their pads are rated by color. I don't know the progression of colors, which is softer, harder, Which are daily driver grade, which are next step, which recommended for towing, etc? How do each grade "behave" regarding noise, longevity, rotor wear, heat build up, etc? For the moment I'm only doing the fronts, will do the backs when the existing ones wear out. I'm hoping the existing front pads are 1/2 remaining or better, if not I'll probably have to buy some local which won't be EBC ones... (I don't have time before next campout to order a set of their pads) I didn't order a pad and rotor set when I got the rotors coming because I didn't know which ones of theirs were "good"/ "better"/best since I have never used EBC pads
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Re: EBC rotors worth it?
[Re: volaredon]
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08/03/23 12:10 AM
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Next (related) question I know that their pads are rated by color. I don't know the progression of colors, which is softer, harder, Which are daily driver grade, which are next step, which recommended for towing, etc? How do each grade "behave" regarding noise, longevity, rotor wear, heat build up, etc? For the moment I'm only doing the fronts, will do the backs when the existing ones wear out. I'm hoping the existing front pads are 1/2 remaining or better, if not I'll probably have to buy some local which won't be EBC ones... (I don't have time before next campout to order a set of their pads) I didn't order a pad and rotor set when I got the rotors coming because I didn't know which ones of theirs were "good"/ "better"/best since I have never used EBC pads Do some reading on their site. I believe the daily driver ones are ultimax. I find the dust objectionable. The color grades tell how track oriented they are and you might need to warm the brakes up before they start to bite. I would go back with oem pads unless you don’t care about dust, if you can live with that their daily pads will net you a bit better performance that you can tell right away.
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Re: EBC rotors worth it?
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08/03/23 02:23 PM
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i have found that if you bed in pads, regardless of the brand, it seems that you will get many trouble free miles out of your pads and rotors. i have also found that if one turns your rotors on a "real" lathe instead of the common brake lathe, a better finish as well as true parallel rotor sides will give much improved life and performance. i accomplish this by a fixture i made that clamps the rotor to the fixture as it would be clamped between the hub and wheel. i realize most do not have machinist tools and machines in their home shops, but just throwing this out there as what i feel the correct procedure should be. just my opinion as a machinist. your mileage will vary.
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Re: EBC rotors worth it?
[Re: larrymopar360]
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08/04/23 08:38 AM
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I like those and Good Bendix or Wagner pads. Rockauto and Amazon both get them to you quick at better than local. Most have to other them too, so might as well save an order yourself.
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