I am going to rebuild my calipers (the inner side of both calipers is not engaging as much....and my brakes sucked beforehand as well). I want to buy ceramic brake pads from Autozone, I think they are called the Morse brand.

The thing is, I am not sure what rotors I should get. I daily drive my car pretty much year round, with autox usually once a summer. Low dust would be nice, but I'm more concerned with low noise and no warping! The biggest factor is cost. Should I just buy the rotors from Autozone where I am going to get my pads, or should I look elsewhere?

Thanks!

 

Your rotors won't affect the noise or dusting. Autozone's should be fine for your need. If you want to spend a little more, the regular Brembos are good. Tire Rack sells them for a reasonable price.

Are you sure you need to rebuild the calipers, or maybe just need to regrease the caliper pins?

 

I would suggest Powerslot rotors. I got the slotted and put on ceramic pads and they are sweet. My brakes got so much better. They are pretty cheap to.

 

I'm pretty sure I do. In the winter time, my car usually sits outside, then I drive it for a month in January, then sits until May (I let it sit while I'm at college). When I first took the car out of storage this spring, the brakes vibrated whenever I used them....when I stored the car, the brakes were fine, so something must've happened in storage.

I got under the car and looked around, and the backside of the brakes were not worn much at all! The rear of the pad is not engaging the rotors like it is the front as much. I heard this was attributed to the loss of internal lubrication in the pads that can happen from non use, and it seemed logical in my case that this happened. V6 calipers are only single piston, so two GM rebuild kits should be fine. The only thing I'm pissed about is that the paint on my calipers will be gone from inevitable brake fluid touching it

I'll be using this rebuild guide: http://www.installuniversity.com/ins...er_rebuild.htm

 

Your pads may have improved your braking, but the rotors didn't.

 

How do you figure that? Are you telling the type of rotor doesnt affect braking performance? I dont agree with that. The Powerslots are a much better rotor over the stock one. Its thicker, better cooling capability, and the slots let gasses escape.

 

Where is everyone getting this escaping gas nonsense from?

If your power slots are thicker than stock, then yes, they'd be better under extreme conditions. However, driving to the supermarket, you're not going to notice. An equivalently thick plain rotor would be even better as it would offer more surface contact with the pad and have more mass for withstanding heat.

 

Actually the point of slotted rotors is to scrape away at the pad, so there is "new pad" on ever revolution. Drilled rotors are the ones that are suppose to allow the gasses to escape. But new pads don't gas like the old pads, so the drilled holes really don't do anything.