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Old Apr 27, 2008 | 06:30 PM
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brake overhaul! (pics)

i finally completed a long overdue brake overhaul.. with slotted rotors and brake pads all around. The brakes feel a lot better, no more vibration.. no longer feels like the car is falling apart under hard braking
old rotors and pads were shot to hell




look at the gouges in the old rotors



this was a rear, a previous owner neglected to put the washers on the caliper mounting bolts, and they dug a trench in the inside of the rotor

new rotors, front:



rear:

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Old Apr 27, 2008 | 07:41 PM
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Wow, very nice. Did you replace the master cylinder as well? I'm also planning on a brake overhaul with new master cylinder, DOT 4 fluid, hawk pads, stock rotors, painted calipers dust shields.
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Old Apr 27, 2008 | 07:54 PM
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Your rotors are on backwards
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by MaczPayne
Your rotors are on backwards
they arent backwards, the cooling vanes are straight, will work either direction. As for teh slots, i believe the outer end of the slot is supposed to hit the pad first
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 10:26 AM
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nice man. i got the plug for you plus if you stillwant it im selling theTR-7
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