I ordered one of the brake kits off ebay, the one with front and rear pads, ss lines and rotors. The kit came in the mail today and looks to be pretty good quality. Ill post when i get these installed and let you all know what i think. Either way i cant go wrong for what i got them for, 358 shipped.



Mike

 

Nice, now put those bad boys on!!

 

I just got my ebay brakes put on. They are the same as yours with the same pads. They look awesome and are brembo rotors with pbr pads. I did both front and rear.

R.K.

 

I got slotted brembos from my dealership buddy(read "real brembos") for $450 installed. Im happy. And, your brakes look nice. Good deal too. Especially with pads and lines.

 

can you guys tell a difference at will with the braided lines?

 

Not really. I changed mine to braided for safety. I blew out a stock like when traffic halted in front of me one day and i slammed on the brakes. Its not a performance modification.

 

I thought SS lines supost to make the braking feel more "direct" since it ss prevents the hose from expanding upon braking.

 

its supposed to make them feel stiffer, and im sure as the rubber lines get older it comes more into play. But I doubt you would notice a difference between new rubber lines and new ss lines.

 

Those look like the brake lines I got from turboimport.com, great company with awesome prices and customer service. Also bought my ACT clutch kit from them.

 

damn! sweet buy. are those larger or stock size?

 

Brakes are probably one of the only components I'd demand from a large company because of its obvious capacity in failure to not only cause personal injury or death to you but also to others around you, other cars etc. I'd want someone with REALLY DEEP POCKETS to sue when that day came. Blown motor, car fire so what. It's $10k to $20k max. Ramming another car and killing somone goes into the millions.

 

I agree, also when it comes to safety components I will always go with tried and true quality parts. And always remember, the saying that never fails to ring true. You get what you pay for.

 

be careful with the rotors. I bought rotors off ebay identical to those and my front crossdrilled holes have begun to develope ever so tiny cracks. Time to upgrade to a quality slotted rotor....cant wait!

 

Any crossdrilled rotors will do that, reguardless where they come from

 

Ya, my fd had X drilled and slotted rotors when I bought it, but i prefer slotted only. Ill probably change mine out soon.

 

yep i "had" those ebay ones too and i thought they totally sucked. at first i though they were alright but then they started to make an annoying noise like the brakes were gone. they always had so much brake dust i was unbelievable. i switched out to powerslot's and they're wayyyy better. i guess you get what you pay for

 

The dust you are talking about has nothing to do with the rotors. Its the type of brake pads you are running. All you had to do is change out the pads and your dust problems would of went away but instead you turfed the whole setup. I guess its your money in the end.

R.K.

 

AFAIK the ebay rotors are just oem rotors that have been drilled, slotted and plated. Besides if a rotor by chance starts going, ill still have 3 to stop on. The break pads are name brand, and the ss lines are as quality as any you could get anywhere.

Sometimes i agree with people about being cheap and getting what you pay for with ebay. But these are just break rotors, you would have to be a dumbfuck to **** them up.

 

There are differences in rotor construction -- vane design, metal composition, thickness of rotor faces, etc. So some rotors ARE better than others. However, for street use only, I doubt it would make much of a difference. Afterall, anyone tracking their FD is not going to be buying drilled rotors off of Ebay...at least I hope not.

 

Just some simple words of caution for braided lines;

I personally do not use them on my personal cars. I used them on my race cars but, those were changed regularly.

The lesson I learned came at ALMOST a very high price. I had a V12 Lamborhini, years ago and it was probably 8-9 years old at the time. The six dual Webers were connected by stainless braided fuel hoses. The engine was packaged super tight in the engine compartment for very hot underhood temps.

One day, just as I pulled out of my garage I could smell fuel. Immediately stopped and popped the hood. There it was a fine mist of gasoline spray coming through the tight fabric of one of the stainless braids settling over much of the engine. I stopped the engine/fuel pump just in time to save the car from a certain fiery death. (yes, lots of Lamborghinis burned up for very similar reasons)

After, I changed all my fuel lines to the usual reinforced rubber. With rubber it becomes immediately obvious if you have aging problems; you see the tiny cracks and you hopefully do something about it. With stainless braids you never see the decay under the steel mash and you're liable to never change it as long as the outer mash looks OK.

With cars, like our FD, you must be expecting the aging of rubberized components. If you have stainless braided lines you have to keep in mind that the rubber linings inside still age.

 

My braking "feel" improved with stainless steel lines. But change them out every couple of years. I use the rubber coated ones from corksport.com. It's just another added degree of protection. I have a 93 so my stock lines were ancient.

 

Great story, glad you saved the car!

Braided lines are consumables. They work great for pedal feel because they don't expand, but they also don't last nearly as long as rubber lines. They should be inspected frequently for damage and replaced at least every 2 years.

And to echo what others have said, if you are using your car for street use only, that brake kit should be fine. I wouldn't put it on my car, but that's just me. I can still lock the wheels with my stock brakes so i think i'm fine.

 

finally had the time to put them on. They feel much better than before, even though my old pads still had more than half life left.

Here are some shitty cell phone pics i took. I went ricer red, but nobodys perfect

 

k well i dont know if theres something out there you could use but all the nice shiney metal on the hub of the rotor is going to rust(surface rust, whatever rust, its going to look rusty). The rotors probably claim to be coated (Mine were Zinc coated) to protect from rust but keep what i said in mind. The rims you have are very nice but they have big gaps where lots of the rotor is exposed. Since they are fresh it might be easier to put a coat of paint on or something in that area just to help.

Its what i woulda done to my ebay rotors when i first got them, cause they look crappy.

bad pic....but i hope ya get the idea

 

You'll find that even the quallity brake rotors tha have been drilled will crack around the holes.