I am needing to replace my brake pads, but thought I might upgrade them a little. This is a set that is affordable, but I'm not sure if it will do that much since it is so cheap. I wanted to see what others thought of this and if you have better suggestions I should do, within reason.

Brake Rotors

 

How is $500 cheap? I can replace the pads, rotors and brake lines for half that on my FC. Drilled/slotted brake rotors are more for bling factor than anything. Unless you track the car, you'll never see the kind of brake fade they're intended to combat. Drilled rotors can also lead to cracks.

I would suggest getting the rotors turned if they're still in spec, then buy new pads a brake lines.

DOT Stainless Steel Brake Lines - $90
93-95 Racing Brake Pads - $110 for Hawk HPS pads

 

Compared to a set of Brembo or Rotora their are cheap. I intend to track it a lot next year, does that change what I should get? I have heard about the cracking so I wasn't sure if it would be worth it, thank you for adding the links too.

 

The drilled/slotted are worth considering since you do want to track it and the price isnt that bad for what your getting although I wonder about the quality. On the note of comparing it to Brembo/Rotora dont forget those tend to come with larger/oversized calipers with a bit more clamping force.

 

As was said before the drilled rotors do have a tendency to crack, now that being said dimpled rotors are much more resilient. Also, don't forget the fluid! The system is only as good as it's weakest link, it would be a shame to do all that work to the system to have cheap fluid that boils easily. Personally I recommend MOTUL RBF 600, it's what I run in my bikes and car.

 

Thanks guys. I do plan on bleeding the system and replacing the fluid.