Follow up after my track day: The Girodiscs + Pagids were amazing. Tons of bite, and zero fade, plus plenty of pedal feel after two days of running hard at VIR.
Pros: tons of bite, zero fade
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I have had a great experience with my Centric (Stoptech) high carbon cryo-treated plain rotors, stoptech street pads, RBF600
Pros: great experience
Went with Stoptech slotted, EBC reds, Stoptech SS lines, Stoptech STR-600 fluid.
Made a night & day difference on my non PP 15 SE.
Granted, I really push the car often in the mountains. But the change to this refresh was immediately noticeable. Fade takes a much longer time to set in. But it will still set in. There's far better options if you push it a lot.
But it's such a massive improvement over stock. Which would have fade set in almost immediately after a few harsher corners.
Pros: massive improvement, less fade
Cons: fade still occurs
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
On a brake related note...anyone know if Power Stop rotors & pads are good quality? Looking to upgrade my stock units and these are pretty affordable on Amazon.
Pros: affordable on Amazon
Vehicle:
Chevrolet
I have had great success with Girodisc rotors this summer. I have been using Ferodo DS2500 pads for a few years and love them, but rotor temperatures would hit 800+ degrees after track sessions and conventional rotors, like Stop Tech, developed surface cracking and maybe a bit of warp. Girodisc rotor temps have been around 550 degrees after sessions this summer.
Pros: lower rotor temperatures, great success
Cons: surface cracking, bit of warp
I put about 4k miles on the Zimmerman front rotors + Hawks HPS 5.0 so far. There is still a little squealing coming from the setup. Very small. Pretty sure the pads are the reason. Not the rotors. Lots of people are using thre Zimm rotors here in Quebec Canada. And noise isssue isn't something that comes in the reviews.
Pros: rotors, no noise issues
Cons: little squealing
Mileage: 6437 km
Rotors are good. Least amount of balancing machining marks I’ve seen on single piece aftermarket rotors.
Pros: good rotors, least machining marks
Zimmerman rotors, will not warp or crack like inferior chinese metals.
Pros: durable, reliable
Zimmerman rotors (heavier then I would like)
Cons: heavier then I would like
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Back in November 2019 / ~7,500 miles ago, I installed the Power Stop Z23 Evolution Geomet Coated Rotor and Pad Kit. Well, now the rotors are warped and I need replacement rotors.
Cons: rotors warped
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
Mileage: 12070 km
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