DAMN im excited!! my Perrin Pulley bought from wesellcarparts.com at a great price! is being delivered to my house as i type! My S-techs bought from sciongeneration.com will be delivered tomorrow and my DC headers were ordered yesterday through lastlookcutoms.com at a great price! AND Front drilled and slotted rotors from Cquence motorsports, again at an amazing price. All this was funded with my tax return, and i have high hopes on installing the pulley and springs tomorrow night after my relaxing round of Golf. Ill take pix of as much shiznit as i can. Did i mention i was EXCITED?!?!

 

Update****** i got my Tein S-techs via FEDEX on Saturday, and i just got my Cquence rotors dropped off today. Somehow my Perrin Pulley is MIA. Fedex put a trace on it, and if i dont receive by thursday i need to file a claim. My DC header shipped and should arrive on thursday. Will take pix as soon as i get everything.

 

Thanks for the post, i still havent received my Perrin Pulley, looks like FeDEX lost it. Im going to file a claim on thursday like they told me to if i dont get it. My DC header is enroute, i should be gettin that tomorrow, unless FEDEX decides to lose that too. Other than that i picked up some new OEM brake pads from toyota, since my uncle works there as a mechanic he hooked it up. Today i am going to go buy some caliper paint and install the rotors. Ill post pix around 9pm ish.

 

Ok i finally got my rotors installed and painted my calipers. *nevermind the curb rash(i bought them that way) or the black shiet on the middle of the rotors, theres a story behind everything.

 

Rotors look good. I love mine. Did you buy them used? They look a little worn in.

 

Those look nice, any noticable improvement in breaking?

 

im curious... Are those rotors installed correctly?? According to me thats the correct way, but everytime i go to the track and i look at all the EVO's and STi's and M3's the slots on the rotors start from top to bottom. Not only that i saw an episode of the two guys garage on speed vision and they said the slots should go from top to bottom when you apply brake pressure on the pad. Im not sure if im being clear, but what im trying to get at is, i think they are supposed to be installed the the other way around.

Once again, I think they are correct but after seeing so many people use it the other way and after the TV show, im just not sure...

 

im 90% sure its just like directional tires. You want the slots rotating forward as in a swiping motion.

 

^^^^ thats what i though, but who knows??

 

Thanks for all the replies. The story behind the rotors is that i mounted them backwards as described by Jsosa, being the same reason as stated by Jsosa, but i realized that mounting it backwards, the dust was collecting in the slot and wasnt being expelled out. So i swapped the rotors which explains the used look, and the black caca on the hub.

**Javastan** i actuall went to San Diego and avoided a head on collision becuase some fool wanted to get into the driveway as i was zooming by. Everything locked up nice and the ABS kicked in, so no tire marks on the street It was great. I smiled at the guy because i was soo impressed with my rotors.

 

i plan on gettin new rotors soon and if they work better than stock then thats all the convincing i need lol

 

i think the special discount is still on with the sponsored sales. hit them up, check it out. Great price!

 

looks good man,not just a performance piece they make great points in a show to.

 

So how are these holding up? Do they stop better than stock? Do you have any updated pictures?

 

they are great, i took another trip to san diego this weekend, and damn people dont know when to cross the street, so you know where that ends up. Especially since i dont know the area i gotta make those emergency "turn here!!" kind of things you know?

 

The rotors can be mounted either way, but I mount my rotors the opposite way.

The reason I (and the guys at the track) mount them the other way is because it causes a stronger initial "bite" when the brakes are engaged. Supposedly, it also wears the pads slightly faster, causes slightly more dust, and makes a little more pad noise.

For street use, slotted and drilled rotors will generally reduce braking performance. The reason is because they have considerably less surface area than the OEM rotor.

For track use, the drilled and slotted rotors are supposed to be better at releasing gasses and keeping the rotor cooler, which reduces the propensity for cracking.

Most of the track junkies I know are now using slotted only rotors, over drilled and slotted.

-Pete

 

Slotted only FTW!!! Drilled often crack if used heavily

 

That is true only for drilled, but if its forged with the holes in it, the rotor is stronger..

for example Porsche uses rotors with holes in it, but they are forged that way and because they are forged that way, they aren't weakened like ones that are drilled.