[Huskymaniac]

Originally Posted by sabin

I just put some centric rotors from rockauto on the fronts last weekend and They work way better than the eBay drilled and sloted crap the previous owner had on there.

Did you get the cryo treated ones? I have the cryos on the Tribeca and, so far, so good. I won't know how they hold up to warping until I put a few more years on them. Centric sells cryo treated and slotted through their "Power Slot" line. That is what I am getting when I need to change my rotors. Centric seems to really know their material science.

Pads are where it seems to get fuzzy. A lot of people like straight ceramic due to the hot stopping power and lack of dust. But carbon-metallic pads have better overall stopping power, cold or hot, and the dust is better than organic but not as good as ceramic. And then there are Kevlar composite pads. Kevlar is light and strong but it is a plastic and I don't think it conducts heat particularly well. Carbon is a great heat conductor so, theoretically, they should be the best for avoiding rotor warping. For me, I am more worried about life expectancy than brake fade or other stopping issues. Frankly, I don't drive hard enough to care about stopping power. I want my rotors to last and not warp. I don't know if carbon-metallic pads will wear the rotors faster but they should help keep them from warping.