A little DIY with the new brake rotors before they went on. LOTS of people complained about the Brembo blanks rusting right away (they are cast iron after all, that's what iron does ), so I painted mine. $6 in caliper paint and about 1hr of masking and painting; 3 coats :



I went with Stoptech pads and they are pretty freaking amazing for street pads. Easily the best I've run for a street pad. I had Hawk HPS before and I wasn't happy with their initial bite, even though once warmed up they felt great. On cooler mornings, I don't want to have to warm them up for them to grab just to drive in traffic. These Stoptechs mentioned specifically that their street compound was designed to give good initial bite but also grab harder when warmed up and do they ever. They have the same level of grab under hard braking that the Hawks did, but also have excellent pedal feel on initial low speed braking. Very pleased, especially with them being $20 less than the Hawks.

 

nice work... but you had caliper paint, but did not paint the calipers???

 

I had intended to replace them with 4pots so I didn't bother. Plus, since these rotors are new, I could paint them without taking the car out of service, but these things stop pretty well as is. Pedal feel and stopping power is great now with the Goodridge lines, to the point where I may not go with the 4pots and will end up painting the calipers. It only takes about 5-10 min per side to remove them.

 

Take another picture in a month. I painted mine too. They get dirty and fade and look like crap just like every other rotor. But it's good rust prevention. Just don't expect them to look good for more than a couple weeks.

 

Was just so they wouldn't look like the stockers with that ring of rust around the inside. They were already dirty the first day after bedding in the new setup Like I said, only cost $6 and a little of my time.

 

great job!