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Old 10-31-2004, 12:35 AM
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Default Brake Rotors with "dimples"

I live in Florida where it rains a whole lot, and when my brakes are hot from a lot of driving and then it hits a puddle and cools off suddenly, it warps. This happened with my factory rotors, and now it happened to the replacements I bought with drilled holes and slots. I was told that the rotors with the holes warp easily, and I should get the ones with dimples instead of holes. I was just wondering if these rotors are good:

JC Whitney

Or if anyone knows of good rotors I can buy for around $60-$70 each.

Thanks.
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Old 10-31-2004, 12:39 AM
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I dunno, my factory rotors warped at 15k, so I got some drilled / slotted units and so far at 37k on em they still stop like new... brake pads play a role as well in how fast / if they warp
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Old 10-31-2004, 04:29 AM
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Default RE: Brake Rotors with "dimples"

yeah, you should get brake pads with softer material, dont get racing break pads or anything like that...
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Old 10-31-2004, 12:43 PM
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Ford Racing Perfromance parts has brake rotors for about the same price as those and I would go with a name brand like them instead of a no-name from JC Whitney if it was my Stang. brakes are too important to mess around with if you ask me.
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Old 10-31-2004, 10:09 PM
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Default RE: Brake Rotors with "dimples"

Hm, I'll take a look at Ford's website.

I don't use any high performance brake pads, I just use Raybestos regular pads.

Thanks for all the inputs so far, I'll do a little bit of research...
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Old 10-31-2004, 10:11 PM
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Hey round, do you think you can get me a link? I'm going to the fordracing website and can only seem to find rotors for 1994-current Mustangs, not mine, and they are $220 each...
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Old 10-31-2004, 10:23 PM
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I got mine from eBay for like $90 total for both... they were just stock replacement rotors that were slapped on a CNC machine.
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