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Old 04-14-09, 09:17 PM
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Please Excuse my hellaciously dirty wheels. PowerSlot Rotors w/Hawk pads. WHOOHOO! More flattering pix to come tomorrow or next day when I clean her.

Oh yeah, and Blue calipers will be going when I get some gloss black paint.

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A very popular mod. Good job. I would prefer black calipers too.
 
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Thanks Mike. That means alot coming from you.


BTW, how was lent?
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I used to run the stillen or stop tech cross drilled and slotted rotors and they last way longer than. the stock. I just replaced my brakes on my car yesterday at 34K. Seems a little early considering that I never drive in stop and go traffic.
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Thanks Mike. That means alot coming from you.


BTW, how was lent?
It went very well and I learned a few things about myself thank you for asking.

Are you going with more aggressive pads too? I love the dimple/slotted look, my fav.
 
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I just went with Hawk Ceramics this time. Hardly top of the line, but not the bottom either.

I have 39000 and my brakes were just hitting the squealers LOL.
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Nice metallic powder coated esque brake caliper paint. Love the rotors, they look corrosion resistant.
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They are Zinc Plated. Bump with New pix of teh Hawtness.

The calipers are painted with Duplicolor High Heat OEM Subaru WR Blue Mica.
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from what I know,

don't slotted / drilled rotos DECREASE braking performance unless you increase the diameter size due to the decrease in overall surface area?
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umm...sure...if you say so. I didnt do it for performance...Its purely asthetic in my case. Open wheels+rusty rotors=FAIL.
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