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I must have been fortunate, because I didn't experience any brake squeal at all with aftermarket rotors and tried to create the brake squeal by slamming on the brakes.. Never happened and the car is on 20x10/11 wheels. Only time there was ever an issue is after a car wash and there is leftover water residue on the rotors. Calipers were originally painted yellow and later refinished in a powder coat candy raspberry and also rebuilt with new seals with the oem caliper repair kit. Here is the setup all purchased from Skylar at Wheelwell:
- Stoptech Front Drilled/Slotted Rotors
Front Left 127.44204L
Front Right 127.44205R
- Stoptech Rear Drilled/Slotted Rotors
Right Rear 127.44189R
Left Rear 127.44189L
- Stoptech Stainless Steel Brake Lines
Front 950.44003
Rear 950.44504
- Akebono ACT 118 Front Ceramic Brake Pads
- Rear pads are OEM and still have quite a bit of life left. - Motul Dot 3 & 4 Brake Fluid
I'm running the same rear StopTech rotors. No problems with those. But when I ordered my rotors, StopTech didn't have front rotors in stock so BuyBrakes.com ordered blanks and drilled/slotted them for me to match StopTech. I believe my front are Speed Attack rotors..and they squeal like crazy. I wonder of powder coating the caliper may have somehow help silence any squealing. Mine are just painted Burnt Copper. Fantastic looking wheels..can we get some close-up shots.
Front Drilled/Slotted Rotors (25.8lbs): SPA-651.44204 SPA-651.44205
They were rusted after about 2 weeks and you could barely make out the slotted lines in the metal. If I did it over again, i'd just get OEM rotors (which will also rust just as bad) since the price difference wasn't that significant.
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Important to note, issues with Non-OEM seem to be tied to the F Sport model only.
I have Akebono pads on my *non* F Sport and no squeak or noise whatsoever. I did not, however, decide to go non-OEM for the rotors.
I must have been fortunate, because I didn't experience any brake squeal at all with aftermarket rotors and tried to create the brake squeal by slamming on the brakes.. Never happened and the car is on 20x10/11 wheels. Only time there was ever an issue is after a car wash and there is leftover water residue on the rotors. Calipers were originally painted yellow and later refinished in a powder coat candy raspberry and also rebuilt with new seals with the oem caliper repair kit. Here is the setup all purchased from Skylar at Wheelwell:
- Stoptech Front Drilled/Slotted Rotors
Front Left 127.44204L
Front Right 127.44205R
- Stoptech Rear Drilled/Slotted Rotors
Right Rear 127.44189R
Left Rear 127.44189L
- Stoptech Stainless Steel Brake Lines
Front 950.44003
Rear 950.44504
- Akebono ACT 118 Front Ceramic Brake Pads
- Rear pads are OEM and still have quite a bit of life left. - Motul Dot 3 & 4 Brake Fluid
05-08-20, 11:38 AM
