I ordered new rotors and they finally came in. I am going to put them on this weekend, new pads as well. Is there anything else you guys think I should do while I am in there? Wheel Bearings? What kind of bearing grease is good for this? These rotors are simply stock replacements for the originals, they look cool even if they dont help the braking any. Pictures to follow.

 

Are these genuine Porsche or oem vendor replacements? If they aren't in Porsche boxes you may want to mask the braking surface, and spray the rest of the area with grey hi temp paint. This will prevent unsightly rust. Factory parts are coated somehow and don't rust.

 

They are zimmerman rotors. I don't know if these are the ones that need to be painted. They seem to be well coated with some sort of stuff that is very messy on my hands when I handle them.

 

Give them a good cleaning, dry, then paint them. You'll thank me later.

 

Damian is correct on the zimmermans,,sand, clean and paint the hub part,,high heat dark grey or black,,couple of coats should do it.

If you haven't changed the rotors in a while, tap on the phillips head screws while you twist.

 

I recently had cross drilled rotors put on my car and if you are thinking of gaining benefit for current or future track use I would put on a set of steel braided brake lines. It is a rather cheap expense that can save a lot of time sliding off of the track due to brake fade. I think I paid about $65.00 for a set of 4.

 

Anyone have an archive of that 30-pages+ thread on the Altima board about cross-drilled rotors a couple months ago?

 

[quote]Originally posted by btimes4:
<strong>I recently had cross drilled rotors put on my car and if you are thinking of gaining benefit for current or future track use I would put on a set of steel braided brake lines. It is a rather cheap expense that can save a lot of time sliding off of the track due to brake fade. I think I paid about $65.00 for a set of 4.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Since my car is an NA I am not looking for it to be a race car. I just drive my P car for the pure style and cool factor. This probably belongs in the "What my car means to me" thread but oh well. The cross drilled definately look cool, if they improve braking or not I dont care. I hope they at least work as good as stock. I am going to put the steel brake lines in too and change the fluid.

 

Do what Damian suggested.Remove first all of grease.Paint with high temp pait.Rotors which are not painted will rustreal fast.I changed rotors a year ago (painted them) and they still look like new.

Olli
'88 951

 

yeah i wish i knew that about the Zimmermans before i put them on. rusted caps look like hell...

 

[quote]Originally posted by btimes4:
<strong>I recently had cross drilled rotors put on my car and if you are thinking of gaining benefit for current or future track use I would put on a set of steel braided brake lines. It is a rather cheap expense that can save a lot of time sliding off of the track due to brake fade. I think I paid about $65.00 for a set of 4.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Steel brake lines give you good solid pedal feel for better brake modulation. I don't think they improve fade characteristics.

 

I wish I knew about them rusting...it defeated the aesthetic appeal of the cross drilling quickly once the hubs got rusty...

 

[quote]Originally posted by my944:
<strong>I wish I knew about them rusting...it defeated the aesthetic appeal of the cross drilling quickly once the hubs got rusty...</strong><hr></blockquote>

I am definately going to paint them. I think you all made a good point. Now I need to decide what color to paint them. Do you think if I paint them yellow or red that would be too rice? My car is white btw.

 

[quote]Originally posted by btimes4:
<strong>I recently had cross drilled rotors put on my car and if you are thinking of gaining benefit for current or future track use I would put on a set of steel braided brake lines. It is a rather cheap expense that can save a lot of time sliding off of the track due to brake fade. I think I paid about $65.00 for a set of 4.</strong><hr></blockquote>

There are so many places to buy ss lines. Who has the good ones?

performanceprocucts has welts for 69.00
pelican has dot ss lines for 65.00
vertex has them for 45.00

I am not against paying the full wad for 69.00 brake lines if it is worth it. PLease help me on this one if you have experience buying these products.

Also... how much brake fluid do I need to do a complete change of fluid? I have ABS.

Thanks,

 

[quote]Originally posted by Logan5:
<strong>Do you think if I paint them yellow or red that would be too rice?</strong><hr></blockquote>

Yes - black, gray, or silver

Just my opinion... <img src="graemlins/a_smil17.gif" border="0" alt="[blabla]" />

Skip