How long do PCCB rotors suppose to last???
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#18
Like others have said, track life of the PCCB is a function of braking style and critically, temperature management. Here we're in 90+ degrees more than half the year and ceramics tend to have nasty, short and brutish lives.
This is a take-off disc after four DE days and approx. 12 to 15 sessions. Wear indicators clearly showing, signs of surface stress evident. Judging from the technical bulletin posted by 911slow I'm guessing it's at 75% life or so. I'll probably keep running these ceramics until I can't, at which point I'll switch to Cup steels or my old trusty Brembo Type IIIs.
p.s. you shouldn't worry if you drive only on the street. The ceramics will outlast the car and probably the cars' future owners themselves...
This is a take-off disc after four DE days and approx. 12 to 15 sessions. Wear indicators clearly showing, signs of surface stress evident. Judging from the technical bulletin posted by 911slow I'm guessing it's at 75% life or so. I'll probably keep running these ceramics until I can't, at which point I'll switch to Cup steels or my old trusty Brembo Type IIIs.
p.s. you shouldn't worry if you drive only on the street. The ceramics will outlast the car and probably the cars' future owners themselves...
Last edited by CRex; 01-13-2012 at 08:16 AM.
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#23
That wear pattern is all too familiar. Looks half-gone to me...
#26
By the time your rotors are gone gone you'd be eating about one set of pads per track event. Looks like you had some more to go on those rotors, no?
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#29
I have a sick feelin' that, like J.P. Morgan once commented about yachts, "If you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford one..."
#30
I'm not concerned at all about PCCB wear, but I have had an instance, and others I know, where a small piece of rock gets in between the pad and rotors creating a rather deep scratch on its surface.
On steels, you can live with it or replace it because it looks ugly. On PCCBs... doesn't it affect braking performance?
On steels, you can live with it or replace it because it looks ugly. On PCCBs... doesn't it affect braking performance?