I ordered a new set of EBC Green Stuff pads and Power Slot rotors.
Well, the rotors came in today and I already had the EBC pads at home. Put them on in no time and well, they work great. I should've never bought those cheap rotors from Ebay. Oh well. These new Power Slot rotors are great. No suprises this time. A slight squeel later on but I think It might be ok. I did have one problem with one of the smal metal clips on the caliper mounts. Rattle clip or something?? A portion got bent and was scraping the rotor. No problem, just bent it back and everything was good to go. Here's the pics. I knew the pad were bad, but I didn't know they were this bad. I also noticed that the Passenger side pads were almost completely gone. While the Driver side had about an 1/8th of an inch left. The pads pictured are the Passenger side. I didn't get any of the Driver's side. What would cause a difference in wear like this??
Very nice! That's exactly what I did to my 2000 STS about a year ago. I regret buying those cheap Chinese rotors as well! They warped real quick, and I had them resurfaced, and not even 5,000 miles later they warped again! When I did replace them with some Power Slots like yours, I noticed the old rotors had some cracks on some of the drilled vent holes.
I also painted my calipers blue using a paint kit from Eastwood. It was around $30, and makes the whole thing look much better! The rusty calipers don't look too good with all the nice new parts!
I've gotten a lot of compliments and questions about my brakes at the different shows I've been to.
I wanted to paint my calipers but I didn't know what paint to go with. Autozone had some but I didn't really want to go with that nor did they have the color I wanted. I was thinking of painting them with the body color if anyone makes caliper paint in that color.
caddydaddy said:
Very nice! That's exactly what I did to my 2000 STS about a year ago. I regret buying those cheap Chinese rotors as well! They warped real quick, and I had them resurfaced, and not even 5,000 miles later they warped again! When I did replace them with some Power Slots like yours, I noticed the old rotors had some cracks on some of the drilled vent holes.
I also painted my calipers blue using a paint kit from Eastwood. It was around $30, and makes the whole thing look much better! The rusty calipers don't look too good with all the nice new parts!
I've gotten a lot of compliments and questions about my brakes at the different shows I've been to.
Well I posted at the same time you did, but yes that would look good! I assume your STS is silver? That or black I think would look good on the calipers!
Not silver. But that's the closest color they have. I wish someone had my actual body color. Shale I think.
caddydaddy said:
Well I posted at the same time you did, but yes that would look good! I assume your STS is silver? That or black I think would look good on the calipers!
The rear brake pads of my 2001 seville STS need to be replaced. Can somebody recomment me some? There are so many listed at rockauto. And do I have to choose some where it says "except vehicles build for US market"?
Thanks for your answers!
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