Rotors

[balen1]

Hey guys. Need to put some new rotors on. Was looking at getting ebc prolites. They say there billet steel was wondering if using the ebc hh 187 sintered brake pads on them would be ok or should I go with organic. Also what are your thoughts on these rotors?

[Morespeedvicar]

I like organic pads, they don't seem to eat discs like sintered ones, but don't have the initial bite (which I thinks a good thing) that sintered pads do.
Cant comment on discs tho, I've still got oe ones, but I don't ever remember bad reviews on ebc stuff.

[balen1]

Ok yeh I don't like the idea of wearing disk quick but better braking is definitely more appealing. Thanks

[magg]

Steel works with all pad material types, cast iron is another matter.

[balen1]

Ok good to know. Thanks

[Neosophist]

Ok yeh I don't like the idea of wearing disk quick but better braking is definitely more appealing. Thanks

its not "better" its different properties.

organic are best for street ridign, they have a nice graduated feel and work better at all temperatures.

sintered pads have better fade resistance and more initail bite but work best when hotter

for agressive braking and track use id go with sintered, good organic pads on the street everyday, lot easier to manipulate the brake for road riding.

bedding them in is important though.. after 500kms or so of riding, ride up to 60mph and brake sharply down to 0 10 times in a row, this will bed the pads in properly and theyll be great afterwards.

[balen1]

Ok cool will stick with sintered then as I don't really comute on it. Track days and weekend rides is all I do with it. Thanks

[balen1]

Sorry so when you say after 500 I'm assuming that would be 500 km of easy riding?

[lukemillar]

Yep - the idea is to wear the pad face to the disc. You want to get 90%+ pad to disc contact before braking hard. EBC has a pretty good article on it:

http://ebcbrakes.com/articles/bedding-i ... nd-rotors/

[Neosophist]

Yep - the idea is to wear the pad face to the disc. You want to get 90%+ pad to disc contact before braking hard. EBC has a pretty good article on it:

http://ebcbrakes.com/articles/bedding-i ... nd-rotors/

oh nice, save me writing up anymore on it.

yep.. want to get the inital fit right and bed the pads in, with organic pads it helps heat condition the material too