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Rotors

Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2016 10:12 pm
by 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?

Re: Rotors

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 12:46 am
by 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.

Re: Rotors

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 1:43 am
by balen1
Ok yeh I don't like the idea of wearing disk quick but better braking is definitely more appealing. Thanks

Re: Rotors

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:36 am
by magg
Steel works with all pad material types, cast iron is another matter.

Re: Rotors

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 10:26 am
by balen1
Ok good to know. Thanks

Re: Rotors

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:10 pm
by Neosophist
balen1 wrote: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.

Re: Rotors

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 9:39 pm
by 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

Re: Rotors

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 9:42 pm
by balen1
Sorry so when you say after 500 I'm assuming that would be 500 km of easy riding?

Re: Rotors

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2016 9:25 pm
by 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/

Re: Rotors

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 11:04 am
by Neosophist
lukemillar wrote: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