ismellrealbad Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Rears are all done....figured id do this while im waiting on my oil filter adapter bracket EBC redstuff, ebay drilled and slotted rotors, G2 caliper paint kit. Fronts will be done exactly the same once its ready to be put back together LH RH (inculding new wheel bearing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97loudcut Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Yay.. and the rotors are facing the right way too! BTW, did you get those from a guy on eBay named "rotorworks?" If so, they are a quality product . You should have went with some different pads though, brake dust will own you. I would have to recommend the Bendix CT3 ceramic pads next time around. Be careful though because I had to put longer wheel studs on after I put the aftermarket rotors on due to the fact that the hat was thicker than OEM causing not enough of my stock studs to stick out for my aftermarket wheels. Congrats though, you will be heavily impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismellrealbad Posted April 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 uhhmmmm... iparts.com http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=019&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=290088786506&rd=1,1 ive always heard good stuff about EBC green and the red said even less dust/less fade so i figured theyd be great. i would love to be impressed but i dont think i will since i only did this really to compensate for having the smaller booster now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 before you put it back together paint that hat on the rotors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismellrealbad Posted April 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 i wanna test out this "zinc coating" n see if it actually hold up otherwise yea i woulda def painted that. hopefully it stays rust free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 ahhh good call, i couldn't tell from the pic that they were coated. Mine were cadium plated in a bronze color and have held up very well over the years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97loudcut Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Mine are zinc plated and they have held up great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Matt, EBC are top quality brakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97loudcut Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Matt, EBC are top quality brakes. Chris, I know. Still doesn't change the fact that they omit decent quantities of brake dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryk2003 Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 looks good...the redstuff pads are quite dusty and squeal a lil right before you get stopped...they stop AWWWSOME though...my car will lock them up if i'm not careful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismellrealbad Posted April 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 ugh my wheels are shiney and brake dust makes them not shiney. how dare they false advertise. oh well this is still a 300% imporvement over what i had before so i can stop bitching now. oh and that fucken box tool is the most worthless piece of shit ever made. ended up using giant channel locks to turn the piston back in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97loudcut Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 ugh my wheels are shiney and brake dust makes them not shiney. how dare they false advertise. oh well this is still a 300% imporvement over what i had before so i can stop bitching now. oh and that fucken box tool is the most worthless piece of shit ever made. ended up using giant channel locks to turn the piston back in The box tool, if used right, is very useful. I used it on mine with no problems. Besides, I wasn't going to go the "ghetto" route and use channel locks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismellrealbad Posted April 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 if the caliper was off and fixed in a vice it wouldnt be a problem. i dont see how standing there with that thing and a ratchet in one hand and a caliper in another hand and my thumb up my ass is not ghetto. turning that a 1/2 turn a time if im lucky then having it cock a 1/64,000000000 th inch and then it slipping and stripping the grooves there. fuck that. to drum in hat (until that shit breaks) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaloutsider Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 looks good...the redstuff pads are quite dusty and squeal a lil right before you get stopped...they stop AWWWSOME though...my car will lock them up if i'm not careful! My greenstuffs do the same thing with the squealing. I think it's because of my cheap ass rotors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryk2003 Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 looks good...the redstuff pads are quite dusty and squeal a lil right before you get stopped...they stop AWWWSOME though...my car will lock them up if i'm not careful! My greenstuffs do the same thing with the squealing. I think it's because of my cheap ass rotors. i have EBC rotors and they still do it...i think its just the compound..it doesnt really bother me much though, cause they stop awwsome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedz34 Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 ugh my wheels are shiney and brake dust makes them not shiney. how dare they false advertise. oh well this is still a 300% imporvement over what i had before so i can stop bitching now. oh and that fucken box tool is the most worthless piece of shit ever made. ended up using giant channel locks to turn the piston back in The box tool, if used right, is very useful. I used it on mine with no problems. Besides, I wasn't going to go the "ghetto" route and use channel locks. Channel locks, WTF? Yeah, I use the c-clamp or the tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby1870 Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 The box tool is really easy to use, seriously. Never had any problems with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismellrealbad Posted April 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 it could be designed a lot better. the grooves need to be deeper and oh maybe like a full circle instead of a cresent. those things dont turn like volume knobs theyre friggin hard. theyre not frozen and i have a brand new caliper on the one side and it was just as hard to turn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GutlessSupreme Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 I hate the cube tool. I just stick a small block of wood over the piston and put a c-clamp on it, the wood gets dug into by the piston and the clamp and will turn the piston as you turn the clamp. then there's always that "proper" tool that I've been meaning to buy someday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toms92gpse Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 Yay.. and the rotors are facing the right way too! yay that means i got mine facing right lol. I put a set on last week. when the pads that cam with mine wear out i will probably get the ceramic. All though the brake dust now on it doesn't seem any worst then stock rotors with decent pads did. Now the cheap $20 pads are the freaking worse. I made the mistake of getting them one time when money was tight and my wheels looked black after only 1 day of driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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