R1 Concepts Rotor/Pads install and making wheels pop!!
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Got my fronts installed now I have a question for the pro's.
Is there a difference with the premium to the e line other than the painted housing.
Seem if we are going to paint anyway and that's the only difference why pay 70$ more.
Help?..
Is there a difference with the premium to the e line other than the painted housing.
Seem if we are going to paint anyway and that's the only difference why pay 70$ more.
Help?..
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Sorry to bump an old thread but I just can't seem to wrap my head around this concept.
I need to replace my front brakes soon and have been doing a lot of homework on what you guys have been putting on your trucks lately and I ended up on this thread. To me this just seems ludacris. Doesn't the paint gum/fill up the miniscule cracks and pores of your brake pad? How does paint effect the break in of new pads and rotors? And what difference does it make if you only paint the back of the pads or the surface... you're clamping them onto a rotor with a painted surface anyway, either way you slice it you're going to end up with paint gummed up in between your pad and the rotor surface? Are people really still doing this?
I need to replace my front brakes soon and have been doing a lot of homework on what you guys have been putting on your trucks lately and I ended up on this thread. To me this just seems ludacris. Doesn't the paint gum/fill up the miniscule cracks and pores of your brake pad? How does paint effect the break in of new pads and rotors? And what difference does it make if you only paint the back of the pads or the surface... you're clamping them onto a rotor with a painted surface anyway, either way you slice it you're going to end up with paint gummed up in between your pad and the rotor surface? Are people really still doing this?
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ive been selling r1 concepts for over 8 years now on my site. In that time NOT 1 truck ive head issues with painting the rotor face. ive been doing the same thing on my trucks since i got my first one in 1994/ Whenever i paint the rotor i do the vanes and areas that arent touches more. On the rotor face not much is needed where pads touch.
Now on the slotted rotors I do i just spray the indented line. the paint comes right off and i use rustoleum on all the ones I do.
Now on the slotted rotors I do i just spray the indented line. the paint comes right off and i use rustoleum on all the ones I do.
Right on. It's definitely intriguing for sure because I am totally one of those **** guys you speak of that likes my stuff to look super clean. So, heavier on the vanes and around the hub, lighter where the pad touches. I think I can handle that. I think I'll give this a shot when my new stuff arrives. So you still seat/break-in the pads the same way you normally would with all new components?
