New brake pads and rotors, which ones? Options

[6strngs]

Alright, my car has been in need of some new brakes for a while now, I figure it's time I get some in, especially since my uncle who is coming out for christmas said he would help me install them. Anyway, I want to go with a cross-drilled or a drilled and slotted rotor. I saw the drilled/slotted rotors on nopi, but they're pretty expensive. I also saw some on irotors.com that were only $229 for the front and back. (plus an extra $50 for zinc plating on them, but I figure that that is only for rust protection, and since I live in cali, rusting rotors really isn't a problem. so I shouldn't need the zinc plating, right?) so, does anyone know if they are any good?

And I don't know what kind of pads to get. I've heard good and bad about EBC greenstuff pads. And I've heard that Hawk pads were pretty good. I want something that can be used on my daily driver, but are an upgrade from stock that will hold up to aggressive braking, and possibly even autocrossing one day. I don't really know the pros/cons of ceramics vs. regular pads so I don't know which I need.

thanks in advance for any help!

[6gsillyca]

So does ANY powerslot rotor fit on our cars? Is there any slotted rotor that fits the celica? I was looking for a set of reputable slotted rotors but can only find ebay knockoffs.

Does anyone know what the irotors.com rotors look like? I wasnt able to find a description of any sort on their website, as to what kind of rotors/pads you get when you order (solid, vented, xdrilled, slotted, x/slotted, hawk pads, ebc, axxis etc), just the prices.

This post has been edited by 6gsillyca: Dec 11, 2006 - 1:53 AM

[6strngs]

Does anyone know what the irotors.com rotors look like? I wasnt able to find a description of any sort on their website, as to what kind of rotors/pads you get when you order (solid, vented, xdrilled, slotted, x/slotted, hawk pads, ebc, axxis etc), just the prices.

here you go, just found this tonight. they appear to be drilled and slotted
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Toyota-Celi...bayphotohosting

I think I'm going to go with those rotors. as for pads, I'm a little stuck... I don't know which would be better, the hawk performance ceramic pads or the hawk HPS pads... I'll probably get HPS for the back either way (since they don't have the ceramics for the back), but I was thinking of going with something even better for the front, I considered the HP plus, but they are a bit pricy and I've heard so many good things about ceramic pads... the only thing is, on tirerack.com they classify the ceramic pads as "premium" and their HPS pads as "performance street" so I don't know which ones are actually better...