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Old May 20, 2007 | 02:49 PM
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Looks a ton better man. Great job.

Not to be nit-picky, but i'd have to get a center cap with a brushed look, and not the polished/chrome look. It sticks out to me.
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yeah myabe il look into that
Old May 20, 2007 | 03:42 PM
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you'll love it.........these small things do so much for a car

I already know, My fronts are drilled and slotted, but Im thinking I need new ones soon.
Old May 20, 2007 | 08:29 PM
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any braking performance gain?
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Originally Posted by MyFirstCamaro
yeah myabe il look into that
does it match the inside of your rims on the lip? At first I thought it stuck out too, but if it matches that then its not so bad.

Looks really good tho, nice job!
Old May 20, 2007 | 10:19 PM
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to be honest with you i never really noticed it until you mentioned it in thoguhs pictures .... its also plastic that peice.....depends if i can even find a machine finished peice to go there

preformance wise im still wearing the pads in few days il let you know or after i get all 4 on il probably notice something...so far i noticed it stopping alot smoother though
Old May 20, 2007 | 11:27 PM
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I loved when I got my new pads on going from them squeeking. They stopped so much better, and with much quicker response.
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yeah its deff stops ahell of alot smoother and quicker...i wasnt really expecting much of a change
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Originally Posted by MyFirstCamaro
yeah its deff stops ahell of alot smoother and quicker...i wasnt really expecting much of a change
There really wasnt a change. Tests have proven that drilled and slotted rotors are 99% for looks. The only reason they are like that is for cooling. The reason you are getting better stopping power is because of A.) Better / new pads. Or B.) Because its a new rotor face. As time goes on the power dimishes slowly.

Dont get me wrong, drill and slotted rotors might help... but from what i've seen on the vehicles ive installed them on, the rotors themselves make no difference in stopping power in this case.

But they do look good!
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Yeah the new pads are gonna be a big difference from the wore down ones, or if your rotors were a little warped before. New pads were probably the biggest improvement.
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oh i wasnt talking about getting smoother and quicker response really from the rotors mostly the pads i was talking about.....the main reason i added them was for looks...the pads was to help stop

then again the rotors might have been in not to good of shape since they had 100k miles on them
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