going to install new rotors
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going to install new rotors
so i ordered these power slot performance rotors, they look pretty good to and ebc brakes the red ****. putting it on sometime this week, while im at it going to put in new denso spark plugs and change the oil all DIY at the local car shop that im allowed to use.
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Plugs need replacing at 100,000 miles. Any earlier and you are just wasting your money.
Slotted rotors are just a marketing gimmick. They wear out pads faster, can be noisier and make absolutely no difference to street braking performance.
Go ahead though if you think it will make a difference.
Slotted rotors are just a marketing gimmick. They wear out pads faster, can be noisier and make absolutely no difference to street braking performance.
Go ahead though if you think it will make a difference.
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Plugs need replacing at 100,000 miles. Any earlier and you are just wasting your money.
Slotted rotors are just a marketing gimmick. They wear out pads faster, can be noisier and make absolutely no difference to street braking performance.
Go ahead though if you think it will make a difference.
Slotted rotors are just a marketing gimmick. They wear out pads faster, can be noisier and make absolutely no difference to street braking performance.
Go ahead though if you think it will make a difference.
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Does troll have two ll's or just one?
The point of posting is not to convert the original poster, beyond redemption I'd say, but to help others who might be similarly taken in avoid the same dumb mistakes.
There are those who tinker because they like tinkering, but the dangerous ones are those who tinker thinking they know better than the factory engineers and ruin a perfectly good car with inappropriate aftermarket "improvements".
The XF could no doubt be improved, for a price, and the factory does sell a very high performance version for a lot more money than my base model. The top line XF is a superb performance car, probably the best bang for your buck in its category. But the box stock base XF is an absolute steal at the price they sell for in North America. Nothing can touch it. I know, I'm a cheap b@$t@rd.
The point of posting is not to convert the original poster, beyond redemption I'd say, but to help others who might be similarly taken in avoid the same dumb mistakes.
There are those who tinker because they like tinkering, but the dangerous ones are those who tinker thinking they know better than the factory engineers and ruin a perfectly good car with inappropriate aftermarket "improvements".
The XF could no doubt be improved, for a price, and the factory does sell a very high performance version for a lot more money than my base model. The top line XF is a superb performance car, probably the best bang for your buck in its category. But the box stock base XF is an absolute steal at the price they sell for in North America. Nothing can touch it. I know, I'm a cheap b@$t@rd.
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hey how about you post on this forum when you actually have enough money to buy a jag and get rid of that beat up lincoln you. you know what we call people like you we call em stragglers. you straggle cus you cant afford a jag but you post on here like you know it all. ive been on this forum for a few years and been seeing you on here posting dumb stuff.
Check dis out patna. I needya your doc send me that IEP report/ Psych evaluation, i wanna kno what's wrong with ya.....na meen.
Ya kno, you keep up, ya gonn be kicked outta the hudle....not a good look patna......nam sayn
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The point of posting is not to convert the original poster, beyond redemption I'd say, but to help others who might be similarly taken in avoid the same dumb mistakes.
There are those who tinker because they like tinkering, but the dangerous ones are those who tinker thinking they know better than the factory engineers and ruin a perfectly good car with inappropriate aftermarket "improvements".
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These debate threads need more side by side photos, with before and after! That would make for a better debate and provide some visual excitement to go along with the written exchanges which are not that exciting when they deteriorate. I have seen some very high end cars modded that look fabulous and others not so much. I don't see why both view points cannot co-exist in a forum with a civilized discussion.
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I don't know much if anything about brake rotors, slotted or otherwise, but I do like the looks. Found a possibly informative article on the net that seems rational. It is old, but again the points seem to come from a balance view. Others with more experience could offer thoughts on the info here in the spirit of forum interchange.
Brake Rotors: slotted versus drilled - Steven R. Rochlin - Car Court
Brake Rotors: slotted versus drilled - Steven R. Rochlin - Car Court
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I don't know a lot on the Jag rotors, but some of you need to be a little more open minded. There ARE applications for both slotted AND x-drilled rotors. It all depends on your plans for the car and where you live.
I have yet to run x-drilled because they "can" crack quicker and only reduce heat dissipation for the most part. I have used slotted rotors quite a few times and they are an improvement over OEM's. My main reason for upgrading was two fold.....A) I had set my car up for auto-x and B) living in New England with STi sized rotors, it made the car stop MUCH quicker due to the actual size of the rotor being wet.
Put it this way...with a non-slotted rotor there's more surface area for water to sit on, which in turn makes stopping take a longer amount of time. With slotted rotors there is less surface area and the water can "slip" into those slots which means quicker stopping. The best I can describe was that some times in freezing conditions my STi wouldn't stop when hitting the brakes on initial start and first or 2nd stop, with slotted they stopped at LEAST 30ft sooner in the same situation.
For everyday normal use I would think it's a wash. You need better rotors only if you plan on doing more "spirited" driving, such as auto-x or an HPDE event. I used the DBA slotted rotors and loved them!!!
I have yet to run x-drilled because they "can" crack quicker and only reduce heat dissipation for the most part. I have used slotted rotors quite a few times and they are an improvement over OEM's. My main reason for upgrading was two fold.....A) I had set my car up for auto-x and B) living in New England with STi sized rotors, it made the car stop MUCH quicker due to the actual size of the rotor being wet.
Put it this way...with a non-slotted rotor there's more surface area for water to sit on, which in turn makes stopping take a longer amount of time. With slotted rotors there is less surface area and the water can "slip" into those slots which means quicker stopping. The best I can describe was that some times in freezing conditions my STi wouldn't stop when hitting the brakes on initial start and first or 2nd stop, with slotted they stopped at LEAST 30ft sooner in the same situation.
For everyday normal use I would think it's a wash. You need better rotors only if you plan on doing more "spirited" driving, such as auto-x or an HPDE event. I used the DBA slotted rotors and loved them!!!
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