brake rotors, what's good?
First off, I'm real glad to see that Brembo makes at least three types of stock placement rotors for the 7 G. Now here's my dealio...
Around one year ago, I bought a set of Valucrap, ahem, I mean Valucraft rotors, with some ceramic blend pads and replaced them all. Now, probably only 15-20k miles later, the rotors have warped something imense, I mean entire car shaking and shuddering when I even dare think about touching the brake pedal, I checked the rotors and pads for wear, and they are good so far, for the most part at least. But dang, these rotors did not last long, now I'm not a racer type a guy, but I admit I beat the car pretty good sometimes on the highway and around town and have to make some pretty decent stops.
Now here's the question, since I never set foot on the track, and I don't kick my car's butt on a daily basis, can I get away with a better name brand rotor OEM type, like the Brembo non-slotted non-drilled? Or will that warp just the same as the cheapy Valucraft? Are the advantages worth it to get slotted even if it's a daily driver that's only driven hard on occasion? I won't get drilled ever because I'm scared of cracks. I need to get these buggers replaced soon or something's gonna come loose, and I don't know if I can come up with the dough to pay almost twice for slotted rotors, but I'll be more than happy to shell out for a Brembo stock piece if it'll do me good (or at least better than generic).
And pads? I just got what sounded cool, I like saying, ceramic metallic mix, lol. I'm such a newb, but hey, we all learn as we go right? Also, I changed the rotors myself last time, but my neighbor did the pads, something with a c-clamp that I really didn't follow, who's got a front pad/rotor replacement guide, or who knows where a basic one is online?
Thanks guys!