Unleash Your Braking Potential! Drilled and Slotted Rotors Explained
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- 🔧 Dive into the world of brake rotors with Dave from First Place Auto Parts! In today's video, we're tackling the age-old question: Do you need drilled and slotted rotors for your car or truck? Join us as we explore the benefits, pros, and cons of drilled and slotted rotors compared to the standard smooth rotors. Stay tuned for expert insights and guidance on choosing the right rotor for your application.
🛠️ Key Points Covered:
- Overview of smooth rotors and their suitability for daily driving.
- Importance of heat dissipation and the role it plays in brake performance.
- Understanding the gas generated during extreme driving conditions and how drilled and slotted rotors address it.
- Visual appeal of drilled and slotted rotors and their impact on the overall aesthetics of your vehicle.
- Active heat dissipation through drilled and slotted rotors, enhancing brake feel and performance.
💡 Why Upgrade to Drilled and Slotted Rotors?
1️⃣ Improved Heat Dissipation: Active heat venting and gas expulsion for better performance under extreme conditions.
2️⃣ Aesthetic Appeal: Enhance the visual appeal of your vehicle with the stylish look of drilled and slotted rotors.
3️⃣ Better Brake Feel: Upgrade your braking system for a smoother, more responsive feel on the road.
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🚗 Don't compromise on braking performance! Upgrade to drilled and slotted rotors and take your braking system to the next level. Thanks for watching, and until next time, keep the hammer down and keep it between the guardrails! 🛣️✨ #BrakeRotors #DrilledAndSlotted #FirstPlaceAutoParts - Авто та транспорт
Why do I need drilled and slotted rotors on a kia soul? Because I drive it like I stole it.
you dont need them. nobody does. its gimmick.
You “don’t need them” but if you do a crap load of in town driving, making lots of stops, wait until the last second to brake and are hard on them they may help with warping. If you are always warping your rotors because of how you drive they may help. But in most cases they’re more used for braking from high speeds on performance cars. And no they aren’t a gimmick like the previous comment said. I’ve been a part of the racing community for over 20 years. The people that think they’re a gimmick have never had to stop from really high speeds and never felt brake fade.
@@JayP7.62 my friend, they are not required around town on your wifes grocery car, I assure you. they're noiser and not as smooth... your race car... sure...
@@666dynomax Yes I am aware they aren’t “required” for a regular daily driver car. But that doesn’t make them a gimmick like you previously said. I’ve yet to warp a set of cross drilled and slotted rotors on my daily driver in the three years they’ve been on that car. I warped the factory smooth rotors in less than a year had them turned and warped them again in less than a year. After that they weren’t thick enough to turn again so I went with cross drilled and slotted rotors. They only cost me a like $150 more for the full set with carbon fiber reinforced ceramic pads on rock auto’s website. Now if you drive really slow and always start braking far out and never really heat up your brakes then you’re better off going smooth. Your pads will last a little longer going smooth. But for extra cash I deliver food and groceries so I’m always on the go in town. Multiple stop lights and I drive fast and am hard on my brakes also. So for me cross drilled and slotted ended up saving me money in the long run even with my pads needing to be replaced a little sooner. So whether a person needs them or not depends more on how they drive.
@@JayP7.62 thank you, you helped make up my mind.
I can now finally break free from this flesh prison by ascending through the windshield with my slotted drilled spiced waved blessed holy rotors
True... I drive spiritedly at times, and I do notice how my heavy suv feels like, when braking suddenly in extreme heat. Its' effectiveness deminish drastically with the stock rotor and secondly my vehicle is heavy so it needs distance to be effective otherwise ill have to swerve to the side to avoid front collision. Hence why I opted for the slotted and ventilated brake rotor for the front as that's where all the brake force is apply heavily. The rear, I left it in stock since it doesn't required a lot of brake force and all the weight shifts to the front more than the rear. In conjested traffic none of that matter. Its at high speed where braking in emergency is critical and the shorter the distance it take to stop a heavy vehicle the better off you will not smash into the vehicle in front especially those that cuts off other driver in high speed.
The Most important part of a car or truck!!! Great information!!!
So basically drilled/slots brake better and get rid of heat that can warp your rotor, but they grind away your pads quicker 🤔
Pads are cheaper than rotors
@@andreclark5905 and pad slapping is bad ;) ive pad slapped before, i never wear the second set of pads nearly as long as the first... ive just said the hell with it and gone to new pads and rotors all at once
Not by any great difference. You should check your brakes often anyway.
It's important to say that slotted rotors will grind you break pads down more quickly. Its debated, but enough people say that it does. For large trucks and haulers, they make sense. For small cars you just drive daily, they are better off with just plain rotors.
A valid point and yes, slotted rotors can be more aggressive when it comes to brake pad wear. Something to think about and weigh the pro's and con's when deciding what is right for your your application. For towing, the drilled and slotted rotors have made a difference as a reduction in brake fade due to heat build up when hauling a load or pulling a heavy trailer with long down hills. Slotted & traditional non-slotted rotors each have their place and each vehicle owner should weigh the cost and benifits vs. their needs and wants before making a switch
As somebody who put a set on jetta drilled an slotted made a hell of a difference stopped more quickly an the braking felt more linear not as much initial bite aka ceramic pads but slowed the car faster then the semi metallics
@@nickguerra1905 What the hell.
The initial bite on drilled and slotted rotors will always be less no mater the pad type. You got less Surface area for the pads to grab on after all. But they do have better brake fade resistance from the drills cooling down the rotors faster on constant braking.
Ive always run Drill and slotted combo with semi metalics on all my cars if possible just to aid the initial bite. But even so, Stock brakes have their limits even with oem plus pad and rotor upgrades.
Like my mk3 supra for example, 3700lb brick came stock with Single piston calipers on the fronts and still struggles with brake fade with these minor upgrades. I have the tires that can grip but the calipers cant put down enough clamping force to stop them, I cant even lock the fronts unless im on the rain.
Brake feel is linear all the way till I hit fade then it drops off.
Last portion of your comment made no sense. How is initial bite relevent to ceramic pads with drill and slotted rotors? and how does it out perform semi metalic which haves better friction properties than ceramic and organic. What pads are we even running on stock setup before moving to drilled and slotted. NOTHING MAKES SENSE WTF
You’re right… I’m changing breaks three times a year.. I drive an Acura ZDX
Thanks for the info 😊
one thing to mention is the proper direction to install the slot/drilled rotors. the veins should give it away..if they're perpendicular, slots can go in any direction..but if they're exit is angled, they are specific (a screw driver helps determine which type you have)
They come with stickers on them, hopefully people know what L and R mean.
I was wondering this and went to the comments and here I go
@@HeyMikeyLikesIt2 sometimes they're not on, or they dont pay attention until after they've cleaned up the Rotors and go to install them lol. I know the easiest way for SURE is to just do the screwdriver test..
@@dham99 what’s the screwdriver test
Changed mine, and I've been hearing so.e rough ribbing noise since, is that normal .?
I have drilled and slotted performance stop rotors and brake pads. When I brake it notice a clicking sound. I was told it's the calipers rubbing against the slots or holes in the rotors. Is this normal?
I daily drive my ford ranger and I live way out in country and hilly area and I live on down hill and multiple stops going down hill and my trucks front in literally shakes when I hit break and probably going get slotted and drilled rotors and hopefully that improve it my truck has factory rotors that have been resurfaced but pretty sure they worped
The slots pointing forward, help keep the brake pads wearing flat and ejecting the hot brake dust outward away from the caliper by centrifugal force. That brake dust is hot enough to stick to steel , so I would say it makes a big difference in the way the direction of the slots are pointing..?
Definitely needed on my 07 Escalade 409 hp 215 lbs of torque. The factory breaks brand new were garbage.
I also have a 6000 pound boat.
big boat guy
Lol you can't even spell
I have a jeep grand cherokee 2001 i'm taking my ate/teves calipers off and putting on akebonos along with changing my rotors for slotted with grooves. opinion?
umm, can you send a donation to me of 4million 300 hundred thousand?
If you drive in the mud you may regret it
Need them rotors on my beater!!!
When less contact area is better?
if you take a regular rotors and drill the holes or slots it will not became better, true slotted and drill rotors are made from the different carbide metal, they mostly use in bikes and fast cars, what you need is a good sets of tires!
i was told they are more suceptable to warping though :/
I installed a new set of slotted and drilled rotor, together with new pad set. But recently when I hard brake, I feel brake pulsating. What can be the cause?
Open it up and check it out. How long ago did you change them out? Are the under warranty?
Rotors are most likely warped.
@@raomar0 Coincidentally, last night I Googled about this topic again. Most of the replies said this is normal, due to brake pad running over the grooves.
I just installed some on the front of my ram 1500. Same thing a slight pulsating at low speeds. Gotta be the grooves orperhaps my rear rotors are warped a little.
Odd enough, problem solved after I do alignment for my tires.
Can i put slotted and drilled rotors on my c5 corvette? Only weeked driver and car shows. Thanks?
Nope.
What is the advantage over drilled versus slotted?
nothing, drilling the rotor ads 0 performance and actually weakens the rotor. The reason drilling the rotor came about was because the brake pad compound used to be different and produced a gas and a good way to let that gas escape was to drill holes in the rotor. Car manufactures still do this today as it looks "sporty" but in reality is stupid. Slotted rotors are the best and the only way to go because the slots shave off a very thin layer off the brake pad keeping it clean, reducing heat build up and modern brake pads don't produce gas only brake dust. Slotted and Vented is the best. Please note a slotted rotor will ware the brake pad out faster.
@@RBFR01You are aware that a vented slotted rotor brake pad, is going over the slot shaving it as well, right?
Motorcycle brake rotors are all drilled. They used to be plain right up to the late 80s, then they're almost universally drilled and floated, but never slotted. About 15 years ago we also started seeing petal or wave rotors. Maybe that's why even sintered brake pads don't last beyond 15000-20000km of normal riding.
Ive got the 98 4runner. The brakes are too small for the vehicle and warp easily and also build up brake dust, just got the drilled and slotted hopefully they run great!
How did they run?
Most brake mechanics will say "We don't turn drilled and slotted rotors!" So when you need your brakes done you're screwed.
i just need only drilled rotors
check out engineering explain
go slotted not drilled
Thanks for not met any of the potential for cracking on drilled rotors. There's nothing like putting predatory business practices first in one's business!
I tried both on my 2016 F165 and I didn't notice a difference. Before you say my truck is not a sports car. It does 0 to 60 mph faster than a Mercury Marauder.
3:36 If you don't want brake fade. Buy your pads from the dealer. Yes they cost more because they are made for your car.
3:57 Full face rotors don't warp from over heating. They warp from bad pads.
but wait...if you buy 6 million 700 hundred thousand of things and stuff..we will ..umm cash the check and buy a new house or a better shirt.
They dont belong to old cars which never meant to go fast