My '93 Corolla From New Zealand

Higher quality drilled rotors have beveled edges on the edges of the holes drilled into them specifically designed to not eat away pads. And the argument of not having better brakes "because it's a corolla" is stupid. Even if your car never sees a track day, great brakes are an important factor in every car. I'll take the added security of knowing I can stop better in an emergency and protect my family in case something happens. Even if the difference is only a couple feet, sometimes that's all you need. So gold can take his "ownage, ownage everywhere" comment and shove it up his golden ass. Scott I'm not even trying to say that your choice of stopping power is ill-advised or not a good one, in fact the increased clamping force of the larger calipers is probably equal to or greater than a good disc/pad combo on the tiny OEM brake setup. One last thing about the cross drilled rotors cracking and chewing up pads, I drive agressively (cue some faggy corolla joke from hummer here) and I still have plenty of life on my Hawk HP pads after a few years now, and my rotors are perfect. All these stories about poor performance from drilled rotors are most likely due from a combination of a poor setup of the pads initially and crappy eBay brakes. And it boils down to the fact that every generic car made today comes with blank rotors, and high end cars and race cars have dimpled/slotted/drilled discs. End of debate.

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Thanks Scott!

*owned

Oh, I didn't know you had drilled&slotted rotors.

When I had the Corolla, the old stock brakes worked fine. Sure, it wasn't like stop-on-a-dime or anything, but the tires would lock up before I ran out of brakes. More powerful or larger brakes will just make you lock your tires sooner.

Instead, the real benefit is when you're on the track, or doing spirited mountain driving or similar, because stock brakes will overheat, fade and warp in such cases. So yeah, it doesn't matter WHAT car you have (be it Corolla or sportscar), but rather what kind of driving you do.

Yes I have KVR drilled rotors up front paired with Hawk HP pads. On all season tires, the brakes are way too much for the car. But the tires I have on these Enkei rims are pretty sticky, so it's a good match.

Sweet! A perfect match!

Brembo Blanks + Hawk PC. Getting HP next.

If you're locking up your tires under heavy braking, that just means your Human ABS isn't as finely honed as the Cali Bosses instincts are.

Strong agree feels here.

No locked brakes here anymore..... though the Corolla didn't have ABS lol. Definitely locked brakes there.

Driving like a , no wonder your cars get all smashed up

cBass is a horrible driver.

lol, he won't fight it because it's true. Mack knows! Owned.

Likes all around!

Naturally!

Owned again.