Brake Disc Replacement - Options Query

laffindevil

Looking at replacing the front brake discs with Mtec ones.

Is there much difference or preference for any one of these replacement options?

Grooved Only
Drilled Only
Grooved & Drilled

Is the grooved & drilled the best ones to go for?

(Car - Celica)

jimgoose

The idea of the grooves is to keep the pads "scraped" clear of used friction material as the brakes are applied. The drill-holes are supposed to save weight at the expense of friction surface, and personally I don't think it makes a jot of difference unless you're Lewis Hamilton, and he uses carbon-fibre rotors anyway. Oi loikes grooves-only. :cool:

corkgsxr

Pads make a much bigger difference. Ebc do rotors with grooves for handy money.

Neilw

If you find your brakes are fading some good pads (not ebc) and race fluid will make a huge difference.

My car had APEC pads in it and standard fluid, I replaced the pads with updated ones and ate race fluid and the brakes are excellent now with zero fade.

corkgsxr

I find ebc to be excellent pads. And iv used them on every sort of thing