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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 07:14 PM
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The rear brakes on my 08 JK needs replacing. Any thoughts on going with drilled & slotted rotors or should I stick with OEM rotors. Also ceramic or semi-mettalic pads?
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Old Mar 25, 2011 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by karls10jk
How long do you plan on keeping it? Do you tow trailers? My opinion- drilled and slotted with ceramic pads. Ebc pads would be a good place to look too......
X2!!!! This would be great, but I would also do the fronts at the same time, but that's me....
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Old Mar 25, 2011 | 04:13 PM
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Do you do any wheeling? Only reason I ask is if you go through muddy water, some sludge could get stuck in the drilled rotors before you have a chance to clean them. I think slotted rotors would be morenthan sufficient with a better pad. And it would save a little bit of money
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Old Mar 25, 2011 | 08:09 PM
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Thanks for the info and I do plan on doing both front and rear. The EBC are ranking high on my list.
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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 04:47 AM
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I just replaced my pads and rotors....went with OEM rotors and Hawk pads
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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 05:16 AM
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Originally Posted by GatorLCA
Do you do any wheeling? Only reason I ask is if you go through muddy water, some sludge could get stuck in the drilled rotors before you have a chance to clean them. I think slotted rotors would be morenthan sufficient with a better pad. And it would save a little bit of money
I never thought of that, good point
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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 07:24 AM
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I just had mine replaced yesterday at the dealer. 24,000+ miles and they needed to be replaced??? I had my Dodge for 10 years and they were still on stock rotors.
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