Those are unique rotors and look really cool. Typically, with dimpled rotors, there's a substantial increase in brake noise due to air getting trapped in the dimple as it moves across the brake pad, heating up and then popping when it clears the pad. Are your rotors noisy?Yeah with the powerstop z26s I paired the raybestos S slotted rotors to help increase brake performance. The dust is also night and day compared to stock.
Honestly I can't tell a difference in sound compared to stock. Wouldn't the rotor rotation velocity play a factor in that? Never heard of that before. Figured slotted rotors are for better bite because they clean the pads on every swipe. In addition to "slightly" more surface area to cool. But they do look cool. Almost looks like a 2 piece with the black hat.
I put Hawk 5.0 on the front with turned rotors. They make way less dust then the Brembo ones did and stop on par if not better. It was worth it for the reduction in brake dust alone.
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What powerstop pads did you have? Powerstop pads are dead quiet. You can't hear them at all and they don't dust. The hawk pads are pretty noisy and they dust much worse. Z23 and z26 make 0 noise maybe you got a bad batch or you installed them wrong or you are confusing them with the hawk pads. I've tried the hawk pads and they are maybe 75-80% as good as the powerstops and wear out much sooner than powerstops.
The hawks were dead silent always. My powerstops are loud as shit. They have got a little better over time but still suck. The hawks out stop the powerstops all day everyday, probably why they do produce more dust. That's the only thing powerstop wins at.
Very interesting. I've run powerstop on all my cars as do dozens of others I know and they are all dead quiet. I have the exact opposite experience as you (and so do everyone else I know in person who have actually tried both brands) it's always been hawk is noisy, powerstop is quiet and the powerstop out stop the hawk all day long. But you seem to have the opposite experience. It is genuinely interesting that people can have such wildly different things. I assume it was either a bad batch of powerstops or a improper bed in procedure because I've never heard of 1 single case of powerstops being noisy not in my over 300k miles of usage or from anyone else. Also powerstops can outbrake my 275 tires so there is no better braking pad (I mean track pads will obviously stop better but that's only if I go to stickier tires and wider tires to get better grip). If you can hit the brakes hard and lock up the tires then the brakes are stronger than the traction and you need better tires not better brakes
