[Daryl]

I don't mean to thread jack, but would the ceramic pads help from warping the rotors or build up on the rotors? I have Hawk HPS pads on my Wife's Cruze, and they weren't any better than the stock ones. Her brakes are shaking again. She drives over two mountains every day that require ALOT of braking because there long slopes, and her car doesn't hold itself back at all.

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[Daryl]

The rotors I went with were EBC with the Hawk pads. They were properly bedded. I followed Hawk's instructions to the letter. Does anyone make a kit for bigger rotors?

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[Daryl]

ZZP makes a bolt on 12" brake kit. Utilizes 12" rotors and 2 piston calipers.

replacement rotors would need to be redrilled for the cruze bolt pattern or purchased from ZZP.

Thanks for the info, I will be looking into this.

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[Daryl]

What's wrong with slotted/dimpled? I've had them on my pickup, and never had a problem with them getting hot, shaking, and fading on the mountains like I have with just plain rotors.

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[Daryl]

So I take it dimpled, and drilled are no different as far as causing stress cracks?

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[Daryl]

Yes just as bad. Read my prior post.

That's what I figured. I always preferred just the slots anyhow, but couldn't find those to put on my Silverado.

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[Daryl]

I've been reading nothing, but good reviews on the Disc Italia slotted rotors, and pads. I'm giving them a shot on my Wife's Cruze next time minus the ceramic pads. Nothing else has worked so why not give them a shot. I've had great luck with slotted before.

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[Daryl]

That mountain must not have been like the two my Wife goes over every day to work, and back home. I've had both of our Cruze's shaking badly going down either side. This is with both stock brakes, and EBC blank rotors with Hawk HPS pads that were bedded to the letter of Hawk's instructions.

I start at roughly 30-40 mph at the top, and by the bottom you have to use the brakes a lot because these cars just will not hold themselves back. When you get behind someone it's even worse. You can let them get ahead of you at the top, but by the middle to bottom of the mountain you have to be all over the brakes because they're poking along at 25, and the Cruze acts like a run away train because there's no compression braking.

For me personally I see no con's to the slotted rotors. I've had them before with no problems as far as brake shake compared to blank rotors. Now if I lived out where it's flat I definitely believe that blank rotors would suit me just fine.



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[Daryl]

On a side note here, what size are the front rotors on the Cruze? I'm getting two different sizes at 10.9" and 11.8".

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[Daryl]

Anyone?

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[Daryl]

My bad. My experience with Cruze brakes probably differs a LOT from the gas models...

Not saying your wrong, I was just stating how my experience has been different so far.

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[Daryl]

So as far as the shaking goes with the pad deposits, did you Rebed afterwards to remove the deposits?

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No sir, was not aware that doing that would fix anything? Too late now to try it again?

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[Daryl]

Good question, do they list them as front or rear? Gas or Diesel?

Listed as front, no other info. I was told by Smurfenstein that the diesel has 11.8" rotors, and the gas cars have the 10.9".

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[Daryl]

That's what I have always experienced is that bedding the rotors after a trip like that gets deposit build up gets you a *clean* rotor. Basically removes the built up pad deposit and smooths it back out.

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I'll have to try that sometime this week.

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