Replacing the brakes on my AP2. Car isn’t tracked but I do AutoX it a few times a year. I’m looking for OEM equivalent rotors. I checked Rock Auto and found Brembos “Prime UV Coated”. Fronts are listed as vented and rears are solid (pic attached). Are these the same as OEM? How do they compare to Centrics?

Also, I plan to use OEM pads, assuming they are sufficient?

 

Why are you going aftermarket on brakes? OEM brakes are available -- or claim to be .

BTW your Profile states you have a MY2000 car. Still got it? (just curious)

-- Chuck

 

OEM rotors look to be about double in price from the Brembos I posted… so just needing some feedback. I don’t mind spending the extra on OEM rotors if they are better.

As far as my profile, I didn’t even realize it showed that info. I’ll have to update it I made the account 20+ years ago when my dad owned an Ap1

 

Any decent blanks are fine. Centric was great but is going away unfortunately, but I have used plenty of NAPA premium blanks in the past for even track use. For autox they are more than sufficient. There is literally nothing magic or special about OEM rotors for this or just about any car. Unless you are buying hot garbage brand rotors, they will perform just the same.I have not run a set of OEM rotors in the 12 years I have owned this car. Street driving, countless autocross events and none on OEM rotors. Same with track use, I always run Centrics or NAPA. I would never pay the honda premium for rotors. Those brembo will be fine. I know I have run some Brembos when I found them on sale in the past.

For pads, I will have to think about that. For street and autocross I liked running Stop Tech and that is going away. You do not need anything special for autocross really. I liked having a lot more initial bite, so I run Hawk HP+ for autocross but they are not good street pads. Tons of dust and that dust is some of the hardest to remove. I know a lot seem to like their HPS 5.0 pads but I have not tried them. The OEM pads are fine for most autocross use though. You are not going to overheat pads on an autocross course so street pads are fine unless you are just looking for some specific behavior. Others will likely chime in for what they use on the street for this car. For me, this car has always been street + autocross and track use, so I have a set of rotors bed in with HP+ (and just deal with the dust on the street since I dont put a lot of street miles on it anymore) and a set bed in with track pads.

 

Appreciate the info. The front rotors are vented and the rears are not, correct? Also, what exactly does “prime uv coated” mean?

As far as pads, yea I really don’t want to deal with more dust and bite has always felt fine, so sticking with OEM’s seem like a good bet.

Any other hardware that will be needed? Thanks

 

I am not sure what the prime uv coating is. I assume it is the coating on the hub portion of the rotor? Anything on the rest of the rotor gets cleaned off before installing. Yep, the rears on our car are not vented. Really not optimal for the track but no issue otherwise.

I would make sure you have brake clean of course to clean off the new rotors before you install (to remove the corrosion resistant coating they put on there). Some good brake grease for the slider pins. Pads should come with everything else you need. If you have not had the rotors off in a long time or ever (if the car is newer to you) I recommend an impact screwdriver. You can get a good one cheap on Amazon. I have a craftsman one. That will knock out the rotor screws that many times get stuck and cause people headaches. Good to have in the toolbox anyways. And the one I linked has the larger screw bits that fit those screws better so less chance to ruin the screws. I put a touch of antisieze back on those anytime I remove them from any car.

 

With all due respect, I cannot think of a single reason to buy OEM rotors when Brembos and Centrics (RIP my sweet prince) are effectively the same thing. It's the same basic iron rotor. There are some things which are recommended to be OEM, and they're usually things like half-shafts, sensors, coil packs, driveshafts, journal bearings, gaskets, seals, o-rings, clutch masters, etc. (with parts availability being the main factor). But many parts or fluids, like rotors, pads, brake fluid, diff fluid, gear oil, motor oil, and such (not coolant--that is Honda blue all day) can be swapped out for equivalent or better aftermarket variants. Some people really think OEM is better all of the time, and that really isn't the case. It's better MOST of the time, yes, but other times it's just a waste of money.

 

I think when OP mentioned Brembo, someone thought they meant some sort of brembo bbk. We don't usually think oem equivalent dimensions when we hear brembo.

That is how conversation went off into, don't need more than oem (meaning not a bbk), which then got confused with don't waste money on literal oem rotors from Honda.

OP was looking to buy aftermarket, oem size rotors. Which is fine. Smart. Whatever is not expensive, not hot garbage.

 

Great, thanks for the info

Will probably go ahead and do brake fluid while im at it.

 

I like Ferodo Pads. After trying some different brands, i stuck with these. Even two Co-Workers are now convinced after they tried them. For Rotors i would go woth Ferodo, Brembo... I usually use ATE but these are not avilable in the US it seems.

Make sure that the pins of the brakes calipers are free and that the calipers move easy and that the Brake fluid is changed every two years, this has a huge impact on the way how the brake performs and feels.