I use the Brembo blanks you mentioned on a lot of vehicles in the shop. They have replaced the now gone Centrics. They are entirely coated. So if you intend to use them for a track day right off the bat you will need to get some street time on them first to help get through the coating. You could use them straight away but you may get inconsistent braking if you haven't burnished away the coating. Mind you it is not a thick coating like paint or powder coat.

 

Always good to get a good bed in on the new ones anyways before a track day to get a proper transfer layer so that should burn it off.

 

Another noob question….

i just checked my pads and they have a ton of life left, probably 70% thickness. Any issue with new rotors and utilizing the existing pads? Just to note, my existing rotors are still in decent shape, just a tiny bit of glaze on them and a small lip on the outer edge, so I wouldn’t believe the pads have any kind of abnormal wear.

 

You can just change the rotors. If you have a mic (caliper wont work as easy due to the lip that forms on the rotor) you can measure the rotor and see if it is within factory service limits. If the thickness is above the refinishing limit and you do not have out of parallel issues (which you would notice in the brake pedal when braking) I would just keep running them.

Front rotors
Standard 24.9-25.1 mm (0.98-0.99 in.)
Max. Refinishing Limit 23.0 mm (0.91 in.)
Brake Disc parallelism 0.015 mm (0.0006 in.) max

Rear rotors

Brake Disc Thickness:
Standard 11.9-12.1 mm (0.469-0.476 in.)
Max. Refinishing Limit 10mm (0.39) in.)
Brake Disc Parallelism 0.015 mm (0.0006 in.)

 

Great info

yea, pedal feels fine and I’m betting a majority of people wouldn’t have even noticed the slight lip or glaze on the rotors. But I’m a bit OCD and pride myself in keeping the car as pristine as possible (it only has 30k miles on it). So I tend to replace anything at the first sign of wear and with how cheap the Brembo blanks are, it seems like the better option than trying to turn the stock rotors.

 

Any coated rotor is fine.

I use OEM AP2 pads and am very happy with them.

 

Thanks for all the feedback.

sounds like I’ll be going with the brembo blanks.

 

So, since Centric rotors aren't available anymore... what's the go-to now for decent-quality, but affordable, blanks? O'Reilly's or Autozone blanks?

Also, I forget the difference b/n AP1 and AP2 genuine-Honda pads... which ones are ceramic and less dusty again?

 

Centrics are being phased out but can still be bought from different vendors.
You can go to , get open box Centric blanks for $34 each (front).
FVP from Rockauto are very similar appearing to Centric blanks and also come with a painted face. Side by side, they had minimal differences.

AP1 dust less, apparently made from ceramic. AP2 dust more as they are semi-metallic and perform better.

 

AP1 are the I'm really not feeling having to clean my wheels again pads. They last forever, barely dust, and have almost the same initial bite as the AP2 pads. This is front only, the rears are the same between the two.