FitchVA
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Front Brake Rotor Delima
i have searched for threads about this issue and i still have a few issues/concerns.
background:
soon i will be doing a brake job on the front of my white dd'er '98 XJ. while installing by 2" bb this past weekend, i noticed that the rotor was different on this '98 than the other '98 XJ that i own. the rotor on my white dd'er xj is the correct composite style rotor while the rotor on my green offroad toy xj is the incorrect cast type rotor.
oops. looks like i messed up the brake job on the green one when i did a brake job on it in january of '06. i looked at old pictures from when i installed the lift on the green one (put on before the brake job) and sure enough, the rotors that were on it then were composite! :dunce: so i put on the wrong type of rotor that time.
here's my delima:
i didn't have any issues with the green one (with the wrong rotor). i daily drove it for about a year and never noticed an issue.
i am currently planning on putting ceramic pads in the white dd'er xj because i don't want to deal with the heavy brake dust that i have to deal with it now.
however, i have read that the ceramic pads are harder on the rotors. i have also read that the composite rotors are a little more prone to warping. so it would make sense that i'd want the tougher cast rotors with the harsher ceramic pads, right?
...but my '98 calls for composite. ...but i've been running cast on my other 98 for a year w/ no issues. also, a coworker has been running with the same mix-up for over 50k miles with no issues either.
should i just put the rose-colored glasses down and just do the composite rotors?
oh, and the green xj that had the rotor mix-up is a non issue now because i have the warn hub kit installed with that special rotor setup.
i have searched for threads about this issue and i still have a few issues/concerns.
background:
soon i will be doing a brake job on the front of my white dd'er '98 XJ. while installing by 2" bb this past weekend, i noticed that the rotor was different on this '98 than the other '98 XJ that i own. the rotor on my white dd'er xj is the correct composite style rotor while the rotor on my green offroad toy xj is the incorrect cast type rotor.
oops. looks like i messed up the brake job on the green one when i did a brake job on it in january of '06. i looked at old pictures from when i installed the lift on the green one (put on before the brake job) and sure enough, the rotors that were on it then were composite! :dunce: so i put on the wrong type of rotor that time.
here's my delima:
i didn't have any issues with the green one (with the wrong rotor). i daily drove it for about a year and never noticed an issue.
i am currently planning on putting ceramic pads in the white dd'er xj because i don't want to deal with the heavy brake dust that i have to deal with it now.
however, i have read that the ceramic pads are harder on the rotors. i have also read that the composite rotors are a little more prone to warping. so it would make sense that i'd want the tougher cast rotors with the harsher ceramic pads, right?
...but my '98 calls for composite. ...but i've been running cast on my other 98 for a year w/ no issues. also, a coworker has been running with the same mix-up for over 50k miles with no issues either.
should i just put the rose-colored glasses down and just do the composite rotors?
oh, and the green xj that had the rotor mix-up is a non issue now because i have the warn hub kit installed with that special rotor setup.
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