What brand of tension rod/slotted rotors should I get?

[gosu22]

So, I have like... broken tension rods on both sides and slightly warped rotors in the front.Thus, I'm thinking of getting pillowball tension rods and slotted/drilled rotors.
How good are the slotted/drilled rotors for longevity of brake pads? How often would I have to change the pads if I got them compared to "normal" rotors?
What brand is good? Brembo?
What brand of tension rods are good? I've seen tein and kazama. Does anyone have any other suggestions? How much should I be looking to spend?
Thanks for any help you can give me!

[crescendo]

Not saying they're bad, but I've broken a TEIN tension rod before. I'm sure there are many other people out there who have broken other brands, so it doesn't necessarily gauge the quality (depending on the severety of impact, of course).

Others out there have different price ranges. Some with higher build quality (self lubricating joints, etc) as well as materials.

Feel free to add to this list

High quality:
Kazama
URAS
CUSCO
TEIN
JIC

Bang for buck:
Battle Version
Powered by MAX
Peak Performance

Less expensive:
Megan
SPL
Ebay

[gosu22]

A lot of the high quality ones you mentioned can be found on Ebay. Is it okay to buy high quality ones off ebay?

[GSXRJJordan]

The problem with buying the big brand stuff on ebay (instead of a reputable vendor) is that you might get knockoff parts painted the same color as the real stuff. The price difference isn't much between ebay and the big vendors (check our site sponsors) so it's usually a better idea to buy from a known source.

[viscid240]

SPL Parts on every suspension part I replaced.
Battle version is real good also.

Rotors; what type of driving do you do? Brembo is always good, even Powerslot is nice.

[bo2o]

spl is thickest i think of the the ones compared to the price.
also the MAX one look pretty beefy.

rotors i would say just use the cheapest ones you can find autozone has some for around 30 dollars.
crossed drilled doesnt reallie help but slotted does you can can take the rotors to some shops that do both for around 20 dollars more. but most shops wont cut your rotors.

[DOOK]

I've heard of far too many people breaking kazama stuff not even driving hard to put it in the good category.

[drift-it]

I have partshop max ones and I like them a lot. Pretty beefy and not to expensive.

[crescendo]

As far as brake rotors are concerned, I'd do like viscid240 (http://www.zilvia.net/f/member.php?u=30171) suggested and look into some Power Slot slotted rotors. They keep cool but don't cool too quickly like cross drilled do (cooling down too quickly changes friction and feel) and won't crack as easily as cross drilled either. Cross drilled is OK for street, but I'd recommend cross drilled for competition/track/high heat conditions.

[crescendo]

Cross drilled or slotted rotors won't affect pad wear compared to blank rotors.

[guy1984]

I've heard of far too many people breaking kazama stuff not even driving hard to put it in the good category.

i've had kazama tension, tie rods and tie rod ends for over a year and i push my car hard at the track and they havent broken yet. knock on wood lol

i also heard that battle versions stuff is pretty beefy compared to tein and kazama and they come with a one year warranty. i may be wrong tho

[OptionZero]

SPL tension rods

blank rotors

/thread

[Dousan_PG]

^^^^

done
thats all there is to it

[DriftSpecial180]

If your mostly driving your car on the street, its not worth spending extra money on slotted or drilled rotors.

[DOOK]

If your mostly driving your car on the street, its not worth spending extra money on slotted or drilled rotors.

it's not worth it period, brembo blanks are the way to go.

[Irukandji]

SPL tension rods
Cheap china blank rotors from Napa/Kragen/Pepboys

edit: fuck option beat me to it

[bo2o]

spl ftw! enough said

[gosu22]

deleted.... sorry.

[C. Senor]

everyone has the best path already...personally use tein (got them ridiculously cheap, so went with those) and brembo cross-drilled. work pretty good. you should focus on upgrading pads, and the tension rods cant ever go wrong with spl. if the car is a daily it's not really worth it to buy the cross drilled from brembo. they're like 120-150 bucks a pair, iirc. blanks are like 30 bucks a pair, once again iirc. about year daily driving with the tein and brembo's and no problems, yet.

[articdragon192]

I say SPL and Peak Performance. Peak uses high quality ends (Aurora) and has one of the bigger tension rods on the market, along with SPL. Not to mention they are USA based.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/ArticDragon192/My%20Fairlady/NewTensionRod.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/ArticDragon192/My%20Fairlady/NewTensionRod.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/ArticDragon192/My%20Fairlady/TensionRodCompare.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/ArticDragon192/My%20Fairlady/Installed2.jpg

[midnight zenki]

SPL tension rods

blank rotors

/thread

:werd: Aint no more to it.

[CodyW]

i just picked up a new set of tc rods from a company called wicked tuning and i've been really happy with them so far. quite a bit thicker than the cheapo projectnissan ones i had for the last few years.

http://codywellons.com/photos/wicked_tcrod.jpg

[daryl337]

Cross drilled or slotted rotors won't affect pad wear compared to blank rotors.


This is incorrect. Cross drilled will not, however slotted will.

Half of the design of slotting (besides releasing gas and heat) is the "deglazing effect" it has on pads by removing a slight layer of the pad keeping them fresh, and in turn, wearing them out faster than a conventional rotor.

[!Zar!]

WTF put Megan Racing in the same category as SPL part?

Spl is right up there in quality. Even better than Krapzama.

Spl tension rods and brembo blanks is all you need.

[S14 Wannabe]

I have the complete Peak Performance suspension package even the tie rod and tie rod ends. The only reason I went with Peak Performance is because of the Aurora rod ends. If they are good enough to use in space then they are good enough to use on my car IMHO.

Check out: http://www.aurorabearing.com/ for more info on that.

[95Blue240sx]

I have Kazama tc rods and havent had a problem with them. But then again my shit is just daily driven.

[EchoOfSilence]

ehh......
see.... it's a little different. different kinds of loads and different kidns of thermal behaviors would dictate different bearings for space and automotive use.

In space, they don't even use teflon-lined bearings. They don't like them because they view teflon as a substance that deforms after long standing times and creates pockets of non-lubricated metal-to-metal contact. They use molybdenum disulfide-coated bearings instead. anyways, i digress

aurora's nice. QA-1's are cool too. the differences won't really matter at this level

[S14 Wannabe]

Lol. Thanks for the info. It was just a wild assumption ya know. :)

[Prok0]

Peak Performance is what I use on my car, tension rods, toe, and ruca, havent had an issue with them, very beefy arms, high quality rod ends, good looking welds, reasonable price.

[brainfood]

I would say battleversion, but spl are quality. I have no first hand experience with spl but I can say time and time again Alex P. has helped me out so I wouldn't run anyone else but Battleversion.

[theronin]

i went kazama tension rods on my first 240 3 years daily driving on Sacramento's streets no problem. Ill prob be giving spl parts my money from now on when it comes to susp parts. Heard nothing but outstanding reviews of them.

[petex]

when i get on brakes little bit and come into complete stop i hear 2 clunks. is it normal? i have megan racing with rubber boot.

[a_ahmed]

^haha megan racing.

Anyways I am going all out on my car, unless there's something better than SPL, I'm sticking wtih my idea of getting SPL's tension rods... Peak performance seemed tempting but how does it compare (however miniscule the differences, I want the absolute best lol). So I might be ordering a pair of SPL tension rods soon... unless the peak ones are better.. but apparently not?

The only thing driving me insane now is getting tie rods... i dont know of any as well designed as spl's... they had them discontinued since may/june... its very anoying... i guess peak performance tie rods are always an option.. but... i really really want the z32 thick inner/outer spl pro tie rods :(

And for brakes lol /thread already, blank or slotted for the win, crossdrilled = fail. :spank:

[a_ahmed]

^haha megan racing.

Anyways I am going all out on my car, unless there's something better than SPL, I'm sticking wtih my idea of getting SPL's tension rods... Peak performance seemed tempting but how does it compare (however miniscule the differences, I want the absolute best lol). So I might be ordering a pair of SPL tension rods soon... unless the peak ones are better.. but apparently not?

The only thing driving me insane now is getting tie rods... i dont know of any as well designed as spl's... they had them discontinued since may/june... its very anoying... i guess peak performance tie rods are always an option.. but... i really really want the z32 thick inner/outer spl pro tie rods :(

And for brakes lol /thread already, blank or slotted for the win, crossdrilled = fail.:spank:

[fliprayzin240sx]

umm...what ever you can afford? I can tell you cusco cuz thats probably one of the best tension rod you can get. For rotors, what brakes do you have? Z32s? If its Z, just get some blanks, more clamping power.

[S14 Wannabe]

Anyways I am going all out on my car, unless there's something better than SPL, I'm sticking wtih my idea of getting SPL's tension rods... Peak performance seemed tempting but how does it compare (however miniscule the differences, I want the absolute best lol). So I might be ordering a pair of SPL tension rods soon... unless the peak ones are better.. but apparently not?

The only thing driving me insane now is getting tie rods... i dont know of any as well designed as spl's... they had them discontinued since may/june... its very anoying... i guess peak performance tie rods are always an option.. but... i really really want the z32 thick inner/outer spl pro tie rods :(


Like I said:
I have the complete Peak Performance suspension package even the tie rod and tie rod ends. The only reason I went with Peak Performance is because of the Aurora rod ends.

Check out: http://www.aurorabearing.com/ for more info on that.

If I didn't go with Peak Performance I would have gone with Battle Version.

[turtle m3th]

just one of the many saying to go for SPL and blanks...

[jkeisser]

blanks are good.. or just resurface what you have?
one question though.. what does the tension rods affect as far as handling?

[OptionZero]

caster

and spherical bushing instead of rubber

[turtle m3th]

For some reason when my tc rod bushings went to shit my entire sub-frame got loose and cause my car to make popping noises while braking and making sharp turns so I would strongly recommend spherical bushings over the rubbers regardless of use, daily or raced.

[kandyflip445]

SPL tension rods

blank rotors

/thread


Listen to this guy. I have had SPL tension rods for years. Before their current model was even out and they're still as good as new.

Blanks for the rotors.

[djp.]

if its good enough for Chris Forsberg (formula-D winner)

then its good enough for me

and are the v2 tension rods brake deflectors help at all? do they make a difference?

[s13coupe805]

battle version 4 me all the way