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Old 01-25-2006, 11:10 PM
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i cracked both of my C5 front rotors

so i've got the C5 brake upgrade on my SS and i managed to somehow crack the hell out of both front rotors.

what the hell? i thought these rotors are better than f-body rotors? i'm using GM blanks.
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Old 01-25-2006, 11:27 PM
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?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

I just did the swap a month ago. I used 88925547 and 889925548 for $21 each from Team Chevrolet. What's the scoop on yours?
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Old 01-25-2006, 11:28 PM
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WTF mate? My stock rotors on my 95 were fine and I just changed them for the hell of it at 70k miles. The hell have you been doing?
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Old 01-25-2006, 11:36 PM
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Re: i cracked both of my C5 front rotors

yea my rotors came from team chevrolet, not sure exactly what part#'s they are however.

they're just over a year old i think, maybe a little less than 1.5 years old. i'm also using z06 brake pads.
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Old 01-25-2006, 11:42 PM
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WTF mate?

Haha who the hell are you now, Crocodile Dundee, or Steve Irwin?



Just messing with you meng. I have C5 rotors on my C5 and they've never cracked, and we put C5 brakes on my friends SS and they've been great too.
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Re: i cracked both of my C5 front rotors

dumb question but did you happen to spray them with cold water when they were really really hot?
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Re: i cracked both of my C5 front rotors

I read, "I cracked both of my C5 front doors." I'm losin' it.
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Old 01-25-2006, 11:52 PM
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Re: i cracked both of my C5 front rotors

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Haha who the hell are you now, Crocodile Dundee, or Steve Irwin?



Just messing with you meng. I have C5 rotors on my C5 and they've never cracked, and we put C5 brakes on my friends SS and they've been great too.

That isn't a knife! *stabs woman through the back paralyzing her* This....is a knife.

Obscure reference...

I'm thinking mr anasazi must have done something ill advised to have managed this task.
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Cracked um? How hard are you working those things dude!
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Re: i cracked both of my C5 front rotors

Originally Posted by ibanez6rg
I read, "I cracked both of my C5 front doors." I'm losin' it.
I read the SAME thing. Weird..
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Heat cracks or terminal cracks?
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Old 01-26-2006, 01:39 AM
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doh... that sucks... I am still on my originial rotors and the car is stopping better then ever now, since I got ABS wroking again.
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Re: i cracked both of my C5 front rotors

Originally Posted by ibanez6rg
I read, "I cracked both of my C5 front doors." I'm losin' it.
that makes 3 of us

how the hell do you crack f-in rotors?
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Old 01-26-2006, 07:00 AM
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Re: i cracked both of my C5 front rotors

Scott, are they minor heat cracks or big f***ing can't-drive-the-car-because-half-the rotor-fell-off cracks?

The only way I can see to crack a rotor really badly like that is to do a full on panic stop from 100mph, coming to a full stop then parking the car and letting them cool down on their own. That would crack any set of rotors, but I can't imagine you doing something like that. What happened? When did they crack?
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Old 01-26-2006, 07:21 AM
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Re: i cracked both of my C5 front rotors

noticed when i rotated my tires that there were little tiny cracks all the way around the rotors, in the middle where the pad hits.


well today i had to do a panic stop from like 100mph because something jumped out in front of me and when i parked at my house i checked out the rotor and sure enough there is a blue heat scorch mark about half an inch wide all the way around the center of the front driver's rotor and cracks run through it.

the passenger side is the same way although not as bad
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