Thread: Rear Disc Rotors

Good price with pads although the pic shows vented - aren't they solid on the rear of a D2? They are on RRC, D1, P38A, and L322, et al?

Correct Ron. But the pic is for illustration purpose.

If you look in the description where the big red arrow is, it lists front and back, with the arrow pointing to rear where it says solid.

Why risk unknown quality / unknown brand on brake

You cant do much better than DBA rotor for quality and price. DBA093 is what you want , you can get them anywhere and would be between $175 - $200

don't waste your money on slotted,

I only buy DBA.

I use DBA, the D2 has had the same rotors for 15 years.
The D4 is at 12 years.

Both still well above minimum, never machined.

D4 is on same Akebono pads I installed at 25,000km - now at 194,000


Spend a bit more and you get performance and value

Originally Posted by goingbush

Why risk unknown quality / unknown brand on brake

You cant do much better than DBA rotor for quality and price. DBA093 is what you want , you can get them anywhere and would be between $175 - $200

don't waste your money on slotted,

Thanks. I have always thought that slotted was a bit of overkill. However, a while back I was reading a thread on D2 brakes and Slunnie had a lot of input.

He reckoned that there was substantial improvement in his brakes when he fitted EBC yellow pads with slotted discs.

So I thought I would try the same. I have sourced the pads and naturally went looking for slotted discs.

I think I will go with your advice and use plain ones. I do know a lot of people on this forum complain that D2 brakes aren't the greatest, but I have always found them to be satisfactory.

Originally Posted by d2dave

Thanks. I have always thought that slotted was a bit of overkill. However, a while back I was reading a thread on D2 brakes and Slunnie had a lot of input.

He reckoned that there was substantial improvement in his brakes when he fitted EBC yellow pads with slotted discs.

So I thought I would try the same. I have sourced the pads and naturally went looking for slotted discs.

I think I will go with your advice and use plain ones. I do know a lot of people on this forum complain that D2 brakes aren't the greatest, but I have always found them to be satisfactory.

I converted my Iveco from rear drums to discs from a F250 & tried EBC Yellowstuff pads. The problem with them is they dont start really working until they are hot, and they never had a chance to get hot with the big ford vented rotors, as my rear calipers are also the handbrake the yellowstuff did not grip so well when cold. I switched to budget rear pads & much better , they dont get hot just stop better.

but probably different result with solid rears especially in mountain downhill towing where they might get hot

Slotted is only going to be of benefit on a racetrack.

Slotted is a significant benefit for a 4wd…. Very much so.
Cross drilled is not, it’s a waste.

Slotted:
- less glazing
- better pad bite
- shed water faster after a crossing
- shed mud
- rocks (small) that get caught up are ejected

Nothing but upsides on every vehicle upgraded to slotted (T2 is more than adequate). All perform better all the time in all conditions.

My lad switched out the T2s on his D2 trying to find a vibration and fitted std discs. The difference was notable, with performance reduced.

If you tow or do water crossings slotted is remarkable.

Wouldn’t use EBC anything though for pads - all experiences were significantly worse than Slunnie.

Racetracks are Cross drill/slotted territory - my track car was ceramic rotors