I'm looking to upgrade my rotors on my 2.8 quattro. I've found some on Ebay and was wondering if anyone had any experience with them. Are there any quality rotors on Ebay?

The ones I'm looking at are slotted and drilled from V12 motorsports. Anyone ever heard of them?

 

Oh, forgot to mention that a set of front and rear rotors, slotted and drilled, costs $169.00 from V12 motorsports.

 

Hard to say. Did they do the drilling themselves, or are they drilled rotors that are manufactured by a known brake supplier like Brembo? The problem that you have to watch for is if the rotors aren't CNC drilled, as they would be from a known maker. When they're not done correctly, you run a higher risk of stress cracks around the drillings. This can happen to any drilled rotor, but you can cut the chances down by buying known quality discs.

FWIW, since the brake biasing is heavily toward the front end of the car, you really only need to upgrade the fronts functionally (upgrading the rears is great for looks, but won't really buy you any additional braking performance unless you're circuit-racing the car). If I were you, I'd get the A8 big-brake upgrade kit from PureMS.com or ECSTuning.com and replace all your pads all the way around with a ceramic street compound. THAT will buy you drastically improved braking (and I'm speaking from experience here - I have this setup on my car).

 

i've had them on my s for awhile. its worked fine (knock on wood)

 

For superior stopping, I wouldn't go ceramic. Semi-metallic would be a smarter decision, but your wheels'll get dirty faster :'(

 

Id say no no no. I put some ebay cross drilled zimmerman and brembo on my avant and they didn't last a year. I'm in Vt and they just couldn't keep up with the dirt, mud, and weather. I'd bet the ones i got were drilled post factory. Theres just no knowing on ebay.

 

Please avoid ebay rotors. You are also better off with a set of plain brembo rotors and a nice set of pads. Stops will be much shorter and i doubt you will really need to worry about fade.

 

You can go STAGE 1 for like 300 bucks
http://www.purems.com/products/product.php/II=810

 

at least make sure the sellers feedback is good and they are known for selling euro rotors. try to find a company that specializes in the particular market of the cars. i know that my shop has had numerous success from a few sellers when buying rotors from a company that specialized in certain nissan/toyota brake setups. we did our research and didnt have a problem. rotors have held up fine. do the research and communicate with the seller. if they arent online to answer your questions about the products, then its not worth your time. hook yourself up with some brembos.

 

Thanks for your input guys! I didn't even think someone would drill rotors after market.. that's kinda shady... I think I will go the A8 rotor upgrade.