My name is Earl, and I have a Stainless Steel bolt fetish =)
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From what I can gather that is correct. They are the largest OE supplier of rotors and somehow do not know that compacts before 1998 had the option for either solid or vented fronts. It seems I am getting parts of the blame for that for who knows what reason. Centric only shows few I's and then IS's got vented fronts that are the same diameter as mine.
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Here's a few pics from Saturday.
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If your rotors are the same as the 98/99 vented rotors, why cant you just order 98/99 vented rotors from them if their catalog shows vented for those years? Or am I missing something?
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The thing is that my car came from the factory with the option for vented fronts. I ordered rotors for a 1995 318Ti because that is what I have. Since they never asked about vented or solid fronts, I figured they were making what I have (it never crossed my mind that there were two options for front rotors). When they arrived I then noticed that they gave me solid fronts and that they did not know that cars older than 98 came with vented fronts.
They are giving me the option to get the vented fronts but I have to pay an additional $50 to cover partial material and shipping costs. I do however get to keep the solid ones as well.
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why do you even want vented rotors?
Because my car came with/is set up for vented rotors. Why would I pay this much money to have a downgraded set of rotors? The solid rotors will heat up a lot more and are a lot skinnier than the vented rotors.
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I think Rowley is misunderstanding, vented rotors have the air space between the two sides but the braking surface is smooth, not the same as slotted with the grooves in the braking surface. In general, solid rotors are usually used on the rears where less cooling is needed.
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I see where the disconnect is. I wanted the double slotted pattern on vented rotors. The vented and solid refers to the build of the rotor blank itself like John said. I wanted Adams Rotors for the great quality and they cost the same blank as they do being machined.
I opted for the AR Race (double slotted) pattern because it is one of the patterns that adds a hair of performance and also looks good. The dimpled/drilled rotors don't really offer much when used with street pads and they also make noise.
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True, but I just want to have what the car already has instead of downgrading to solid=) If you prefer solid, would you like to by my solids for your e36? =D
Solids on a pure race car= no no
I completely understand what you guys are saying now.
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