Watch This Before Buying Brakes & Rotors...

Your brakes are only as good as the traction that your tires can provide.

Crossed drilled vented rotors help expel heat and gasses faster to prevent brake fade. This is obviously noticeable when driving spiritedly in the mountains and other hilly areas. I've run both plain and crossed drilled for years each (only crossed drilled since), and the difference in braking with crossed drilled in high heat producing situations like hilly, twisty canyon driving (particularly downhill) in Colorado is beyond obvious. Cross drilling (not "dimpling") does make a huge difference.

I love brake talk, initially it was hard to find good info. The recommended service life of rubber lines is something i try to preach, it's an interesting issue because the rubber lines will work for 30 years, but people can get to that point, start having problems and not even realize they should be replacing lines. But i find the most fun i have talking brakes is triggering people. You simply can't tell people drilled rotors aren't an upgrade on an open forum without someone taking it very personal. I've been super nice and super factual but still blocked on Facebook over it.

One factor is important to the choice of Brakes, the intended use. I see C6 ZR1’s with Carbon Fiber Brakes which , as you correctly stated are stupid money to replace. For the average street driving in North America, a total waste of money unless ( like the Criss Drilled Rotor fad) for bragging only. I drove my C6 (standard Brakes, mostly) on the German Autobahn extensively at fairly hi speeds and never had an issue with fading and such.

Awesome video, thank you for this info!

Great information and great explanation. Thank You Sir !

Wow! Wow, Wow, and Wow - the accurate, spot on, no B/S Truth about brakes! Super well done.

excellent video. Very informative and your not long winded.

Very valuable information. My wife said it was very informative because she realized that she has horrible brakes on her BMW and she’s only using.three when she supposed to be using one.5.1

Great video, man. Thanks for your hard work.

This was the most beneficial video I've ever watched on breaks. I'm considering a big brake kit on a 2012 Raptor that I track on dirt a lot. I've been dabbling on road tracking it which is where I know I would be needing greater stopping power. Thank you for all of the detail add hard work that was put into this video

Very informative! Thanks so much for sharing!👍

Thank you for all the information, videos like this are a blessing.

Great information,never knew a great deal about breaks ,now I know much more great explanations 😊

Not to get argumentative, But if heat is the enemy of brakes, Cross drilled ( chamfered) and slotted allow heat to dissipate much faster and avoid rotors from getting warped, glazed or damaged. Its much cheaper to replace your brake parts more frequently ( every 30-45k miles ) than not being able to stop in time and having a collision. I think you generalized too many things and inadvertently misinformed many in this video. I have seen and experienced substantial shorter braking distances ( much less brake fade) by utilizing carbon ceramic brake pads ( Hawk ) and cross drilled ( chamfered) and slotted rotors. I am in the auto service business and NEVER seen any warped rotors which have this design. Not true of solid rotors. Warping and fading is a common issue. I agree with you about the brake lines and brake fluid types for boil points,. The takeaway, is proper selection of brands, quality and type of use. Street, high performance street, track, etc.

Pretty good job covering that stuff in a short time. You managed to get in a sentence on cross drilling and F1 cars which I thought was good. Cross-drilling is very important for motorcycles because with a solid rotor in the rain that is pucker time unless you constantly drag to front brakes. Waste of time/money for normal cars but it looks cool for guys who want that. Had some minor disagreement on organic pads - I don't think Tire Rack sells any organic pads so they're not in demand ?

Great video, thanks!

Thanks for the video. I driving amg and driving fast all the time. Ceramics brake pads I will buy .

Thanks. Great information

I recently bought some Brembo front brakes for my 2006 w220 s500, They both came with left side vanes. One side was appropriate, and the other was venting the opposite way. I purchased them from a reputable supplier and was told that's what's being sent out now. I wasn't very happy about that, but I installed them anyway.