Well, now that we're coming out of our summer financial crisis (thanks, Villasport and Phil Long...NOT!), I am starting to plan out my brake job for the September timeframe. Here's what I'm planning, with all of this coming from Raceshopper.com, assuming they'll price match the Hawk pads that I found cheaper elsewhere:

Signature Series Plant Front Rotors: $136.00
Hawk HPS Fronts: $68.00
Hawk HPS Rears: $53.00
Technafit SS Lines: $89.00
Machine rear OEM rotors: $16.00 (base auto hobby shop)
Superblue brake fluid (if compatible, from Amazon): $13.99

All total, around $400 spent over time rather than the $700 Just Brakes wanted for lower quality stuff.

Whatcha all think? I'll go slotted rotors later, when the rears need replaced.

So why the Technafit lines instead of a better known brand like Goodridge?

Justin wrote:So why the Technafit lines instead of a better known brand like Goodridge?

Didn't know others were out there. All I found were Corksport and Technafit. Did you mean Goodrich?

Stealth01 wrote:Didn't know others were out there. All I found were Corksport and Technafit. Did you mean Goodrich?

Nope, it's Goodridge. Not sure if they make any for the 6, but I had a set on the RX8. I got a crazy deal ($30) from some website closeout, so I bought a couple of sets and sold 'em for a small profit.

I just put Hawk HPS Fronts on my Speed 3, took a few days to get used to but I think they are slightly better than stock pads.

Sounds like a good setup.

Huzer wrote:Nope, it's Goodridge. Not sure if they make any for the 6, but I had a set on the RX8. I got a crazy deal ($30) from some website closeout, so I bought a couple of sets and sold 'em for a small profit.

LOL I'll check and see if they make them for my car. Thanks!

milehighspeed3 wrote:I just put Hawk HPS Fronts on my Speed 3, took a few days to get used to but I think they are slightly better than stock pads.

I've heard the initial bite isn't as good, but once warmed up they're awesome, and they make less dust than stock.

RX-7 Chris wrote:Sounds like a good setup.

Thanks! And I like that I'll be doing them myself...then I KNOW what's going on there.

Another good place to buy stock rotors is rockauto.com