ECS rotors?

[Hyperlite]

Almost time to do brakes on my 2015 PP. Looking to go for slotted or drilled rotors (mostly for looks tbh) and want good quality without spending a fortune. Anybody have any experience with these ECS rotors? I have their flush kit spacers on the car now and I'm happy with the quality of those.

https://www.ecstuning.com/News/VW_ECS_V4_Brakes_26779_mk7gti_golfr/

 

[sandmangti]

I would go smooth.
slots can be felt under pads in hard braking. Drilled likely ok for street. Looks only gains. Smooth for daily driver.

Next time I will see if Girodisc has smooth.

 

[GTI-CAL]

Blanks are the best. Go with centric premium rotors.

 

[Hyperlite]

Those look great! (and expensive). You can really feel the slots under braking? That seems like a pretty obvious major design flaw no?

 

[GTIfan99]

I've used slotted before and I could hear and feel them under braking. I'm definitely a blank fan for street/track car, slotted for track car, drilled for show car/street car kind of guy. Application is everything. What's best depends on how hard you drive. I wouldn't even do drilled on the car if you are a back roads/ canyon carver/aggressive driver. They really do crack easily under those conditions. Fine on the street though. They can help in wet braking especially.

 

[Hyperlite]

I’m not a super aggressive driver, just daily driving with the odd spirited moment. Super wet winters where I live and I’m wanting an “upgraded” look, so sounds like drilled only might be the way to go for me. Thanks for all the input so far!

 

[mattkosem]

I have Stoptech slotted rotors on my car, front and back, for daily driving. They groan a bit at certain speeds. It is barely noticeable to passengers, if at all, and doesn't bother me in the slightest.

 

[GTIfan99]

I’m not a super aggressive driver, just daily driving with the odd spirited moment. Super wet winters where I live and I’m wanting an “upgraded” look, so sounds like drilled only might be the way to go for me. Thanks for all the input so far!

Yep, good choice for you. Be sure to buy a reputable brand.

 

[sandmangti]

Those look great! (and expensive). You can really feel the slots under braking? That seems like a pretty obvious major design flaw no?

Not a lot of experience with slotted but talked to others who track cars heavily and they said slotted can be felt under heavy braking. Not terrible but an aggressive feel. As others mention if you track or drive hard I would go smooth rotors with upgraded front calipers. The PP OE calipers are good but under very hard braking I can feel brake pressure plateau at around 90% of what I want. I think the single piston is the issue as stated before on the forum.

 

[JD-1]

Blanks are the best. Go with centric premium rotors.

Didn't want to make a new thread to ask, but will the centric rotor hats/hubs rust? I thought I wanted slotted rotors til I looked at the price. It makes no sense to me to buy $400 Neuspeed Slotted front rotors, or the stoptech equivalent. Centric looks great I just don't want them to rust... FCP Euro seems to only have zimmerman but mixed posts online state they will still rust.

 

[OldVWFan]

Depending on how much you want to spend you might look at this site: https://brakeperformance.com/ or look at Rockauto.com.

 

[toothofwar]

R1 concepts has a 20% off sale right now. For non pp front and rear black cross drilled and slotted was 175 shipped after discount.

 

[GTI-CAL]

Didn't want to make a new thread to ask, but will the centric rotor hats/hubs rust? I thought I wanted slotted rotors til I looked at the price. It makes no sense to me to buy $400 Neuspeed Slotted front rotors, or the stoptech equivalent. Centric looks great I just don't want them to rust... FCP Euro seems to only have zimmerman but mixed posts online state they will still rust.

nope or at least for several years, the part the typically rust is painted black.

 

[zoomnad]

I had them on my BMW 128i. Looked and held up very well. I also went with ceramic pads. Big difference, no more black on wheels, car! On the other hand, I don't do track days or drive like a "Bat out of Hell"! Fast driver but not an asshole! They will be on my 2015 GTI when I need brakes again!

 

[Hyperlite]

Well as I dig deeper into my research more and more signs are pointing to going with blank rotors. It seems like it might not be worth it to spend a bunch of extra money on drilled rotors that provide no extra benefit and my be prone to cracking or causing noise, which kills me a little bit because I love how they look. Leaning towards the centric premium high carbon rotors right now.

Also for anyone that switched to ceramic pads...are you happy with your choice? I know they will not perform as well but I’m willing to give up a bit for less dust and less noise assuming it’s not an extreme departure from stock performance. I’m a daily driver only, no track days.