Meguiar's Sponsored Civic from a show..

[tgfhatch]

Here are some pictures of my Civic from this past weekend's car show here in PA. Don't mind the dirty exhaust pipes or the dirty strut. I didn't have enough time to fix them before the show.

[Mike Phillips]

Wow! What can we say?

Clean! Sharp! Detailed!

[sneek]

you have a good looking dash , most people at shows use armor all

[tgfhatch]

NOT ME!!

Exterior was coated with #7, followed by a coat of NXT wax. Then QD after arrival at the show.

wheel wells were sprayed with tire shine.

interior was cleaned with NXT Tech Protect.

tires where dressed nxt shine.

chrome was cleaned with never dull and then polished with nxt chrome cleaner

[PhantomR/T]

looks great! how did you go abotu gettign a sponsorship from Megs?

[Snowman]

Very nice indeed!!! I have a question though and it has to do with brake rotors. I am going to be in the market for some upgraded rotors here real soon but I am not sure if I should get slotted, drilled, or slotted and drilled because I have heard lots of ups and downs on the different types. I have heard about drilled rotors making it easier to crack the rotor and also that slotted rotors build up heat?? What is your take since you seem to have some experience with slotted/drilled rotors? I would be putting them on a '02 F-150.

[gb387]

Nice, very nice!

[Overtaker]

Originally posted by Snowman
Very nice indeed!!! I have a question though and it has to do with brake rotors. I am going to be in the market for some upgraded rotors here real soon but I am not sure if I should get slotted, drilled, or slotted and drilled because I have heard lots of ups and downs on the different types. I have heard about drilled rotors making it easier to crack the rotor and also that slotted rotors build up heat?? What is your take since you seem to have some experience with slotted/drilled rotors? I would be putting them on a '02 F-150.

Stay away from drilled. They may crack on you. Slotted should be fine. You shouldn't be makings tons of heat anyway unless you strangely take your F-150 to the roadcourse

[imacarnut]

very clean hatch, can't get any wetter than that!

[tgfhatch]

thanks everybody for the comments!!

PhantomR/T looks great! how did you go abotu gettign a sponsorship from Megs?

There was a link on the Meguiar's home page about sponosorships. Events, teams, individuals. Filled out the application, submitted a portofolio, and got a letter saying I was sponsored!

Snowman Very nice indeed!!! I have a question though and it has to do with brake rotors. I am going to be in the market for some upgraded rotors here real soon but I am not sure if I should get slotted, drilled, or slotted and drilled because I have heard lots of ups and downs on the different types. I have heard about drilled rotors making it easier to crack the rotor and also that slotted rotors build up heat?? What is your take since you seem to have some experience with slotted/drilled rotors? I would be putting them on a '02 F-150.

Looks like overtaker gave you a good answer. I honestly didn't notice much difference with mine. I swapped in a full GS-R brake, which gave me disc in the back instead of drums. this winter I'm upgrading to SS brake lines and hawk pads. but i did notice some difference, most is just for show

[rammsteinmatt]

Originally posted by Snowman
Very nice indeed!!! I have a question though and it has to do with brake rotors. I am going to be in the market for some upgraded rotors here real soon but I am not sure if I should get slotted, drilled, or slotted and drilled because I have heard lots of ups and downs on the different types. I have heard about drilled rotors making it easier to crack the rotor and also that slotted rotors build up heat?? What is your take since you seem to have some experience with slotted/drilled rotors? I would be putting them on a '02 F-150.

first off, im not an expert by any means.

slotted rotors:
building up heat? most likely the opposite. drilled rotors are more for show, and slotted are more for performance. the slots help wisk away brake dust and keep the pads cool, thats why an abundance of race cars use slotted instead of drilled.

drilled rotors:
most holes are drilled after the metal is formed. as the metal cools after being formed, the atoms line up in a certain pattern, drilling after the fact disrupts the pattern. some rotors are formed with holes in them at the time the metal is poured into the form. therefore the metal atoms form around these hole shapes making it stronger

also the vanes inside the rotor are important to cycle air as the rotor spins.

other considerations are a floating rotor as opposed to (i'd guess) a non floating rotor. the non floating is like most the rotors you see, they slip on over the wheel studs. floating rotors are similar to the ones pictured above where a hat slips over the studs and the rotor is bolted to the hat.

but rotors arent the whole story. theres also brake fluid, pads, calipers, and brake lines that all make differences.

but the real question is: why do you need something that is so performance oriented?

sure you could completely redo your brake setup: stainless steel lines, motul racing fluid, some nice endless or ferodo pads, and monoblock multi piston calipers clamping some 13 inch slotted rotors. but why? that setup may cost close to $8000 so your truck can stop faster. if i had that setup in my car (2005 evo) i could stop from 60 mph in less then probably 90 feet (stock distance is 114 feet). then the guy behind you who cant stop as fast will plow into you still going 45 mph

also high performace stuff isnt the most desirable. racing pads are really noisy, they squeel while stopping. take longer to heat up and therefore stop good, and chew up your rotors like they're going out of style. not to mention all these parts being very expensive

if you really want to stop better in your truck, pads would make a much bigger difference than rotors would. basically a rotor is a rotor, until you start racing and you need the rotor to cool more efficiently. if your rotors are wearing out and you were looking to upgrade at an oppertune time; stock parts are for stock vehicles, modified parts are for modified vehicles

[SiriusRIMZ]

Originally posted by rammsteinmatt
first off, im not an expert by any means.

slotted rotors:
building up heat? most likely the opposite. drilled rotors are more for show, and slotted are more for performance. the slots help wisk away brake dust and keep the pads cool, thats why an abundance of race cars use slotted instead of drilled.

drilled rotors:
most holes are drilled after the metal is formed. as the metal cools after being formed, the atoms line up in a certain pattern, drilling after the fact disrupts the pattern. some rotors are formed with holes in them at the time the metal is poured into the form. therefore the metal atoms form around these hole shapes making it stronger

also the vanes inside the rotor are important to cycle air as the rotor spins.

other considerations are a floating rotor as opposed to (i'd guess) a non floating rotor. the non floating is like most the rotors you see, they slip on over the wheel studs. floating rotors are similar to the ones pictured above where a hat slips over the studs and the rotor is bolted to the hat.

but rotors arent the whole story. theres also brake fluid, pads, calipers, and brake lines that all make differences.

but the real question is: why do you need something that is so performance oriented?

sure you could completely redo your brake setup: stainless steel lines, motul racing fluid, some nice endless or ferodo pads, and monoblock multi piston calipers clamping some 13 inch slotted rotors. but why? that setup may cost close to $8000 so your truck can stop faster. if i had that setup in my car (2005 evo) i could stop from 60 mph in less then probably 90 feet (stock distance is 114 feet). then the guy behind you who cant stop as fast will plow into you still going 45 mph

also high performace stuff isnt the most desirable. racing pads are really noisy, they squeel while stopping. take longer to heat up and therefore stop good, and chew up your rotors like they're going out of style. not to mention all these parts being very expensive

if you really want to stop better in your truck, pads would make a much bigger difference than rotors would. basically a rotor is a rotor, until you start racing and you need the rotor to cool more efficiently. if your rotors are wearing out and you were looking to upgrade at an oppertune time; stock parts are for stock vehicles, modified parts are for modified vehicles

I have a high-perfomance system on my Jeep. I have DOT 4 w/ upgraded calipers and x-drilled rotors. I have noticed a differnce since bleeding and flushing the lines with fresh fluid. Much more responsive pedal.

also high performace stuff isnt the most desirable. racing pads are really noisy, they squeel while stopping. take longer to heat up and therefore stop good, and chew up your rotors like they're going out of style. not to mention all these parts being very expensive

A Good system, installed correctly should be silent. Unless your talking about LeMans, then this is wrong. I've seen several high-performance Brembo systems that grip like none-other and are silent. Plus, Porshes' have some of the largest brakes I have even seen, and they are also, slient.

[Kickin Griffin]

Thats one seriously clean Civic!! Looks fantasitic, with serious attention to detail there getting a well deserved result in a cracking looking car!

[rammsteinmatt]

an evo from the factory has squeeky brakes, and thats stock equipment.

squeeking comes from the pads. if its a hard coumpound for racing it will squeek, plain and simple. sure i could get 6 piston calipers and put street pads on it: it stop really fast and not squeek. but by no means would it stop like a proper 6 piston should.

im not talking about lemans racing, just regular people that take their street cars to the track. the track demands a high temperature pad and those, by nature, squeek when slowing from low speeds. they also chew rotors horribly

[dute]

Nice, I will my looked as clean as that at shows.......