quattro digest, Vol 1 #3948 - Brembo Rotors (was Zimmerman)

[Larry C Leung]

Personally, I was rather
disappointed in Brembos. They warped in hard driving
where ATE's have never done in similar types of driving.
Fortunately had none of Jims peeling, but the warping
was annoying and unexpected of new in box Brembos.

LL - NY



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> Message: 15
> Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 19:54:15 -0700 (PDT)
> From: james accordino <ssgacc at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Zimmerman Rotors
> To: Jim Green <jeg1976 at yahoo.com>, audi list <quattro at audifans.com>
>
> No.  On my Brembos, both front and rear, the actual
> metal peeled away.  About 15-50 thou. deep.  The
> surface of the rotor was being torn away by the brake
> pads.  Very messy.  No "corrosion protection" issues
> here.  I tend to be a late and hard braker and they
> just weren't up to the task.  Sad to say.  They were
> original Brembo rotors, still in the sealed boxes
> right from Italy.
>
> Jim Accordino
>
> --- Jim Green <jeg1976 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > --- james accordino <ssgacc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > I'm on my 2nd set of Zimmermann rotors.  They
> > > quality
> > > of the steel itself and the machining are both
> > very
> > > high quality.  I DID have BIG problems with Brembo
> > > rotors I bought intitially.  The surface of the
> > > steel
> > > literally peeled away.  Very bad.
> >
> > It was probably the corrosion protection that came
> > on
> > them, mine is "peeling" away as we speak.  ATE,
> > Brembo, Zimmermann, are all OEM, and equall quality.
> >
> > =====
> > Jim Green
> > '89 90tq 034EFI, Haltech IG5
> > http://www.geocities.com/jeg1976/car_home.html
> >