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OEM Brakes or Drilled/Slotted Rotors For Winter?

This is a discussion on OEM Brakes or Drilled/Slotted Rotors For Winter? within the Brakes/Suspension/Chassis forums, part of the W Body Tech category; Okay Im looking at doing brakes on my 2005 Grand Prix SE. Which is my daily driver and is winter ...

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    Default OEM Brakes or Drilled/Slotted Rotors For Winter?

    Okay Im looking at doing brakes on my 2005 Grand Prix SE. Which is my daily driver and is winter driven - in Michigan.

    Any how I really love the factory Drilled Brakes on my GXP. I was curious what you guys would recommend for my SE? Are Drilled/Slotted rotors fine in the winter? I was looking at a set from BrakeMotive or R1Concepts or would just factory OEM's be better in the snow/ice?

    Do you have a personal preference or experience in the winter? My GXP has never seen winter so I don't know how the drilled rotors would perform in the winter/snow/ice.

    Any input is greatly appreciated.

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    plain.

    slotted and drilled can corrode in the holes in the surface then cause noise.

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    I run drilled. I live in buffalo. They worked the same as they did in summer.

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    Drilled are gimicks and are prone to cracking. Full face, OEM style rotors are the way to go.
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    x2 on plain. i hate slotted rotors in winter, thats what i run.

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