I studied this site a long time before buying my crossfire and it seemed the answer to the brake dust was rotex gold pads. Since installing them I feel they are about equal to the original ones, if you drive hard ie.. drag race they will turn your wheels black in no time. Very disappointed in their quality, I don't understand what the hype is about them. I am going to take mine off only about 50 miles on them if anybody wants them pm me, $50 for all four wheels. I am going with a ceramic blend!

 

honestly I think so too.. they did lessen the brake dust.. but I can't say i really like them or that they are going to be the next brake pads I use...

 

Damn that sucks. I can't keep my new wheels clean due to the stock pads, now the Rotex aren't that great either.

 

Wow.. I'm glad I just read this even though it's extremely disappointing... I was going to have the ROTEX installed on Thursday of this week. This SUCKS!!!!!!!!!! I thought I had the answer to my brake dust problem.. Disappointing.... GRRRRRRRRRRRR.... Thanks for the warning.


Tye

 

Did you buy them from the guy on Ebay? I wonder how he can price them lower then wholesale. Members are saying they don't come in the Rotex Box and are not bagged.

I put less then 3,000 miles on my Limited and the rims were black a sooty every 100 miles with the stock pads.

I have over 6,000 miles on my SRT W/ the Rotex Pads installed - very minimal dust on the rims and easy to wash.

I can't say they perform any better then stock but no worse. I sure wouldn't use them if I were tracking my car. Perhaps a set Porterfields.

 

OK, so until now, I read all the threads and everone loved the rotex gold. It seemed like most members would have even proposed marriage to the brake pads under the right circumstances. So, I FINALLY ordered a pair last week and NOW you're breaking the code of silence!? . They're still on back-order. Should I cancel my order? I don't mind paying more, but I hate dust and want equal stopping power. Help!

 

I bought them from brakeworld.com as most suggested I should and yes I would cancel my order unless you like maybe a little less black rims but black rims none the less. I would go with a ceramic or ceramic blend. Now I do drag race, and after 2-3 runs my rims are black!

 

It would be helpful if memebers who reply will add when and where they purchased their Rotex Pads -

Perhaps Rotex has changed their compound or "out sourced" to another manufacturer.

It would be good 411. I installed/purchased mine from Buybrakes.com back in August of 07.

No problems what so ever.

 

haven't tryed the rotex, but the Posi quiet pads are wonderful. the ceramic resist heat soak, and has low to zero dusting on the rims.
I also like the fact that the ceramics are not chewing up the rotor, like the oem pads, which would make grooves on the rotor.

I can do 8 sets of 80mph to 10mph emergency stops before fade occurs on the base model brakes durring break in.

The posi quets keep the rotor very clean and smooth finish. Love em! The y are sold on ebay about $90 for all four rotors I think.

 

Last year I ran the Tail of the Dragon and when I got back to the hotel/lodge my wheels were black with brake dust and that was with the stock pads. I just got back from running the Dragon this year and I drove there and ran the dragon and drove back and vitually no brake dust at all on my wheels. I don't have an srt but I wouldn't think that would be the difference. I also got mine from Brakeworld in December 2007.

 

I think those of us who purchased the pads from the ebay guy might have got scammed. They do have Rotex printed on the backs of the pads, but one set didn't come in a Rotex box and none came in plastic wrap. They are most likely Chinese copies. Pi$$ed!! I am really starting to dislike ebay!!

 

I ordered mine from buybrakes or brakeworld... don't remmber, but definatly not some ebay guy...

Maybe I expected a little too much from them.. but after replacing my worn pads with them... at around 26k miles, I expected the pads to at least perform better cause they are new... but that did not happen.. also they are not as quiet and definatly not a track pad.... less so than even the stock pads...

Think of it like this... they do what they are advertised to do and that is it... they minimize the dust so if that is what you want, then your buying the right pads, but if you want an all in one solution and a brake pad upgrade they are not it...

 

I have the Rotex from eBay guy but have not installed them yet. Currently I am running EBC RedStuff on my SRT6. Prior to this I had Akebono ceramics on my 04 (non-srt, obvious maybe). The Akebono ceramics (bought from tire rack) were the best I have tried and were cleaner than the EBCs. The EBCs are cleaner than OEM but not as clean as Akebonos (they do not make akebonos for the SRT 6s). Can't comment on the Rotex yet. I am not convinced that Rotex are the best choice (I don't think the kevlar blend is the best composition) and would like to have an all ceramic pad (like the EBCs) that are cleaner - well, exactly like the Akebonos, but for the SRT.

 

According to Brakeworld.com the Rotex pads are Metallic...

Disc Italia Hyper Ceramic are most likely going to be my next set.. they are new and were not offered for the SRT-6 until lately...

 

The Rotex pads are a Kevlar/metallic blend. Their main purpose is to create less dust than a traditional metallic pad.

I do not, nor will I ever race my car; therefore, all I really am looking for is less dust. The orig. poster of this thread claims that he saw no dust reduction. I have yet to try them out, but if I can stop as good or nearly as good as stock but with less dust, I'll be happy.

 

I was very happy w/ the hyperceramic pads they don't squeak at all like the rotex did.

 

I bought mine from Brakeworld also. I noticed a big difference, very little dust! I'm happy with them..

 

I just bought the Disc Italia Rotors and Ceramic pads, they will be installed in a few weeks. I will chime in more then.

 

Mine came from Buybrakes.com or Brakeworld.com and they have done very well. Just guessing, but I'd say 90% less dust than the OEM's. They make quite a bit of noise, but so did the OEM's. But I think you should expect a little noise with the size of the rotors, I've been very pleased with mine, they were bought 15 or16 months ago.

 

I recently had Rotex installed on my car (last week) and they squeak pretty bad. No brake dust though...... I did buy them from the Ebay guy - only purchased the front pads. The service was excellient but I'm wondering if they're knockoffs since they squeak so much. Does anyone else have a noise problem with these pads?