I looked on RockAuto.com and I think I am going to go with PowerStop slotted and drilled rotors and PowerStop Z16 evolution pads for the front wheels. Should be around $130 when it comes down to it. There are good reviews for power stop brakes online, any opinions?

 

The term 'warped rotor' gets tossed around quite a bit, but the truth of the matter is that it is rare for a rotor to actually warp. The pulsing and vibration is caused by friction material from the pads being displaced onto the rotor and creating high spots. If the rotors have never been resurfaced (and there's no severe scoring or grooves) you can have them resurfaced and save a couple of bucks. Another area that seems to create a lot of confusion is brake pad material. If you do a lot of high speed driving then you may want to consider ceramic pads. If you do mostly stop-n-go city driving semi-metallic pads will offer better braking characteristics.

 

I considered PowerStop due to price at one point for one of the cars in my driveway. Here's a blurb from their web site:
I personally try to shy away from Chinese brake parts (especially rotors). If I know when buying the parts, I try to buy USA made parts. Have had Chinese rotors LOOSE metal on the back side (making pits that when the brakes are applied, they pulse like a "warped" rotort). Since I don't have good knowledge of where these PowerStop rotors are made, I stayed away.
One of my rotor purchases was a set of AC Delco Advantage rotors. Sadly, I did not know until they arrived on my door step, they were Chinese made rotors!!! BUT, so far they are on my Monte and working great. But truth be told, I probably would have continued researching had I known then what I know now.

Just my 2 cents.....

Also, do some research. Many people think drilled and slotted are the best rotors to get. I've read most street applications go smooth face or slotted. Drilled has some issues.

All my cars are smooth faced, no issues.

 

Thanks for your opinion about this! I'm definitely going to research more about them. I personally prefer USA made products too, just seems that there is a little bit more quality than in foreign parts. I'm not too concerned about the brakes at the moment since she's out of commission right now. but when I make a decision I'll let you know!

 

I'm happy with my Centric Premium Rotors so far

 

So i found some time to examine my brakes and found out that my pads are still in great shape, my rotors aren't warped, but i think they might be crystalized? I don't know why it would still be screeching and shaking almost every time I brake? any knowledge you guys can give me?

 

screeching and shaking?
Did you take the pads out of the caliper? Are they worn fairly evenly? Did you look at the front and back of the rotor? I had a set of rotors once on my wife's old car that the back side of the rotors lost material (had boticable pitting).
I assume even though their is pad left, the warning tabs are not anywhere close to the rotor?
Did you check both the front and rear brakes?

Lastly, Inspect the suspension (check the condition of wheel bearings and tie rods). If those are loose or have play, it might at least have some impact as to the "shaking" (though I would also think you'd experience that while driving).

 

its not rare to warp a rotor ive done it 3 times this year alone, my gto ones warped so bad u could see it

 

Screeching generally comes down to a bad brake usually..but when you replace our kind for disc it's usually good to replace all.

 

The operative word in my statement is 'rare'. I'm not saying it never happens, but it is uncommon. If you had that much trouble with brake rotors I would suspect poor quality parts, improper matching of pad and rotor material, improper installation or improper braking technique.