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Old Apr 10, 2015 | 09:43 PM
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Aftermarket wheels + rain = Wet rotors/braking issues

I have winters on some wheel that are six spoke and obviously have a little more space in between than the stock wheels. (18" on both sets)

Whenever I run my winters on the aftermarket set and it's really raining out. Driving down the freeway. If I don't use the brakes for maybe 5-10 kms, when I go to use them - 1 second delay until the water dries off the rotors, with extremely decreased braking performance for that 1 second.

Luckily I have never had any close calls.

My main point is, has anyone else experienced this.

I am most likely going to change my wheels at one point.
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Old Apr 11, 2015 | 01:26 AM
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It's the pads. I had the same problem. Not the wheels!
The pads your using need to get hot to work.
Change the pads to a less aggressive pad and that's it!
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Old Apr 11, 2015 | 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by MR. EVO MR
It's the pads. I had the same problem. Not the wheels!
The pads your using need to get hot to work.
Change the pads to a less aggressive pad and that's it!
I doubt it is the pads. As soon as I put my stock wheels on the problem goes away. Braking performance when it dry out is great, cold or hot brakes.
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 06:09 PM
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Just confirmed it again. Put my stock wheels on last week and it was raining like crazy today. I drove about 3 Kms without my brakes at 100km/hr and no problem braking.

With my other wheels this would have given me a 0.5 - 1 second delay. So just curious if other people have experienced this. I will upload a pic of my aftermarket wheels soon.
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 06:14 PM
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Here are my wheels.
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