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    Thanks for the info, Joe... I checked out info and prices on just about every brand of rotor I could find: PowerSlot, PowerStop, EBC, R1 Concepts, Brembo, SP Performance, Magnum... There may have been one or two others. Most of them don't make a rear rotor, and as silly as it may sound to those who know anything about brakes, I really wanted the rear to match the front, which narrowed my choices down to Brembo, R1 Concepts, PowerSlot, and SP (and STOCK). I liked the diamond slotted design that SP offers, and since Brembo only offers a solid and PowerSlot only offers slotted, I eliminated those two choices. R1 Concepts offers a drilled, slotted rotor and pad set for a VERY good price, but I just didn't get a warm and fuzzy about them. So the bottom line is SP was the only company that offered everything I was looking for. I opted for the SP pads because I'm assuming that like brands of pad and rotor should theoretically work well together. I like the EBC Green Stuff pads, but I was told that they were on back order from the UK, so I didn't bother pursuing those.
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    Grrrr

    It turns out that SP won't do rear rotors for the VX in diamond slotted. They couldn't tell me why they wouldn't do them, but I'm guessing that it's a thickness issue. I can't think of any other reason that makes sense. So I'm back to the drawing board.

    I did look at the PowerSlot Cryo rotors, but haven't been able to find anyone who has actually run them to tell me if there is a measurable difference. Do you think they are worth the extra money or are they all hype?

    Anyone care to offer an opinion on the manual hubs? Superwinch, Warn or Aisin? Are they all pretty good quality?

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