Brake discs POWER STOP or R1 Concepts

I use powerstop z23 rotor/pad combo. Look great, stops hard with no warping, no dust, rotor hubs coated for no rust and no sound. Been using for years on my previous and newer WRX.

Power Stop Drilled and Slotted Rotors with Carbon Ceramic Pads. I run them on my F30 and they are amazing. Much better than OEM definitely and they don’t really break the bank too bad.

I have the slotted and drilled Powerstop Z23 brake pads and rotors. No brake dust, grips hard, no warping, no sounds and great wear.

Replaced everything with PowerStop, no issues since.

Buy a set of PowerStops and call it a day.

I’ve done this on both my 6s and never looked back.

Switch to powerstops and you are set for the next 50k miles (depending on your driving style/conditions). My OEM rotors warped around 16k miles, dealer resurfaced and it warped again at 20 something. Replaced with another new set of OEM rotors which too warped before my car hit 30k miles. I followed other lads on mazda6club forum and switched to Powerstops and it is still going strong at 62k miles.

I have R1 Concepts slotted rotors and ceramic pads, huge upgrade in performance over the stock setup.

Have r1s on my wrx, I like them so far, been a few months with some hard usage.

I use Powerstop rotors with akebono pads and works better than OEM in my opinion. I don't like Powerstop pads because they have a break in procedure whereas akebono does not.

I put them on my truck first for better braking while towing and was so impressed with them that I put a set on my wife's rx350 as well just because they feel so much better than stock, IMO. They are outstanding. They just feel more robust/solid under heavy braking vs. stock.