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What you want is a liter (2 bottles) of Motul DOT 5.1 (street fluid), Centric/Stoptech Premium Rotors (they're like $33 each on RockAuto), and some high performance street pads like Carbotech 1521, Stoptech Sports, or EBC Red Stuff.
As someone else already mentioned, if you are needing to replace stock rotors you should be flushing (not just topping off) your brake fluid, it takes about 700ml to fully flush the system, I usually go through the whole liter though. Brake fluid is designed to be replaced completely (flushed) every 2 years at minimum, as it is hygroscopic (water absorbing) and it's wet performance is much lower than its dry performance. This is to prevent water causing rust in your braking system, but is obviously something that needs maintenance.
It's worth a little bit to get the Centric Premiums because they're coated in a corrosion resistance layer and made out of a different alloy which resists pitting better, so that they will survive longer and not just rust out straight away. Rust on rotors is normal, but you don't want them pitted where the friction surface is unable to be utilized fully.
You're looking at the following as a good starting point:
Rotors:
CENTRIC 12047021 Front Rotor (35.79) x2
CENTRIC 12047031 Rear Rotor (30.79) x2
Subtotal: $133.16
Pads:
CENTRIC 10515390 Posi-Quiet Front Pad Kit (30.79)
CENTRIC 10511240 Posi-Quiet Rear Pad Kit (27.99)
Subtotal: $58.78 for a basic option
Or as an example
EBC Redstuff Front Pad Kit (97.61)
EBC Redstuff Rear Pad Kit (72.23)
Subtotal: $169.84
Fluid:
Motul DOT 5.1 500ml (8.37) x2
or
ATE Type200 DOT 4 1L (15.19)
Subtotal: ~$16
So you're in around $320 total in parts to replace your entire braking system, except for the lines and calipers, with decent quality stuff. You can do all of the labor yourself, it's not that hard, but it's around 2 hours an axle for book time, so if you go somewhere expect to pay $360-$500 for labor.
That's basically all you need to know. Don't neglect your brakes, they're a critical safety component and I see way too many ragged out shitboxes rolling around my city as it is.
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