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Oct 25, 2005 | 05:24 PM

deviant1

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brake rotor question

Heres a stupid, quick question...How many of you just buy new rotors instead of turning them when getting new pads? The rotors i have been using are mated with axxis ultimates now (both rotors and pads were brand new when put on). I plan on buying ultimates again and was just wondering if i needed to buy new rotors since these arent exactly gentle like OEM pads would be on the rotor. I dont have that measuring tool to measure the thickness of the rotor so please dont tell me to just measure it, unless i can use a ruler (but thats not too accurate).

Oct 25, 2005 | 05:33 PM

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Re: brake rotor question (deviant1)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by deviant1 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Heres a stupid, quick question...How many of you just buy new rotors instead of turning them when getting new pads? The rotors i have been using are mated with axxis ultimates now (both rotors and pads were brand new when put on). I plan on buying ultimates again and was just wondering if i needed to buy new rotors since these arent exactly gentle like OEM pads would be on the rotor. I dont have that measuring tool to measure the thickness of the rotor so please dont tell me to just measure it, unless i can use a ruler (but thats not too accurate).</TD></TR></TABLE>

I always just buy new rotors as they are only 20.00 bucks or so.

Oct 25, 2005 | 05:56 PM

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Re: brake rotor question (4door_demon)

what kind of rotors are those? the lowest price for a set of brembo blanks i found was 48 bucks so far.

Oct 25, 2005 | 06:10 PM

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Re: brake rotor question (deviant1)

The guy turning them will tell you if they are too thin to turn. Turning rotors makes it a lot easier to warp them under braking.

Oct 25, 2005 | 06:13 PM

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Re: brake rotor question (deviant1)

just turn it save the money for gas! U should be able to turn it twice, if u are using stock pads. If u have an agressive pad, then maybe u can onlt turn it once. Its only 6 to turn a rotor, so why not?

Oct 25, 2005 | 06:18 PM

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Re: brake rotor question (deviant1)

autozone rotors ar e like 15 bucks

Oct 25, 2005 | 06:48 PM

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Re: brake rotor question (deviant1)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by deviant1 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what kind of rotors are those? the lowest price for a set of brembo blanks i found was 48 bucks so far.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, thats about what I paid for a pair of rears, pair being the operative word so it equals about 24.00 each.

Also auutozone rotors are 19.99 each as stated above.