I just called Autozone to purchase some Duralast rotors for my 5 lug EG (with ITR brakes) that I am planning on tracking next week, and the price is set at $38.99 per rotor. Seems a little steep for autozone rotors. Any other options for cheap rotors?

 

wow idk i just bought rotors a few weeks ago were no more then 14 a rotor.

try another store. maybe its a price malfunction. but thats nuts!

 

Yeah actually its $39.99. Pissed me off.

 

i gotta take a ride over tommorow for some stuff. for shitz and giggles im gonna price what you priced, and see if theres a diffrence, and ill get back to ya.

 

Sounds good. I'm gonna call the autozone near my work and see if there's a price difference. This sucks!

 

I just called the autozone near my work. Still $39.99

I also called Kragen autoparts. They charge $25.99 for Raybestos front rotors, with a 2 year warranty as well. I may get these instead. You'll save yourself about $30 going this route. Not sure how they hold up at the track, but they're cheapo rotors just like the autozone rotors. How bad can they be?

 

Yeah, they've been that way for at least a little while, as I reported a month ago in the ITR forum here. It's not a mistake or anything (as noted by andyt in that topic; he works for Autozone corporate). The good news is, if you're having a pair of them shipped, that means a pair of them meets their $75 threshold for free shipping.

As someone else noted in that topic, they were a terrific bargain when they were selling them for $24.99 apiece. $38.99 isn't going to kill you, especially knowing that the quality is quite good.

They didn't raise the price on all their rotors; the rears have only gone up a few bucks in the past few years.

That previous post lists some additional options for you.

 

I hear ya. I may just tighten up the belt a notch and pick up the autozone rotors anyhow.

I listed other options but not sure how Kragen upholds their warranty. I know autozone is pretty good on following through with their warranty.

 

i just get the ones with the warranty and replace them frequently. the replacements are then warrantied from the time of issue, so i've never paid more than once.

 

Yeah I just got back from Autozone to pick up the front rotors and some brake cleaner. I spent $90.00

 

i paid ~$60/ea @ a-zone for the 11"x28mm Legend GS rotors that i run.

feel any better now?

 

damn dont you guys worry about tracking such cheap parts?

 

rotors are concidered disposable items to people like us. so cheap works just as good as the expensive stuff @ 1/8 the price.

i checked today $37.99

 

exactly. Spend good money on pads, screw rotors, you'll replace them often enough.

$37.99 is the cheapest I've heard. I just spent $39.99. I was going to buy the Raybestos rotors from Kragen at $25.99 each, but I haven't heard of anyone else using them, so I figured I'll stay with the duralast rotors.

 

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When you replace parts frequently, you can try out different brands and kinds.

I've found from experience that the Duralast rotors from Autozone last just as long (i.e. just as many actual track miles) as stock rotors and other, more expensive aftermarket rotors.

 

Interesting, I just based my previous comment on the poor experience ive had with aftermarket 'oem' replacement rotors warping and what not, and would only assume that they would warp/crack like mad under track temps, but apparently this is not the case...Again maybe these cars not DD?

 

Weirdly enough, NOPI online usually has great prices on Brembo blanks. I've always found my best prices through them.

Edit: After looking, they have $42/front rotor. Crud.

 

I'll still continue to purchase the Autozone rotors regardless of the small price hike

 

I swear it seems like everything ,but wages/salary's is going up. Tax over here in Md just went up to 6%. I blame all them damn greedy politicians, but what can you do.

 

I priced them today aswell....

***front****.
30.99 for the durlast 2 year warranty
19.99 or the valucraft 1 year warranty

****rear****
36.99 for the duralast 2 year warranty
25.99 for the valucraft 1 year warranty

anyone have experience with the valucraft??




Modified by SloCivicHMM at 11:30 AM 1/4/2008

 

I would suspect 99% of aftermarket rotors in the world are made in China, and then simply re-branded. Take your pick for your favorite brand: Raybestos, Wagner, Bendix, Aimco, MMR, EIS, Gren, OEM brand, Powerslot, NAPA rotors, Autozone rotors, Duralast, et, etc. Whether there is actually any difference in actual metallurgical quality for any of them is totally up in the air.

These Chinese rotors are sold in bulk by the hundreds on pallets and last time I found a price per rotor in pallet quantities, they were $6 each. Then they get packed in little cardboard boxes and a label stuck on, and then re-sold for $20-$70 each at retail level in jobber stores.

See amongst tons of examples:
http://www.aniec.com/qipeibu/rotor.htm
http://tva-automotive.com/catalogo_rotors_2006.pdf
http://www.themodernform.com/e....html
http://www.mmrotors.com/product1.htm
http://www.anpartec.com/rotor/Brake%20Rotor.xls

And the Chinese rotors also come in grooved varieties. Just don't assume any one brand is any better than the other. Probably the vast majority of Brembo aftermarket rotors are also made in China in order to be competitive, although some Bradi rotors I bought said they were made in Italy on the box. In any case they all crack and craze for me on track. Too bad they don't sell floating rotors in bulk.

And for the true price of rotors, check here:

https://www.tapcointernational...s.xls

 

Damn, that's a bit cheaper than I paid. You're saving about 20 bucks after tax.

Another reason I went with the autozone rotors, is their warranty. I talked to the sales guy and he said even if the rotors were cracked in half, bring them in and they replace it free of charge. Kragen said they have a "limited" 2 year warranty, whatever that means.

 

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More likely, your rotors weren't warping; they were shuddering from uneven deposits of brake pad material on the surface of the rotors. You can avoid that by properly bedding your pads/rotors prior to your track event, which is what I've been doing on my daily driven track cars. Read more about it at these links on the Stoptech website:

The "Warped" Brake Disc and Other Myths of the Braking System

Pad and Rotor Bed-In Theory, Definitions and Procedures

Mine used to start shuddering pretty quickly until I learned about bedding pads/rotors. Now they keep working fine until they eventually develop cracks, but not usually until 800-1400 track miles, which is just fine with me. (And those are my front rotors; rears never crack at all.)

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***front****.
30.99 for the durlast 2 year warranty
19.99 or the valucraft 1 year warranty

****rear****
36.99 for the duralast 2 year warranty
25.99 for the valucraft 1 year warranty</TD></TR></TABLE>

As noted by andyt in the other topic, Autozone's prices can vary by geographic market. Sounds like Phoenix has lower prices than most other places.

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Rotors will eventually crack with extended track use, even with nothing wrong with them. That's inevitable given the extreme heating and cooling they go through. I would never consider asking for a replacement under warranty for rotors that eventually crack, assuming they never had a manufacturing defect. That's taking advantage, and it's not what warranties are for.

 

yes interesting point on proper break-in. But I mean how many people who buy new cars follow this??? not very many, and they dont have a problem with their rotors. It seems as soon as the cheap aftermarket oem replacement rotors are heated, they begin to go funny. But I will stand by my brembos, cause I dont believe that all the rotors are the same, sure they may all be made in china, I guess the box is wrong lol, but I think the metallurgy is completely different and can resist higher temps.

 

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make no mistake, warranties are marketing tools, nothing else. the mfg can raise prices if the warranty-replacements cost them more than planned, or they can change the terms of the warranties. i'll keep trashing my rotors and replacing them under warranty for as long as the mfg is willing to allow. if/when they don't, i'll shop around. that said, there are plenty of mfgs that offer outstanding warranties on **** products fully expecting that people will buy them, learn that they're junk, and discard them without bothering with a warranty replacement.