it time my 06 odyssey need new brake pads and rotors. can anyone recommend a site with good prices and also a recommendation on brands for the pads and rotors? should i stick with the OEM brand? thanks

 

I would stick with OEM, I went with Autozone brakes and I regret it now. Autozome brakes were ok for my Civic but not for my CRV.

 

I bought great stuff from seller brakeoverstock on eBay. I got a well made set of rotors and a set of ceramic pads for My crv for $60 shipped. Just to buy the cheapest Chinese junk rotors from autozone were $66. So it was a very good deal, if it's not listed contact the seller, I bought another set from them for a vehicle not listed in an auction.you are actually buying from powerstop/powerslot company it's just their wholesale dept.

 

Have your old rotors skimmed. If the work is done properly at a good machine shop then IMO the final product will be even better than a brand new set of rotors because the old ones have already been exposed to the heat and stress of braking. So any warpage that was to occur has already happened.

You can normally resurface Honda rotors at least twice.

 

Forgot to add... it costs me about $15 per rotor to have them skimmed on a proper rotor lathe. Avoid the "on-car" skim job.

You rotors really will be "better than new" because of the heat issues.

 

If your on a budget, go to your local auto store and purchase new brake pads and have them resurface the rotors if needed.

If money is no object, purchase the the pads and rotors brand new from any honda stealership.