Going to buy new front brake rotors and pads for my 02 Accord. Is there anything Rock Auto carries brand-wise that would be recommended or should I stick with OEM Honda? Car is just a daily driver/commuter.

 

my only recommendation is stay away from Durago products

 

I look for OEM quality & performance. Avoid economy brands.

 

Centric and Stoptech makes a nice rotor for like $30.00 and are painted black in the areas that would normally rust. You can find them on Tirerack.com but may be able to find them cheaper elsewhere online if you get the part numbers. Sometimes you can find a nice rotor/pad package as well.

 

My choice for brake pads is Akebono. However I would avoid roach auto like plague. Their database is so inaccurate and they will stick you with the return shipment.


Good luck,
Sam

 

Ever since they dropped actual live person/phone Customer Service, I have been reluctant to order anything from them. Where do you buy from or suggest buying from other than Rock for non-OEM parts?

 

I like amazon for auto parts. I have Prime, so free shipping.
Locally Advance or Napa.

 

Believe it or not, Honda dealerships sometimes have good prices on OEM parts. I buy my OEM Honda parts from http://torontohondaparts.com from Canada or if they don't have what I'm looking for I go to hondapartsdeals.com out of the US.

I have been able to get an online price at my local dealership when the prices are close.

 

partsgeek.com is another good choice.

 

I like centric rotors, forget which brand of pads, maybe stop tech. Whats the issues with Rock Auto? I have had a few things that didn't fight right, I just assumed that was more so an issue of it being an aftermarket part.

 

Since they axed phone customer service, if you have questions about anything, fitment, compatibility, they shipped you the wrong part, etc., you have to contact them via email. My brother placed an order and was shipped the wrong part. It took them two days to respond and then they would not reship the correct part until they received the wrong part back. Needless to say, that is some f'ed-up BS.