WTF? Some mechanic is trying to charge me for additional 70 bucks because my car 94 teg has Sliding rotors? I've never heard of this. Is this possible? Or is he trying to shaft me? God I hate not having a garage at my Apt.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Xumarius &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">WTF? Some mechanic is trying to charge me for additional 70 bucks because my car 94 teg has Sliding rotors? I've never heard of this. Is this possible? Or is he trying to shaft me? God I hate not having a garage at my Apt. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Trying to shaft you

 

shafting you, there is nothing special about the brakes

 

s-h-a-f-t. (theme song from the show plays in the backround.)

 

Maybe he meant floating calipers, which the teg doesn't have.

 

he is shafting you for sure...you live anywhere near long island? if so, buy the parts (rotors pads, whatever is needed) and i'll do your brakes for you for free, just b/c stuff like that pisses me off!

-Mike

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by XSSIVE &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">he is shafting you for sure...you live anywhere near long island? if so, buy the parts (rotors pads, whatever is needed) and i'll do your brakes for you for free, just b/c stuff like that pisses me off!

-Mike</TD></TR></TABLE>


Unfortuantely I'm in miami

 

slotted rotors? maybe thats what he said...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mac8008 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Maybe he meant floating calipers, which the teg doesn't have.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes, the Integra does have floating calipers, since there is only one piston on one side of the caliper. The caliper has to slide back and forth to apply even pressure to both sides of the rotor, hence the greased slide pins inside the rubber boots on the caliper. Floating calipers are the most common type of brakes.

Fixed calipers have pistons on both sides, like high-performance 4-, 6-, or even 8-piston calipers.

But being the most common type of disc brakes, there definitely should not be any extra charges for floating calipers.

 

hey, it's not like your dealing with cold in miami (lucky you) if you don't own tools or a jack and jack stands go out and get some it should cost less than what that guy wanted to charge you lol. go to the corner of your parking area out of peoples way at your appt. and do the brakes, it's a very easy job, (quick job, after you have done it once it becomes cake) it's just a few bolts and two screws holding on each rotor, nothing hard at all. I'm sure you can find a how to if you search here or teamintegra.com

hey, miami members someone help this guy out with his brakes, i hate seeing people get shafted by mechanics.

-Mike

 

heh I did my brakes in a single parking space right in front of my old apt. a couple years ago. No need to go out of the way. Takes no time at all.

 

I wouldn't be able to keep a straight face if a mechanic said that to me.

you can tell the mechanic....

 

Garage or not, i would do it myself instead of paying 70 dollars.

 

I ****** hate those stupid mechanics, he was probably just doing oil changes last week and just promoted to be a "technician" what a homo

that used to happen to me all time until I finally found a good honest shop

 

yeah i paid a shop 70 bucks to change my front brake pads. [he bought my parts] stupid me

 

70 to do the whole job is a smoking deal.

I paid $75 just for front rotors and pads from AutoZone and installing it all myself. Of course I know that it was done right.

 

i'm just wondering if all you guys that did your own brakes, bought new rotors because your old rotors were junk or just because you wanted new ones. most of the time the rotors could be machined if you didn't go metal to metal. although i do know that not everyone has a brake lathe available to do their own rotors on.

 

oh yeah, tell the shop that you think your muffler bearing is leaking, and your ram rod splined turbine shaft is vibrating. see what they say. i wonder how far that shop will go to shaft you?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sukebei Oni &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i'm just wondering if all you guys that did your own brakes, bought new rotors because your old rotors were junk or just because you wanted new ones. most of the time the rotors could be machined if you didn't go metal to metal. although i do know that not everyone has a brake lathe available to do their own rotors on. </TD></TR></TABLE>

If the caliper has gone metal to metal in the sense of that. The car screeches. It mean that I need to get new rotors also?

 

If you see grooves in your rotor from where the squealer or stuck caliper has damaged it, then you could use a new rotor.

I dont get rotors resurfaced because:
a) theyre cheap...theyre a wear item
b) resurfacing just makes them thinner and more prone to warping in the future
c) Im lazy, and would rather pay $20 a rotor now then have to remove them again in a year to get resurfaced again.
d) Ideally, you want new pads to bed with new rotors.