The brake rotors are 12 years old. I had the rotors resurfaced and put in NEW Hawk Street pads recently.

Even though it has been resurfaced, the driverside rotor is still warped ..and it squeaks against the pads with every rotation of the wheel. Very very annoying.. the pads wont break in to that rotor. I even tried "valve breaking in" compound.

I thought about getting just one new rotor, but braking would be uneven, right?
I'll probably get new Front rotors.

Are my fairly new Hawk Street pads ..junk? Would I be able to use them w/ the new rotors?
Would the "break-in" be bad if I do ?

Hawk Street is known to be squeaky. I thought the pads were the problem, but its the ONE warped rotor.

 

First, what are you driving?
2- does the rotors still have the safe thickness?
3- are all of your bearings good?
4- is your car also 12 yrs old?
if your car is 12 and bearings are good and the rotors are thick, well maybe its just time to invest the dollars to get a good pedal and safe braking power,
just go over the BASICS and trust yourself or a good mechanic!

 

just replace both rotors. if you run new pads on old rotors that're out of spec, you'll eventually wear the new pads unevenly.

 

mic the rotors for thickness if they are pass the max wear then replace them thats prooly your problem.