DO NOT TURN YOUR ROTORS.....get new ones, it will cost you more to turn ur rotors than just getting new ones. i just rebuilt my front brakes. i went to a OEM distributer and got 2 calipers with all new hardware and pads($150), then i went to napa or pep boys and got 2 rotors for $90. don't ask me y but ive been working on cars my whole life...all 24 years of it but i will share this. for some reason new rotors and new pads will alwase outlast and out perform turned rotors, i dont know y but i have tested it, personally and just asking alot of people with "new" cars and they said the same thing...
new rotors will cost u $90...if u cant find them go to bronco graveyard.com they have em for $40 a piece
Ok man, I'll bite.
I just gotta ask, maybe I'm the only one but I still gotta ask. The way I read your post what you're saying is that each & every time you do your brakes what you're suggesting is to *never* have your rotors turned and to instead buy a brand NEW set of rotors with each brake job. Am I reading that correctly ?
It costs me like $30 to have a pair of rotors turned. That's $15 each. I seem to need fronts every 2 or 3 years and I'm guessing it's somewhere around 25-30K per job. A set of pads costs around $15 and turning them is another $30, so I've got about $45 into the job plus my time and we all know how cheap *I* work..
Now a hub & rotor assembly for my 88' costs somewhere around $100 each locally, so that's $200 + another $15 for the pads. *each and every time* ????
I just have to disagree. Sure, I'll grant you that *maybe* a fresh rotor lasts a bit longer than one that's already been turned. I figure if it's a ****** rotor and had it's full thickness than it probably has more material to absorb heat (so it's really just a bigger heat-sink) and it'll resist warping better. But, damn, it would have to be lasting more than twice or 3x the milage of a turned rotor to make this a cost-effective solution, and they just don't last that much longer.
A rotor for my 88' from the Bronco Graveyard is $75. So that's $150 PLUS shipping (
http://broncograveyard.com/bronco/i-32574A...b_and_rotor.htm ) PLUS the pads every time I do the fronts ?
No disrespect intended here, but clearly you have more $$$ to throw around than *I* do.