How many miles? Usually your rotors can be turned and new brake pads installed. It should run good as new.
How many miles? Usually your rotors can be turned and new brake pads installed. It should run good as new.
I'm at 38,500. I am going to stop by the shop this week and ask them to take a look and see if my rotors can still be used.
I am only concerned cause my left rear drum started making a slight scraping noise so I am worried I might be digging a grove into the rotor. I'm gonna get this check soon and hopefully, if I need a new rotor it will only be one or two.
Bart
Originally Posted by Mark B
Go aftermarket!! I got all four rotors off ebay for under $200. even my local parts store had them cheaper than what you have listed, and they were in stock.
at 38k i would think your rotors would be fine.. i still have the stock rotors at 50k and havent had them turned yet.... i did read that some of the 01's that didnt sell for awhile had issues with rotors
Did you get those R1Concepts rotors??? If so, did you use their pads also?
Thanks,
Bart
Originally Posted by orion
Bart, Why would you want oem rotors when they are prone to disintegrating?
"You can live your life in a thousand ways,
but it all comes down to that single day,
when you realize what you regret,
but you cant relaim and you cant forget."
----Trans Siberian Orchestra
Well, from reading this forum it seemed to be the consensus that OEM was the way to go with brakes and rotors. But, after getting the price quote from Merlin, I am just about ready to try something different.
Ruf, what are you using?
And has anyone tried these:
R1Concepts
They have these on eBay for A LOT less than OEM, but I don't want a crap product on my VX.
Thanks - Bart
Originally Posted by Ruflyf
Avoid chinese made rotors, they are very soft.
I like the stock pads very much, and after trying many different other pads will only use the stock brake components.
John C.
I put them on both my VX and my wife's Impreza. They're working out just fine, but I only have about 2k miles on each car since the purchase. They do fit well. I also bought the ceramic pads from R1concepts. They're a really tight fit into my calipers, but they work just fine.Originally Posted by nfpgasmask
edit: I actually went with the OEM style and not drilled/slotted. I have any need for extra venting and would prefer the extended pad life.
Tobert, I'm glad that they worked out for you.Originally Posted by Tobert
Originally Posted by nfpgasmask
Bart, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'd like you to be as informed as possible, whether or not your purchase the product.
If you don't plan on buying our rotors, let me know who your deciding on. We are a manufacturer, so we do know a lot of suppliers personally. I'll give you my honest opinion about the quality of brakes out there.
To everyone else that have purchase rotors from us, thank you for the support.
Originally Posted by r1concepts
Here's an idea for you R-1...put "VehiCROSS" in the menu on your site.
I always feel like a vendor is interested in my business if they go to the effort of including my specific model in the list of choices I'm offered.
Ldub, I just updated the menu. Sorry about that. We're still updating the website (ie. layout, items, inventory).Originally Posted by Ldub