Posted: 10/12/2005 6:09:06 PM EDT
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For a normal (non race, non towing) application, will any OEM spec rotor work, or are there serious quality problems with low end rotors beyond spec. Advance Auto sells a Beck/Avery (or something like that) and it's so cheap that I am suspicious. Do you have a particular brand that you use for pads and rotors? What should I stay away from due to known problems? 1999 4Runner... |
How cheap are they? Reason I ask is because OEM spec disks usually arent very expensive. They won't last as long as high-end ones, but they will work. Alot of them are rather inexpensive...and don't require turning. When they wear out, pitch and buy new ones. My car (92 lumina) runs around $120 for 4 disks and all pads. I just replace them all at once when they start to squeel/vibrate. Comparing a car to a truck is like apples to oranges...but you might find that the OEM are cheap enough to keep using/replacing. Finally, how long do you plan on keeping it? If you're gonna sell it in the near future, put OEM on it. Chances are a future owner won't even know what vented rotors are. |
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I own a NAPA store, so I'm here at work and just looked up your brakes. my "value" rotors are $35 a piece if you have the 15' wheels, and $47 ea. with the 16" premium rotors are $79 and $86 ea. respectively OE replacement pads @ $44, midgrades @ $34 I have pads available @ $17, but I won't stock them. Get the best you can afford. |
Now that's what I'm looking for! It's not that I can't afford them, it's just that I don't want to IF they are no better than more expensive ones for my application. It's analogous to buying cheap vs expensive paper. If you're just printing basic text for reference, expensive is wasted, whereas if you are printing photos, the expense is worth it... It sounds like I should stay away from the cheap stuff... I'll probably go with the $79 ones and OE replacement pads. There's a Napa about 2 miles from where I work. |
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