Karl,
Thanks for even better than Brembo info, as I'll bet they are less
expensive.
I called tire rack for Akebono pads. They didn't have them in stock and
suggested a similar pad at 25% less than the Akebono. They are great pads
and I'll buy them again too. Hopefully, I'll find the Centrics to be the
same or I'll find something local.
Thanks,
Jack
-----Original Message-----
From: Karl Vacek [mailto:kvacek at ameritech.net]
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 6:23 PM
To: 'Jack Brooks'; shop-talk at autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shop-talk] Pulsing brakes
Last summer I needed a set of rotors and Brembos were backordered for
several months. I ended up taking the Tire Rack salesman's recommendation
and bought a pair of Centric rotors, figuring that for the price I could use
them while I waited and throw them away when the Brembos came into stock.
They arrived the next day, they're beautiful, they come painted on the
non-friction surfaces (the paint is still shiny a year later), and had a
perfect non-directional pattern on the friction surfaces. They were in
lefts and rights for better cooling too. They're still on the car and doing
just fine, despite hard driving, splashing hot brakes into puddles, etc.
I'd buy them again - I don't see how they could be better.
Karl
-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Brooks
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Pulsing brakes
Good info on the Brembo's.
Jack
From: Wayne
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Pulsing brakes
Yeah, rotors are too cheap these days to mess with turning.
I will highly recommend the Brembo OEM replacement rotors you can get from
Tire Rack and elsewhere. Really fantastic product:
* competitively priced.
* Super flat, minimal run out, apparently blanchard ground. NOT the lathe
turned concentric grooved finish cheap rotors have.
* factory balanced -- have clip on weights or drill outs to balance.
* NOT coated with oil or Cosmoline goop that requires a whole can of solvent
+ labor per rotor to remove
* don't seem to rust as badly on the non-swept surface as others.
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