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Originally Posted by wparsons
Holy crap...
Canadian cars didn't have the option of solid rear rotors, so unless you imported it from Australia (or somewhere else that got the low spec models), you have vented rotors all around.
I just paid ~$250cdn for all 4 rotors, if you're paying $130/rotor you're paying way too much. Don't waste your money on fancier rotors, stainless lines, etc.
I'd bet a lot that all the car needs is front pads. If it doesn't see track or autox time at all you're probably not hard on the rotors, and the rear pads wear much slower under any circumstances (unless you constantly use VSC to keep the car going in a straight line).
Are the fronts making a squealing noise if you just super lightly press on the brake pedal? If not, then you have way more life left than you think.
I'd offer to help look at it for you (and swap whatever parts are needed), but I won't have free time on weekends until August.
These are quality rotors, and stand up to track use just fine. Way cheaper than stock and every bit as good.
Front rotors: https://www.ft86motorsports.com/cent...tor-front.html
Rear rotors: https://www.ft86motorsports.com/cent...ake-rotor.html
For pads, just get stock ones unless these end up being cheaper:
Front: https://www.ft86motorsports.com/brak...rake-pads.html
Rear: https://www.ft86motorsports.com/brak...-fr-s-brz.html |
in the pics he posted, the rear rotors definitely have a lip to the edges, indicating some amount of wear. though it's impossible to make out how deep that lip is, which is why others recommended that the thickness be checked before outright replacement. more than likely they're fine
also, any shop is going to have markup on items. most importantly, this means that if anything were to go wrong, the shop would be fully responsible for the parts that they supplied. while the risk of bad parts is generally low from any source, they do happen, and for someone like the OP, who isn't extremely mechanically inclined, that extra cost is likely money well spent for warranty if anything were to go wrong.
it's always important to not only look at the raw cost, but also what a slightly higher cost gets you--not everything that costs more is a ripoff. in this case, the extra cost is due to shifting the liability from the vehicle owner supplying the parts to the repair shop.
i say $130 each for rotors and pads isn't too bad.