rikhek

FYI, just received a couple sets of rotors from Rock Auto and they are now selling the ones made in China. All prior rotors were made in Canada. I ordered the same ones I always have, the cheapest ones. Not too happy and wanted to let you know.

RAYBESTOS Part #56700
RAYBESTOS Part #56701
RAYBESTOS Part #56702
RAYBESTOS Part #56703

Rick

John Shiels

my friend bought his kid apple juice when he finished drinking it they see MADE in China

Conflicted

Yeah, I bought two sets about three weeks ago and found the same issue.

AU N EGL

ALL of Raybestos, Rock auto or whoever's rotors are now made in China. No more casting in Canada or the US.

c4cruiser

Made in China. Cheap labor, bigger corporate profits, more than likely lower quality material and lower quality in workmanship.

Gordy M

If its typical Chinese, they make the first batch of products up to spec and then start cutting corners until their caught.

0Vector Vette

Chinese+metalurgy=NFG

gkmccready

So, $25 NAPA rotors made in China, or ... who makes rotor rings for the 2pc vendors? I'm, of course, committed to 13" rotors now with the SL6Rs on order...

Raybestos: Close Canada, Open Mexico & Ukraine, Expand India & China

http://www.affiniagroup.com/wps/port...nadian+foundry
http://www.affiniagroup.com/wps/port...lant+in+mexico
http://www.affiniagroup.com/wps/port...ndia+and+china
http://www.affiniagroup.com/wps/port...in+the+ukraine

Some of the Canadian closing may be explained by:
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2007/09/28/loonie.html
??

vms4evr

Actually it's worse than that... The $25 NAPA rotors are now $35-$40 for the made in China version. We're paying shipping on this crap too! I might just go back to GM made in Brazil rotors. They'll cost me more but they last longer.

Jason

I knew I should have stocked up.

Lister

I just ordered a set of stock Brembo rotors to fit a 1984 C4 and they only cost $18.99 ea. I got them from www.autopartswarehouse.com and shipping was a very reasonable $5.50 total. Brembo has production facilities all over the world so I will post an update on where they were manufactured when I get them on Monday.

parkerracing

If you guys would have been buying the better rotors all along maybe they.....NAH!

John Shiels

we will have lead poisoning as we use them.

John Shiels

Stoptech direct replacement rotors

John Shiels

How long till the pads from Raybestos AKA Wilwood Race Pads are made their?

vms4evr

They're calipers are made in Taiwan. Just hold on a minute, their rotors will start coming from China too... Last I checked I believe the Brembos are nothing more than drilled and/or slotted Raybestos. So theirs will probably come from China if they aren't already.

If the US and Canada foundries are closed where else will they come from?

John Shiels

Wilwood calipers made in USA. They need to make a direct replacement rotor also.

Guess I'll get some Coleman rotors cast over the winter to fit. We should ask Coleman how much to cast a rotor like stock GM rotor.

This country has lost a huge percentage of the auto parts business to overseas. I would google for the numbers again but it would ruin my night. All adds to the trade defict with the likes of China.

vms4evr

I'd love to see Coleman make a cast replacement for the C5. A friend uses their rotors with AP Racing calipers and says he got almost 2 seasons out of the Coleman rotors. Damn! I like that idea.

NASAblue

we're loosing everything over seas,

we can't control quality, have no tangible products to offer, and were dependent on other countries (friendly and not so friendly)

sort of sad to experinece the decline of a great nation...

victims of our own capitalism, in the name of cheep we've cheating ourselves as irony would have it

MungoZ06

It's Monday ...