Cheapest/best stock rotors? looking.....
04-08-2012, 11:28 PM
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Pro
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Cheapest/best stock rotors? looking.....
im mr budget, that being said...who out there (sponsors here included) has the best deal on:
front & rear OE type rotors. I have to have stock replacement (no drilled or slotted) because of AStock scca rules. I also dont want dog crap ones that are a hot rusty mess. Just a simple, oe replacement. Shop here, or on ebay?
front & rear OE type rotors. I have to have stock replacement (no drilled or slotted) because of AStock scca rules. I also dont want dog crap ones that are a hot rusty mess. Just a simple, oe replacement. Shop here, or on ebay?
04-09-2012, 08:08 AM
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Burning Brakes
I've used these before with good luck. About the cheapest OE type of rotors you'll find.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/auto...9-shipped.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/auto...9-shipped.html
04-09-2012, 08:18 AM
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Race Director
Yeah happy with them so far!
04-09-2012, 08:33 AM
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Rock Auto is by far the cheapest OE rotor around even after shipping costs. Google "Rock Auto Discount Code" to find a current code that will get you an additional 10% off. My last set of fronts were < $30 each shipped to my door.
04-09-2012, 06:10 PM
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I've used these before with good luck. About the cheapest OE type of rotors you'll find.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/auto...9-shipped.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/auto...9-shipped.html
the hats of these arent painted or coated at all right? so these just turn into a rusty pile of brakes shortly after install, right? if this were a track only car I wouldnt care...but mines a shiny dd, with some track use.
04-09-2012, 06:40 PM
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Race Director
They do not come painted or coated, correct. I spray bomb them with high temp black, works well.
04-09-2012, 06:46 PM
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I've used these before with good luck. About the cheapest OE type of rotors you'll find.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/auto...9-shipped.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/auto...9-shipped.html
Spray some high-temp paint, like Aardwolf said, and you should be good to go.
04-09-2012, 09:40 PM
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Safety Car
Not sure how the Rockauto ones hold up to HPDE use w/race pads. I'll say the Centric premium's lasted about 2 x as long as the GM (made in Brazil) OE versions at the same price point (about $50 shipped to your door for fronts, $35 rear).
Beware though that it is NOT a myth that considerable street use prior to the HPDE does go a long way toward preventing premature crack out. When I had to use new virgin spares, I cracked a rear in 1 day.
I'm trying the DBA 4000 now to see if it is even as good as the Centric for cost/life ratio. Rears were $75 so going to be hard to catch the centric premium there.
Beware though that it is NOT a myth that considerable street use prior to the HPDE does go a long way toward preventing premature crack out. When I had to use new virgin spares, I cracked a rear in 1 day.
I'm trying the DBA 4000 now to see if it is even as good as the Centric for cost/life ratio. Rears were $75 so going to be hard to catch the centric premium there.
04-11-2012, 10:58 AM
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Safety Car
Not sure how the Rockauto ones hold up to HPDE use w/race pads. I'll say the Centric premium's lasted about 2 x as long as the GM (made in Brazil) OE versions at the same price point (about $50 shipped to your door for fronts, $35 rear).
Beware though that it is NOT a myth that considerable street use prior to the HPDE does go a long way toward preventing premature crack out. When I had to use new virgin spares, I cracked a rear in 1 day.
I'm trying the DBA 4000 now to see if it is even as good as the Centric for cost/life ratio. Rears were $75 so going to be hard to catch the centric premium there.
Beware though that it is NOT a myth that considerable street use prior to the HPDE does go a long way toward preventing premature crack out. When I had to use new virgin spares, I cracked a rear in 1 day.
I'm trying the DBA 4000 now to see if it is even as good as the Centric for cost/life ratio. Rears were $75 so going to be hard to catch the centric premium there.
04-11-2012, 12:17 PM
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Race Director
I had been buying and liking Centric but the price had gone up a lot. Where are you sourcing them? I had been using racepages.com which had free shipping. They were painted black and no coating.
04-11-2012, 12:17 PM
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Safety Car
Yeah I started that weekend w/ 3 new rotors and I only had the crackout issue with the 1 rear. The 2 fronts were fine. But the rear was clearly some sort of premature failure as there was no heat checking, just 1 check that quickly grew to the edge and through it on the way home.
