KNS Brakes - Street and Race Pads/Rotors/Fluid In stock
08-12-2010, 10:09 PM
#21
Drifting
Since you keep bumping this thread.....
Your cheap rotor blanks that you have listed for the C5Z06, are those the same as the cheap NAPA blanks? Are you having any supply issues? I am curious because several NAPAs in my area are beginning to phase out the cheap rear blanks and only sell the premiums ($27 versus $50+).
-Kevin
Your cheap rotor blanks that you have listed for the C5Z06, are those the same as the cheap NAPA blanks? Are you having any supply issues? I am curious because several NAPAs in my area are beginning to phase out the cheap rear blanks and only sell the premiums ($27 versus $50+).
-Kevin
08-13-2010, 08:01 AM
#22
Supporting Vendor
Thread Starter
Kevin
I am sorry if the constant bumping is annoying but it is the best advertising I can buy for my small company. I would add that the forum owners should take a look at some other forums such as NASIOC to see how they handle vendor posts. It is much more organized and separates commercial posting to keep all of us in one really annoying section but it works. I digress however.
As far as I know the Centric standard rotors I sell are not in short supply but I have not sold many so it could be.
The Centric standards are not imported by the same company as NAPA who I assume primarily uses BPI (Brake Parts Inc) BUT....they could be - or at times could be. That is the way the supply chain works on cheap rotors. Certain p/n's could come from different factories etc and that could switch or ....
The Centric standards do have the proper left and right venting. Like other plain rotors they are ground rather than turned and the vanes and plate thickness are SIMILAR to OEM but not EXACTLY like OEM.
Prices from China continue to increase as margins decrease. I am not privy - but I would guess that soem combination of business factors such as no profit and heavy 20 lb items and overall average to poor quality ...you get the idea.
I'd love to put these guys to work.
http://www.thyssenkruppwaupaca.com/about.htm
I am sorry if the constant bumping is annoying but it is the best advertising I can buy for my small company. I would add that the forum owners should take a look at some other forums such as NASIOC to see how they handle vendor posts. It is much more organized and separates commercial posting to keep all of us in one really annoying section but it works. I digress however.
As far as I know the Centric standard rotors I sell are not in short supply but I have not sold many so it could be.
The Centric standards are not imported by the same company as NAPA who I assume primarily uses BPI (Brake Parts Inc) BUT....they could be - or at times could be. That is the way the supply chain works on cheap rotors. Certain p/n's could come from different factories etc and that could switch or ....
The Centric standards do have the proper left and right venting. Like other plain rotors they are ground rather than turned and the vanes and plate thickness are SIMILAR to OEM but not EXACTLY like OEM.
Prices from China continue to increase as margins decrease. I am not privy - but I would guess that soem combination of business factors such as no profit and heavy 20 lb items and overall average to poor quality ...you get the idea.
I'd love to put these guys to work.
http://www.thyssenkruppwaupaca.com/about.htm
Since you keep bumping this thread.....
Your cheap rotor blanks that you have listed for the C5Z06, are those the same as the cheap NAPA blanks? Are you having any supply issues? I am curious because several NAPAs in my area are beginning to phase out the cheap rear blanks and only sell the premiums ($27 versus $50+).
-Kevin
Your cheap rotor blanks that you have listed for the C5Z06, are those the same as the cheap NAPA blanks? Are you having any supply issues? I am curious because several NAPAs in my area are beginning to phase out the cheap rear blanks and only sell the premiums ($27 versus $50+).
-Kevin
08-13-2010, 08:39 AM
#23
Drifting
No worries, Ken. I know of your company from THSCC and I will do my part to support my club and forum sponsors.
Thanks for the information. I'll call you when I need another set of rotors. I have a full set right now, so that should get me through half a track day, LOL.
-Kevin
Thanks for the information. I'll call you when I need another set of rotors. I have a full set right now, so that should get me through half a track day, LOL.
-Kevin
08-13-2010, 02:38 PM
#25
Team Owner
Paying vendor keep bumping it's your dime and it is not so hard to look past if people want to.
08-14-2010, 11:22 AM
#26
Supporting Vendor
Thread Starter
Waupaca does all the Coleman stuff but I don't think they want to compete w/ China for AutoZones and NAPA's business. Even GM (AC Delco) went to China since the user simply cannot or will not distinguish any difference.
Waupaca can produce a much better rotor - even experimenting with compacted graphite iron versus gray iron etc - but it takes probably $20k + some minimum order just to tool up the 4 different C5 rotors.
I'd like nothing better than to beat that white box stuff back to where it came from and get a few people a real job that doesn't require a hairnet.