Atomic Punk

...well I reached a milestone this week. I've finally kept one long enough to need breaks. yeah me right? lol! anyway, the front left was rubbing just a little but you could see it. I have it at the dealer but the guy didn't if they could turn the drilled rotors or not so I'm waiting to hear. can that be done? lord I don't want to have to buy rotors!!

MikeERWNC

You can turn drilled and slotted rotors... They will warp quicker.

Rotors are cheap. Under 300.00 for all four with ceramic pads.
It is the labor which kills you.
Brakes are one of the easier jobs on the car that you can do yourself.

HK770

https://www.google.com/search?q=turn...hrome&ie=UTF-8

4SUMERZ

As long as they don't turn the rotors past their rated minimum thickness, hey will likely do them. The minimum thickness is stamped on the ends OEM rotor.
The thickness are as follows: (from the service manual)
The service manual does not specify rotors from base, Z51, Z06 or ZR1

They can be checked with a micrometer calibrated in thousands of a mm or te-thousands of an inch.
They are mesasured with the micrometer in 1/2 inch from the outer edge.
Front New - 32mm or 1.26 in
Discard Thickness - 30.3 mm or 1.19 in
Refinish minimum allowable thickness - 30.6 mm or 1.205 in

Rear New - 26 mm or 1.02 in
Discard Thickness - 24.5 mm or 0.965 in
Refinish minimum allowable thickness - 24.9 mm or 0.980 in

The lateral run out should not be any more than 0.06 mm or 0.002 in
for both front and rear rotors

I searched google images and also found this.

WW7

Your getting off cheap...A set of 14" front rotors for my Wilwood big brake system cost $800.00 a set.. I may just sell the car if it ever needs rotors........WW
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Atomic Punk

well maybe i'll get lucky. I probably didn't put 50 miles on it after it started grinding. at least after I heard it anyway. thanks for the info!

4SUMERZ

Hopefully you will get lucky, and they will be able to turn them for you.
The max allowable scoring is 1.5 mm

J3TVETTE

Just buy the OEM's on amazon, they have the best pricing. PM me if you want the links just went through this on my Z51 package too.

Kenny94945

See post # 2.

FWIW I always replace Vette rotors.

Atomic Punk

well just got the call from the dealer, replacing all 4 rotors and pads. $1734 out the door! stopping is overrated...

Uncle Meat

BOHICA!!!!

U.M.

GREENKAR

Next time try down shifting, your BRAKES (breaks)will last longer. Very

cclive

How many miles on the brakes? It might be that the rotors needed nothing, but unless you can check for yourself, you just have to accept what the dealer tells you.

HBsurfer

Wow. And people wonder why many of us will not take our car to a dealer. I bought four drilled rotors and ceramic pads for $400.000 and installed them in two relaxing hours. $1734.00 for this job is amazing.

enventr

Wow that is insane. If you are not doing it yourself buy the parts and bring it to your local station that you use for your other cars.

Mikey_T

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


I have Z51 pads and rotors (20k miles)sitting in my basement that you can HAVE for free!!

Atomic Punk

thanks brother but it's a grand sport so I don't think those would work plus it should be done today. but that is very dude of you.

mikeCsix

Was this a quote for a Z06?

MikeERWNC

I have Youtube videos which will show you how to do it...You can watch them for free.

HBsurfer

I watched Mike's videos before I replaced my pads and rotors just to make sure there were no special tips or tricks that I needed to know about. His videos show how easy this project is.