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Old 03-20-2006, 04:30 PM
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hey guys, i have heard that the autozone rotors are good but which ones? the duralast or the valucraft? thanks guys!
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might want to check out rotoworks from ws6store.com I figured what the hell their cheap so if they warp ill buy diff one. I've put them through some hard stops 100+mph and there fine, I've only had em for 2k miles though
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hows the zinc coating holding up on them??? i havent installed mine yet??
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I think it's the Duralast ones
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get the autozone duralast ones....and dont look back

they are the best rotors out there for regular daily driving
i would love to get some baer rotors but they are really expensive

they dont warp easy at all and are cheap
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Why don't you get some Brembo blanks?
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Originally Posted by jerflash
get the autozone duralast ones....and dont look back

they are the best rotors out there for regular daily driving
i would love to get some baer rotors but they are really expensive

they dont warp easy at all and are cheap
This man speaks the truth. I've had mine on there for about 2 years (it's a weekend only car) or about 10,000 miles and a dozen autocrosses... no warping yet!
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Duralast all the way !
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I have duralast as well, huge improvement over stock and they're cheap too.
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all I can say is that after buying any kragen or autozone rotor one should check it first to make sure it does not need to be turned. Then if its nice and true, install them and pray you dont over heat them. They are cheap because they are made of checp metal.
Some cheap rotors are cheap because they are not perfectly flat when you buy them.
The dude from kragen told me he has many return customers with there rotors that need to be turned some because they are just that "cheap rotors"..and were never turned perfectly flat to begin with...
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i work at autozone, Duralast, and Duralast Gold are the ones you need to look at. i refuse to put any "Valucraft" part on my car.
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Originally Posted by tt2000z28
all I can say is that after buying any kragen or autozone rotor one should check it first to make sure it does not need to be turned. Then if its nice and true, install them and pray you dont over heat them. They are cheap because they are made of checp metal.
Some cheap rotors are cheap because they are not perfectly flat when you buy them.
The dude from kragen told me he has many return customers with there rotors that need to be turned some because they are just that "cheap rotors"..and were never turned perfectly flat to begin with...
??????? Heh? The Duralast rotors are actually better than factory GM rotors.
I had to change all four corners at under 20,000 miles because of warpage. Switched to Duralasts, and 50,000 miles later approaching 70K, Brake pedal is smooth as glass. So, there doesn't seem to be anything cheap about them except the price. You don't always have to spend huge amounts of cash for good auto parts.
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all autozone rotors suck go with brembo blanks! sorry IMO. and WS6 cross drilled and slotted.
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I got my Baer Decelarotors from Autozone. The only rotors i would buy from there. They were about $220 with my friend's employee discount.
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Originally Posted by blazinws6kush
I got my Baer Decelarotors from Autozone. The only rotors i would buy from there. They were about $220 with my friend's employee discount.
OMG!! It's as if you guys like to get your wallets Pwned.

$72.00 for both front rotors and on my second set of brake pads on these rotors. Don't be a sap and splurge for a marketing gimmick. No offense intended bro, but 220.00 for rotors is the same as getting mugged at gunpoint in N.Y.C.

Be smart with your money and it will take you further.
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duralast!!!!
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Duralasts.....much better than drilled/slotted rotors IMO
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Yet another vote for Duralast. Have them on two cars now and love 'em.
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You can't go wrong with brembo blanks or duralast rotors. before I upgraded to my current BBK, brembo blanks are what I used for about 70K or hard AXing.

Now, you can definitely go wrong with drilling/slotting/dimpling the rotor face, because they don't offer any better bite, nor better cooling. Better bite is offered with a more agressive pad compound and cooling is achieved with the cooling vanes in the rotor.



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