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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 10:33 AM
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so the guy at firestone told me i cant turn my front rotors cuz their drilled i find this unacceptable considering i just bought these new raybestos a year ago, and they still look pretty good , can they be turned? is he ******* with me?
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 10:41 AM
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i turned my front rotors last saturday when i put on new pads, it can be done but you must take your time and take small cuts.
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 11:12 AM
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so the guy at firestone told me i cant turn my front rotors cuz their drilled i find this unacceptable considering i just bought these new raybestos a year ago, and they still look pretty good , can they be turned? is he ******* with me?
i was told the same thing by a brake shop
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 12:24 PM
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do i have to turn them in the first place ? as long as the rotor is the minium thickness whats the big deal? can i just leave it? whats the point to turning the rotors
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 03:28 PM
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the main point is if the rotor is warped or maybe the pad was not wearing on the whole rotor leaving the rotor rusty or worst case when people all of a sudden hear a noise when the whole pad is gone and wore half way into the backing metal on metal not good.
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 04:36 PM
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just leave the rotors there, i kept my factory ones on for 87,000 miles are so and changed the pads 3 times.. now i have brembos and there pretty good, pads i got suck though, brake dust galore
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Old Jul 18, 2011 | 04:08 AM
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what pads did u go with GXP miller
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