stephenlc

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Well I think I have warped rotors. When the car is in motion is makes a metal on metal contact sound. Then when I step on brakes sound goes away. I guess it is because they are the stock rotors and I have 90,000 miles and they finally gave out in the houston heat.

Anyone know a place for cheap, reliable replacement rotors. I don't want them to warp again.

njmodi

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Not sure how you diagnosed metal on metal as warped rotors.... in any case, you can get cheap rotors from Autozone for 20 bucks a piece (fronts)... I prefer going with what I consider a better quality rotor (others may disagree) -and I opt for Nissan rotors - which run about 60 bucks a piece. (try jrnissanparts.com). You can also go in between, with Raybestos rotors, you can see a variety of brands/prices at rockauto.com or autozone.com.

Pteryx

Yeah, I don't know where that diagnosis comes from. I would guess that there's something wrong with your calipers, since the sound occurs before you start braking.

Wil's95SE

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Metal to metal could be brake pads, calipers, rotors, or even brake master cylinder going bad. Go get a free brake inspection to find out for sure. As far as rotors are concerned, you can try Ebay. Most deals on there are for the slotted/drilled rotors and can vary in price and manufacturer. I got regular Brembo's on mine and love them. Team it up with a good brake pad for safe measure.

Viscous

if u want low priced quality rotors, go to the group buy forum and check out automax95's thread. He's been selling a lot of rotors and pads -- you can get zinc coated brembo blanks for about $80 a pair. I think shipping runs about 25lbs, which isn't bad considering the weight of the damn rotors...

stephenlc

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Well when he car is in motion it makes a sound every time the wheel goes around once. And the previous day I had to slam on the breaks going pretty fast and I figured that I warped the rotors.

Brudaddy

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Sounds like your calipers might not be letting go all the way while driving normally. I mean, they are staying on your rotor somehow or something.

As far as the replacement rotors, just go to a local parts store and get some OEM-style blanks for about $20 each. I would not recommend getting the NIssan ones because they are just as thin and not made of any more durable material than the cheaper ones. The ones that I warped were Nissan ones. The ones I have now have not warped in over 25k miles and they are the cheap ones.

Pteryx

I would also recommend the cheap NAPA/whatever rotors unless you need serious brake performance. I have never had any problem with the cheap rotors. Plus, even if the cheap ones warp, you could replace them 2-3 times for the cost of Nissan rotors(assuming you do it yourself).

stephenlc

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Ya I was also thinking that the caliper is not releasing all the way. Like the brake pads are always touching the rotors.

BadKarma99-4spd

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tire rack has brembo oem blanks for 50 each last time i checked, it cost me 218 for all four shipped to my door and only took 2 days.

good luck

MaxSpeedSE

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Anyone know if the cross drilled / slotted rotors on ebay are any good?

-Chris

thekenone

well its probably not the caliper but the guild pins are rusted. i would check those first. cause if they are stuck you won't be able to install anything thicker in there.