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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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...

 

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.

 

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.

 

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).

 

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

 

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

 

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

-Chris

 

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.