anyone tried Centric Rotors??

i ordered the same brembos i have on my max for my mom's max. mine i got from tire rack, hers however we had to wait some time so i went to autopartswarehouse.com and got the brembos, instead they replaced them without even telling us. they sent us some Centric rotors, they are black...weird...

anyone tried them??

 

So they sent you a product you didnt order. I would be pissed off regardless of the the quality of the product they sent. GL w/ it though. Do what u feel u gotta do.

 

Thats why you should have gone with a sponor instead. They wouldn't have screwed you over like that.

 

damn son, you can get them from the group deal for mad cheap. and they wont rip you off like tire rack.

 

yeah but the thing is idk know how the group deal stuff wooorkss, i wanted to get mine on the group deal, but decided to go wt tire rack, and when i went to get em for my mom's they were out of stock, so i went to this page...

i always read ppl talking how they buy on group deals etc but idk how it workss

should i return them and get em on group deal? or test em?

 

Centric rotors are OEM in some years of the Maxima. Some Powerslot rotors are also using Centric blanks. I don't see a problem with them.

Group deals are simple, you choose what you want then contact the seller for payment info (or in most cases, they've already posted it on the thread). Wait a couple of days and voila! Item is in your hands.

For 2k2/3's, i actually went with Autopartswarehouse for the rotors since it was cheaper than the Group Deal prices.

 

i wouldnt trust OEM rotors, they tend to warp easily. my front ones are warped right now, probably gonna get new ones soon.

 

I wouldn't go that far. I've had warped rotors before, but after much testing - and if you'll read up on some of the threads here, the culprit are the OEM pads which deposit too much material on the rotors, which translates into vibrations when braking.

 

soundmike is right.

The thought of having warped rotors in almost all cases are actually friction pad material transferred unevenly to the surface of the disc. This uneven deposition results in thickness variation or run-out due to hot spotting that occurred at elevated temperatures. The rotors are most likely not warped.

You guys need to read up on this...

http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp...rakedisk.shtml

I found this site a great resource when understanding brakes, pads, rotors, etc.

 

i'm using those right now. they dont rust like the brembos. i have an 02, i have gone through the ortginals, 2 sets of brembos, and now i'm using the centrics. so far so good. it doesnt matter anyway i go through rotors like gas. i only have 60k on the car.

 

the "warping" is actually material transfer from the OEM pads.
OEM rotors with Hawk HPS pads wont cause the problem

EDIT: i see that this was already addressed

 

i thought it was the rotors. but going to get brembo rotors and axxis pads.

 

The exact same thing happened to me. I contacted them and let them know they had sent me the wrong rotors and they asked if I wanted to reorder the brembo ones. I went ahead and reordered and they sent me the centric ones again. After talking with a whole bunch of people at autoparts warehouse they finally let me know that they were out of the brembo ones. You think they could have called or emailed to let me know, especially since they billed me for the brembos. I'm sending one set back and I guess I'll try the centrics out...everyone seems to be out of brembos.

 

that sucks

 

try the group deal section.

 

I actually just replaced my fronts with Friction Master #CMX659 ceramic pads and Wearever/Bendix #YH145362 rotors. So far, I am extremely pleased with the feel of the brakes and little to no brake dust.

I have been pleased with the Wearever/Bendix rotors in the past on previous cars I've done, so I went with them again. Plus they always seem to be in stock at Autozone when I need them.

I too had OEM Nissan rotors (only 1 year old) that were installed prior to me purchasing the car back in April '06. About 5-6 months after owning the car, when breaking, the front end shook like a crack head after 2 days with no crack.

 

i just installed them last saturday..so far so good...

i think i didnt bed them properly though...is ther any way of knowing if i bedded them corrently?

i also have another problem. when i took off the rotors, i noticed that i have a slight problem with the piece that holds the rotor itself....idk what it is called, its a round looking piece between the rotor itself and the cv joint, anyway its kindda loose, not loose but its not sittin properly, i have a video on my phone im going to see if i can post it soon...get some feedback.

 

Count me to the list of having the same thing happen with AutoPartsWarehouse. What a ****ty organization.

So before I go through ranting with them about this crap...are these Centric Rotors atleast worth a damn? Mine are black, which will mismatch my rear rotors. Does this black eventually wear off?

I appreciate any input.

-Brian

 

yeah theyre ok....the black wears off right away bc of the pads...at least the surface coating...

but if i were u id go to th group deals, i shouldve done that...

 

I should have done it as well, but unfortunately was dragged in to APW by their cheaper prices...thats what i get for penny pinching.

 

Centric rotors are fine. They're OEM and as well as the blank supplier to some other manufacturer (Again, Powerslot comes to mind).

The black coating is their answer to zinc coating. It's to prevent rusting in the non-swept areas. It will be a while before it wears off.

 

I did the same transaction and got the same deal. Ordered Hawk HPS pads and Brembo front blanks from them. Got Centric rotors instead of Brembo. I think i will go with these but that will be the last part I order from them.

Ever....

-Dave