On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 22:59:43 -0600, wrote:

>you would think from a toyota dealer, but the price will be more, unless
>you can get a 25% discount, or more, by asking for it, discount requests
>are expected.
>
>auto-zone / o'riley stores are good sources, and a rotor is a rotor,

Not at all. There is a huge difference in quality between cheap and
premium makes of rotors. Some of the cheap ones do not even have a
final finish, just a coarse lathe cut necessitating that a brand new
rotor has to be turned -- totally unacceptable to me! Others have a
nice non-directional swirl finish. While you cannot see it just by
opening the box, it has been my experience that these rotors are of
far superior metalurgy and will stay flat much longer and will wear
less. Two really good brands are "Brembo" and "Mountain." I have
never gone wrong on these even with applications like late-model
Suburbans that have had a history with brake pulsation problems.
While not the cheapest, they cost significantly less than those from
the dealer.

>but pads should be bought on the life-time guarantee type,

Why not buy for quality?

Don
www.donsautomotive.com

> not just for
>price.
>
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