Are these brake rotors ok to use?
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Are these brake rotors ok to use?
I bought some r1 concepts carbon drilled and slotted rotors and ceramic pads on ebay for 140 including tax (crazy good price).
I opened the box and they werent at all like the pictures.
The front rotors didnt have paint machined off / double grinded for pad bedding texture.
The rears looked like the pictures but upon closer inspection, I saw dimples next to the drilled holes.
fronts that dont look finished
rears with defects
I emailed them and they never got back to me and a month later ebay closed the dispute in my favor.
I was more than willing to work with them but they just never bothered!
Now after all this I have a set of brake pads, front rotors that might be usable if turned, and rear rotors with defects.
Questions after some venting/explanation:
Are these rear rotors safe to drive on?
Will the "imperfect" surface cause accelerated pad wear?
Something else I havent thought of?
I opened the box and they werent at all like the pictures.
The front rotors didnt have paint machined off / double grinded for pad bedding texture.
The rears looked like the pictures but upon closer inspection, I saw dimples next to the drilled holes.
fronts that dont look finished
rears with defects
I emailed them and they never got back to me and a month later ebay closed the dispute in my favor.
I was more than willing to work with them but they just never bothered!
Now after all this I have a set of brake pads, front rotors that might be usable if turned, and rear rotors with defects.
Questions after some venting/explanation:
Are these rear rotors safe to drive on?
Will the "imperfect" surface cause accelerated pad wear?
Something else I havent thought of?
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I bought some r1 concepts carbon drilled and slotted rotors and ceramic pads on ebay for 140 including tax (crazy good price).
I opened the box and they werent at all like the pictures.
The front rotors didnt have paint machined off / double grinded for pad bedding texture.
The rears looked like the pictures but upon closer inspection, I saw dimples next to the drilled holes.
fronts that dont look finished
rears with defects
I emailed them and they never got back to me and a month later ebay closed the dispute in my favor.
I was more than willing to work with them but they just never bothered!
Now after all this I have a set of brake pads, front rotors that might be usable if turned, and rear rotors with defects.
Questions after some venting/explanation:
Are these rear rotors safe to drive on?
Will the "imperfect" surface cause accelerated pad wear?
Something else I havent thought of?
I opened the box and they werent at all like the pictures.
The front rotors didnt have paint machined off / double grinded for pad bedding texture.
The rears looked like the pictures but upon closer inspection, I saw dimples next to the drilled holes.
fronts that dont look finished
rears with defects
I emailed them and they never got back to me and a month later ebay closed the dispute in my favor.
I was more than willing to work with them but they just never bothered!
Now after all this I have a set of brake pads, front rotors that might be usable if turned, and rear rotors with defects.
Questions after some venting/explanation:
Are these rear rotors safe to drive on?
Will the "imperfect" surface cause accelerated pad wear?
Something else I havent thought of?
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Myself, I wouldn't use them. Brakes are a safety item. A shop could check them for trueness and turn them if they're not. How do you know what the alloy is? You got your money back, go to Carid or someplace like that and buy a decent set. I'm not interested in rear ending someone. Are you?
The Jag is a performance machine I think you should treat it like one.
Ford had a problem with counterfeit parts years ago. A real ford part would stop the car in about 160 feet from 60 miles an hour. The counterfeit parts took something like 230 feet.
I always had good luck with Bendix rotors but I haven't had to do rotors in a long time.
The Jag is a performance machine I think you should treat it like one.
Ford had a problem with counterfeit parts years ago. A real ford part would stop the car in about 160 feet from 60 miles an hour. The counterfeit parts took something like 230 feet.
I always had good luck with Bendix rotors but I haven't had to do rotors in a long time.
Last edited by rhomanski; 12-12-2017 at 05:17 PM.
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Thanks for your input. I think Im going to do just that.
r1 is a pretty reputable company that uses Centric blanks (if memory serves) and usually has good products.
Im thinking that the guys in the shop had a night out at the bar Thursday and came in a little hungover Friday morning when they got to work on mine.
I was thinking of getting some life out of them in the interest of keeping them out of the dump.
r1 is a pretty reputable company that uses Centric blanks (if memory serves) and usually has good products.
Im thinking that the guys in the shop had a night out at the bar Thursday and came in a little hungover Friday morning when they got to work on mine.
I was thinking of getting some life out of them in the interest of keeping them out of the dump.
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Personally I think that the rotors would be ok, do the dimples look like metal has flaked off or more like a centre punch mark?
Both surfaces are acceptable, I replaced rear rotors on my’99 XJR recently one had a ground surface and the other was turned, straight off the bat there’s is no difference in the braking action and the car pulled up straight when on a track day last Sunday. The front rotors I had I cross drilled them myself on a pedestal drill, al good so far. (I’m a retired toolmaker so fairly confidant in my process )
Both surfaces are acceptable, I replaced rear rotors on my’99 XJR recently one had a ground surface and the other was turned, straight off the bat there’s is no difference in the braking action and the car pulled up straight when on a track day last Sunday. The front rotors I had I cross drilled them myself on a pedestal drill, al good so far. (I’m a retired toolmaker so fairly confidant in my process )
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Here is one homemade (in the workshop at work) by an engineer I worked with. Couldn't fault the workmanship or the performance of it. When I said I had to buy a new rotor for the bike he offered to make me one for a Mars bar.
The ones you have are worth a few $$$ at the scrap yard. I wouldn't even consider using them.
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