Getting new rotors and pads installed... by who?

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whatever you do DON'T go to Midas, Merlin, or Meineke. They put cheap crappy aftermarket rotors and pads on your car. Then your rotors warp or the inferior pads glaze the rotor surface or some other thing happens. And they won't let you bring your own pads and rotors because they don't make as much profit and they know that you'll bring good ones and then they won't see you again.If they install the crappy ones they give you they know you'll be back. When my rotors warped I went back to them and the guy told me the rotors overheated and warped because I (his exact words) "stopped to fast". Their brakes are sh!t. Never go there. As far as the OP; you probably only need the fronts done not the rears. My solution to this is find a mechanic at a garage that you trust and bring in your own OE pads and rotors. Funny how the original equipment pads and rotors don't glaze, overheat, and warp even though I still stop just as fast. And consider this; Corvettes can go 160, so why don't their brakes overheat?
I don't go there because they all have the heavy up sell business model. They advertise cheap prices for pads but then never let you just replace pads.
Did you see your rotors are warped or glazed, or it's just what they told you?
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I don't go there because they all have the heavy up sell business model. They advertise cheap prices for pads but then never let you just replace pads.
Did you see your rotors are warped or glazed, or it's just what they told you?
I could feel the pulsation in the brakes. That means warped rotors.
 


 


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