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Old 08-25-2009, 11:40 PM   #1
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Eek Bad Brakes

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Old 08-26-2009, 05:56 AM   #2
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What are you talking about? There's a little wear left on those.
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Old 08-26-2009, 06:52 AM   #3
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Holy crap. Wore it all the way through. I wonder what the other side looks like.
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Old 08-26-2009, 07:32 AM   #4
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Eh, they probably just rusted through.

Didn't the owner hear the racket when they started to wear out the rotor?
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Old 08-26-2009, 06:44 PM   #5
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"Sir, I'm afraid we won't be able to grind the rotors this time...."
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Old 08-27-2009, 07:23 PM   #6
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took mine in for new front brakes last fri. ended up walking out 1995.16 lighter in the wallet...
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Old 08-27-2009, 07:25 PM   #7
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took mine in for new front brakes last fri. ended up walking out 1995.16 lighter in the wallet...
what kind of car and were you go so others don't make the same error ?
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Old 08-28-2009, 12:21 AM   #8
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G35 coupe with the Brembo package? Regardless, that's legal but obscene extortion.
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Old 08-28-2009, 04:56 AM   #9
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it needed a few other things...new manifold, rear struts, front hub assembly. i inherited a lemon...
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Old 08-28-2009, 09:25 AM   #10
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Holy crap. Wore it all the way through. I wonder what the other side looks like.


you cans ee the other side wiht this picture:


looks fine. started up a discussion ont hat other forum about how this must've been fake.

but others are saying one caliper can fail and cause one break to wear like crazy.
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Old 09-03-2009, 08:16 AM   #11
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It does look fake. It seems to me that it wouldn't wear through cleanly and all around like that. Instead, one place would wear through first and the rotor would catch and shatter.
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