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| Author: | Ron [ Sun Oct 16, 2005 1:05 pm ] |
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It's time to redo the rears and I'm not finding an auto parts store that has them. They're showing up as dealer only? Any ideas? Thanks guys... |
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| Author: | habitTrail [ Sun Oct 16, 2005 3:35 pm ] |
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Got mine at Napa Auto Parts. Ordered rotors and pads online. Went with their ceramix all the way around. Still have some brake dust. Brake performance is much better than OEM. |
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| Author: | Ron [ Sun Oct 16, 2005 6:09 pm ] |
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Interesting, they told my bil (he owns a shop) they didn't stock them...guess I'll have to have him check again... |
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| Author: | habitTrail [ Sun Oct 16, 2005 7:44 pm ] |
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Here is the Napa online link: http://www.napaonline.com In the upper left side where it says "Current Vehicle", click on "Change Vehicle". Enter year, make and model of your vehicle and follow the links. You could order online or take the Napa part number to your local Napa parts store. Like I said, I went with ceramix all the way around. Also replaced the rotors. There is some brake dust. The performance is way better than OEM. |
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| Author: | Ron [ Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:27 am ] |
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Perfect thanks. I'll give him the numbers and he can take it from there... |
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| Author: | Jeepjeepster [ Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:42 am ] |
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so are the rotors from napa better than ome? ive towed a boat a couple of times and the rotors are warping on me, i want to get ceramic but come people say there not good for towing, is it b/c of the rotors? I want the power slots with there ceramic pads but the rotors are $100 a piece, alittle much for me. |
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| Author: | habitTrail [ Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:22 pm ] |
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Jeepjeepster wrote: so are the rotors from napa better than ome? ive towed a boat a couple of times and the rotors are warping on me, i want to get ceramic but come people say there not good for towing, is it b/c of the rotors? I want the power slots with there ceramic pads but the rotors are $100 a piece, alittle much for me.
Since Ron is happy with the response to this thread, I hope it's ok to go ahead and hijack it (hate it when that happens). Jeepjeepster, of course I have no product analysis to compare Jeep OEM rotors to Napa rotors. Having said that, I will give thoughts and opinions. I do a lot of stop and go city driving with an automatic transmission, so the brakes probably heat up pretty good compared to other driving situations and / or a manual transmission where the transmission helps control vehicle momentum. I do not tow anything. With only 12k miles on the Liberty, I had a bad case of brake judder / steering wheel shimmy. Probably warped rotors. If so, the warping caused further hot spots in the metal of the rotors every time I used the brakes (pads only hitting high spots on the rotor for the most part). Therefore, there were hard and soft metal areas of the rotors as a result of uneven cooling. Since the rotors only had 12k on them, there was plenty of stock left to turn them true again. However, I figured that if the original thickness OEM rotors warped in only 12k (actual problem started much earlier) , how long would they last if they were thinner from turning? And, the act of turning would have also contributed to hard and soft areas as the rotor heated from the metal cutting. The cutting tool would hit only high spots until turned down enough to be trued. I considered rotor turning as only a stop gap (pardon the pun) measure. So ... I decided to replace rotors and pads all the way around. I used Napa parts because I have always had good reliability with their products and have used them for years and years. Other's results may vary. I have only put about 3k miles on the Liberty since the change out, but have had no problems whatsoever. There has never been a squeal and the Liberty stops positively straight with no judder, shimmy or pedal oscillation. The only thing that would make me happier with the brakes is if there was no brake dust at all. I went with Napa's Ceramix pads and found there is some dust on my rubi wheels if I don't wash them often. No, I do not work for Napa. Just like their high end stuff. I would stay away from their cheaper products lines. |
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| Author: | Guest [ Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:08 pm ] |
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I went with Powerslot rotors & EBC (6000 series) Green brake pads. Btw; Kleen Wheels has dust covers for the various KJ wheels. |
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| Author: | JeepJunky33 [ Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:27 pm ] |
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I just did my brakes and rotors yesterday. I got drilled and slotted rotors from irotors.com and my brake pads from perfectbrakes.com I got the EBC green stuff 6000 brake pads. So far so good with them. |
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