Anyone heard of "A Plus" or "A+" brand rotors?

[Bart Oleksy]

OK, found one more 'deal' on eBay in Canada, supposedly "made in Canada"
cross-drilled...  any thoughts?  Really appreciate you all taking time
to advise a 'newbie' or pretty much non-techie type here...

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270064455225

Bart

Brett Dikeman wrote:
>
> On Dec 8, 2006, at 1:22 PM, Bart Oleksy wrote:
>
>> My '98 A6 QW needs new pads & rotors on the front. I've been quoted $450
>> (CAD) installed, but found an eBay seller offering these rotors made by
>> A Plus/A+ for quite a bit less.
>>
>> Do I need to run away from this screaming, or would it be worth
>> considering?
>
> It's probably chinese steel or worse.  I'd take whatever a ebay seller 
> tells you with a huge grain of salt :-)  If you want to know a ton 
> about brake rotors and stuff like steel grades and who makes what and 
> how well... Mark Rosenkrantz is the perfect guy to ask. I cc'd him to 
> raise it up on his radar.
>
> For reasonably priced OEM stuff, try talking to Clair Parts Express in 
> MA, or at least see what a Worldpac dealer like SJM will charge, and 
> go from there.
>
> Brett
>