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shopping around
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- From: glen.powell@smc.com
- Date: 04 May 1995 12:54:13 -0400
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I pulled the rear rotors off the '84 4000Q auto-x car last weekend to
have them turned to try to eliminate some brake pedal pulsing. When I got
the rotors off I found that one was too rusted to consider turning and
would have to be replaced. :( I didn't want to mail-order from PAP
as I usually would 'cause I didn't want to put it all back together again
only to repeat the job when the new rotors arrived, so I called some
local parts places to see if I could get lucky and find a couple of
rotors in stock. :( Well, the first two big chains I tried, VIP and
Auto Palace would have to special order them and they were ~ $80 and ~
$90 US EACH. :( OUCH! I tried another place I found in the yellow
pages, Robbins Auto Parts, on a long shot, they not only had them in
stock, but at $34 each. :) Nice. I figuerd they would be of cheap japan
manufacture, but what the heck, they had 'em IN STOCK. So we pile into
the 5kTQW and mosey on down to RAP. Well, guess what?! GENUINE ATE rotors
of genuine Fatherland manufacture! So I got the job done and got both Ate
rotors for less than the price of one that I would have had to special
order and wait for. Nice. :)
-glen