Originally Posted By: KrisZ
You guys in the warm climates can do all sorts of things with rotors. In the rust belt, after about 4-5 winters the rotors usually have so much rust that it only makes sense to scrap them.
Well I personally think the rotors are not of the same quality they were back in the 1990's. The reason I say that is, I live in Minnesota and my rotors looked fine, even after 10 or 12 years. Now I inspect my RAV4 rotors at year 6 and they are terrible, all swelled up on the outer edge to the point of ruining my pads. Could it be cheaper cast iron?
You guys in the warm climates can do all sorts of things with rotors. In the rust belt, after about 4-5 winters the rotors usually have so much rust that it only makes sense to scrap them.
Well I personally think the rotors are not of the same quality they were back in the 1990's. The reason I say that is, I live in Minnesota and my rotors looked fine, even after 10 or 12 years. Now I inspect my RAV4 rotors at year 6 and they are terrible, all swelled up on the outer edge to the point of ruining my pads. Could it be cheaper cast iron?
