Centric Rotors Are Chinese??

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Centric Rotors are highly touted here. So I ordered me a set of fronts for my Accord. They arrived today. I was surprised to see the box labels say "Made in China"

These are the better "high carbon steel" variants that Critic speaks so highly of....

 
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The High Carbon ones are the 125.40036, but the 120s will work fine as well.

Most aftermarket rotors for US/Asian vehicles are made in China. The only exception is the Advics rotors for Toyota/Lexus.
 
Yes, everyone gets rotors from China these days unless it's a premium part and you double-check.

I'll put it to you this way ... would you have bought the rotor if it was more than $100 a copy? Because that's what a North American made one basically starts at.

It's been a while (don't own the vehicle anymore) but I used to replace the front disk rotors on GMC/Chevy 73-86 trucks from time to time. They were always $100 each, sometimes more. Then one day they were $60, and the next pair were $40 each. Guess what the difference was.
 
From what I thought back last time I bought my Centric or Powerslot rotors, they were cast in China but machined in California or something along those lines. Is that still not the case?
 
Originally Posted By: The Critic
The High Carbon ones are the 125.40036, but the 120s will work fine as well.

Most aftermarket rotors for US/Asian vehicles are made in China. The only exception is the Advics rotors for Toyota/Lexus.


+1 Those aren't the high carbon ones.

Out of any Chinesium, those are the best of the readily available ones.
 
Originally Posted By: Phishin
Centric Rotors are highly touted here ... I was surprised to see the box labels say "Made in China"

Do you feel that that is a contradiction ? China is more than capable of producing high quality products.
 
It depends on Centric on how they spec their product to the mfg and how they do the Quality Control for the mfg.

Chinese is capable of making anything you specify but the keyword is "specify" and that includes specifying the "Quality" properly and enforcing that spec after they receive it before it goes to the retail stores/warehouses and customers.
 
I've used made in China Centric rotors with no issue. If all you need is a suitable OEM replacement, then it's going to be tough to find ones not made there.

As long as you bed the rotors in properly (https://www.zeckhausen.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=6446_6443), you'll know that they are built well and shouldn't give you any issues. I say this because cheap [censored] rotors most likely won't survive the bedding in process from that article.
 
Originally Posted By: hallstevenson
Originally Posted By: Phishin
Centric Rotors are highly touted here ... I was surprised to see the box labels say "Made in China"

Do you feel that that is a contradiction ? China is more than capable of producing high quality products.


Absolutely! But those high quality products cost almost as much as domestically produced ones.

The only way China sells to the outside market is by price alone. They make excellent products for the MB, Audi, Buicks, Volvo that are built in China.
 
EBC makes most of their rotors in teh UK
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Originally Posted By: The Critic
The High Carbon ones are the 125.40036, but the 120s will work fine as well.

Most aftermarket rotors for US/Asian vehicles are made in China. The only exception is the Advics rotors for Toyota/Lexus.


Add German made Zimmerman rotors and EBC to the exception list.
The Chinese foundries make a very decent high carbon/high strength iron for rotors, vises, high end machinery, etc and use modern casting techniques, nothing wrong with them if they a good brand name with good specs being demanded. It shouldn't be any surprise they can produce a good piece of cast iron.
 
Akebono rotors are "engineered in Germany" and made in china, but they are noticeably nicer than the white box or other "premium" names, I usually go with these on the US/import cars we get. We mostly see euro and the names that aren't chinese anywhere are Zimmerman, Brembo, Sebro, Ate, and Fremax are starting to show up, made in Brazil. Akebono is the same as Bosch/Textar/Meyle coated rotors, except the age coating is more dull grey, and the others are bright silver. All of those are high carbon though, and work when nothing else is in stock or available.
 
Originally Posted By: Pelican
Originally Posted By: hallstevenson
Originally Posted By: Phishin
Centric Rotors are highly touted here ... I was surprised to see the box labels say "Made in China"

Do you feel that that is a contradiction ? China is more than capable of producing high quality products.


Absolutely! But those high quality products cost almost as much as domestically produced ones.

The only way China sells to the outside market is by price alone. They make excellent products for the MB, Audi, Buicks, Volvo that are built in China.

They make excellent products for western companies when western companies run the factories, it has nothing to do with domestic markets. Some of the Buicks they build in China are destined for North America, are they not?
 
That's correct! With the largest car market in the world and most manufacturers locating a lot of manufacturing there its no surprise that are going to produce the most parts and automotive related parts, glass, rubber, body panels, interior, A/C, etc OE and otherwise.

Not to turn the thread in a different direction, it was the Communist/Socialist in the form of labor unions and the environmental nut jobs (also communist/socialist) that ruined the US car industry and now we complain a communist country is about to own it, that was the object from the get go when you unpack the puzzle and put it together.
Don't go there its just a personal belief and observation.
 
I continue to support the economy I live in and the one that supports my business. Spend a few extra bucks on North American parts or spend it on taxes for food stamps for laid off workers? My experience with anything Chinese (AC Delco quietly started a lot of China mfg a few years ago) has been underwhelming. All of our vendor agreements have a clause in them that parts delivered to us that are not NA made will be returned for full credit and unless they can source a NA part...they will no longer be the choice vendor for said part. It is getting tougher and tougher to do this though...even with an almost exclusive NA fleet.
 
Many things are made in China. If it was made in USA, we couldnt have products for good price. Centric are same as Stoptech, i have used them in past and current work truck.
 
I was pleasantly surprised to find the Centric Premiums I used on my '15 Accord were thicker and noticeably heavier than the original Honda rotors I removed them for.
 
Originally Posted By: PiperOne
I continue to support the economy I live in and the one that supports my business. Spend a few extra bucks on North American parts or spend it on taxes for food stamps for laid off workers? My experience with anything Chinese (AC Delco quietly started a lot of China mfg a few years ago) has been underwhelming. All of our vendor agreements have a clause in them that parts delivered to us that are not NA made will be returned for full credit and unless they can source a NA part...they will no longer be the choice vendor for said part. It is getting tougher and tougher to do this though...even with an almost exclusive NA fleet.


I agree 100% but its not getting any easier, in may manufacturers are deliberately blurring the lines with this assembled in the USA labeling. Unfortunately assembly is the least job creating and lowest paying operation of manufacturing in most industries.
There is little or no real trickle down effect to other industries from it.
 
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