are lifetime rotors better than 1 year?
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are lifetime rotors better than 1 year?
Replacing front rotors on my 93 s10 blazer 4x4. I use it part time to deliver mail.
Is there an actual difference between 1 yr warranty rotors and lifetime or are you just paying for the warranty?
Is there an actual difference between 1 yr warranty rotors and lifetime or are you just paying for the warranty?
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I always buy the lifetime parts, and Oreillys still thinks I drive a 88 s-10 that I haven't owned in over 8 trucks. They also think dad and at one point my brother drove the same truck. My brother had to go and screw up and buy a 2nd gen tho.
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If you plan on running your blazer for more than a year, you might as well get the lifers. I use my 98 jimmy for mail delivery. Average life of brake pads... 3-4 months, rotors... 12-18 months.
11.7 mpg is better than the 9.5-10 mpg I get.
11.7 mpg is better than the 9.5-10 mpg I get.
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i've been dealing with the same parts supplier for 15 years, and they'd look @ me like i had just smoked a fatty before walkin' in if i tried that.
i've also never seen "lifetime" on any drum or rotor before-not even from Raybestos (the only brake products i use). i've had "lifetime" on their pads & shoes, but that's it.
how would you claim warrenty on a rotor? tell them it became warpped? well..........isn't that what happens when you use the brakes, they tend to wear the pads & warp the rotors. therefore needing replacing & machining. so how is that a manufacturing defect (which is usually what the warrenty is made to cover).
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Yeah, usually that would be a no-brainer. But the age of the vehicle and not knowing if lifetime rotors are physically better or are you just paying for the warranty.
I guess I should have mentioned... I'm not trying to be cheap but money is tighter than ever right now. I won't go cheap for the sake of being cheap but if going cheap gives me the same product (not concerned with warranty right now) then I could really benefit from the lower price right now.
But if the lifetime rotors will actually last longer then it would be worth it.
I guess I should have mentioned... I'm not trying to be cheap but money is tighter than ever right now. I won't go cheap for the sake of being cheap but if going cheap gives me the same product (not concerned with warranty right now) then I could really benefit from the lower price right now.
But if the lifetime rotors will actually last longer then it would be worth it.
Most of the time you get practically the same rotor as the budget ones just with a warranty.
I'll refer to the oh so true statement from Tommy Boy:
Anyone can throw a guarantee onto a product and people will buy it regardless of the quality. I have used a lot of guaranteed parts in the past and have always been disappointed. I now use only bendix or raybestos brand rotors whenever I do a brake job on my vehicles. Friends/family, I use the best they can afford.
I'll refer to the oh so true statement from Tommy Boy:
Tommy: Let's think about this for a sec, Ted. Why would somebody put a guarantee on a box? Hmmm, very interesting.
Ted Nelson, Customer: Go on, I'm listening.
Tommy: Here's the way I see it, Ted. Guy puts a fancy guarantee on a box 'cause he wants you to feel all warm and toasty inside.
Ted Nelson, Customer: Yeah, makes a man feel good.
Tommy: 'Course it does. Why shouldn't it? Ya figure you put that little box under your pillow at night, the Guarantee Fairy might come by and leave a quarter, am I right, Ted?
[chuckles until he sees that Ted is not laughing]
Ted Nelson, Customer: [impatiently] What's your point?
Tommy: The point is, how do you know the fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Building model airplanes" says the little fairy; well, we're not buying it. He sneaks into your house once, that's all it takes. The next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser, and your daughter's knocked up. I seen it a hundred times.
Ted Nelson, Customer: But why do they put a guarantee on the box?
Tommy: Because they know all they sold ya was a guaranteed piece of *crap*. That's all it is, isn't it? Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time. But for now, for your customer's sake, for your daughter's sake, ya might wanna think about buying a quality product from me.
Ted Nelson, Customer: Go on, I'm listening.
Tommy: Here's the way I see it, Ted. Guy puts a fancy guarantee on a box 'cause he wants you to feel all warm and toasty inside.
Ted Nelson, Customer: Yeah, makes a man feel good.
Tommy: 'Course it does. Why shouldn't it? Ya figure you put that little box under your pillow at night, the Guarantee Fairy might come by and leave a quarter, am I right, Ted?
[chuckles until he sees that Ted is not laughing]
Ted Nelson, Customer: [impatiently] What's your point?
Tommy: The point is, how do you know the fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Building model airplanes" says the little fairy; well, we're not buying it. He sneaks into your house once, that's all it takes. The next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser, and your daughter's knocked up. I seen it a hundred times.
Ted Nelson, Customer: But why do they put a guarantee on the box?
Tommy: Because they know all they sold ya was a guaranteed piece of *crap*. That's all it is, isn't it? Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time. But for now, for your customer's sake, for your daughter's sake, ya might wanna think about buying a quality product from me.
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Anyone can throw a guarantee onto a product and people will buy it regardless of the quality. I have used a lot of guaranteed parts in the past and have always been disappointed. I now use only bendix or raybestos brand rotors whenever I do a brake job on my vehicles. Friends/family, I use the best they can afford.
and i totally agree with your last statement too, since you definately get what you pay for, especially when you're talking about rotors & drums.