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TobyU

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You think everything is a bunch of bull and you always buy the cheapest you can. We get it. Let it go. To each his own.

I have done a lot of work and found what works. I see no reason to spend more if the result is the same or close to it.
For some close is not good enough. So there is that to each his own.
There are some things in life I have found are a cut above the rest and I am willing to spend more in many cases for this better quality or ease of use.
I have not found brakes to be in this category. So many people are not really pros at brake jobs and their accidental lack of not having everything else in proper operating condition often greatly shortens the life of the pads or rotors they install. If you are are going to mess up a rotor in 1.5 years due to a sticking caliper then why waste a 95.00 one when you can waste a 42.00 one?

Let me rephrase my original post: That seems high. What year was this for?

There you go. But I am not one for brevity.
 

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These rotors were for my 06 Expedition. I actually got this from my 16 year old back in the fall. He paid for the down payment himself. He couldn’t afford gas and payment after he went back to school. He knew how much I liked it so I gave him my Mustang and took over the payments.He did the last set of brakes by himself..I was so proud...but didn’t have the rotors done.

I wasn’t around when he did this, by the way. I don’t know if he did both or just the front. His mother, The Brake Check Queen who slays brakes, drove it a lot and it just started squeaking, so they need done again before the rotors get hurt. But I was just pricing them online from an email sales flyer I got. But yeah, I didn’t pay attention to which brand or go to every item, but they were $60-$90 ea. I gotta do her 05 Civic and hell those were $50 each. I liked to have died. I did my F-250 cheaper and I got Wagner top shelf stuff. I had never used Wagner before and wanted to try them out.

I replaced two rotors, a rear caliper, ABS speed sensor, bleeder screws all around, flushed the lines. Cleaned and lubed the whole thing like crazy. My kid helped, he knows how to do it right. We torqued, greased, wire wheeled all the caliper mounting bolts and lug nut studs as well as anti-seized everything. The TLC that they don’t get at the mechanics anymore. My truck is my baby.

The Expedition was his pride and joy. He put a lot of work and money into it. He didn’t have the rotors turned on his Expy cuz didn’t have a ride to take them and let his friend get in his ear. I love him working on his stuff and knowing he learned it from me. I hate that he wants to do it with his friend. That kid thinks he knows everything and half ***** a lot of stuff....i.e. not turning the rotors. I’m scared they’ll mess up something expensive. He probably went at least 10k or more without doing oil or air filter...friend had him worried about amp and subs.

I checked some prices and those are higher than 2000-2003 ones. These stores need to knock it off on raising them up or people will go even more to online only. It is to the point now where you are paying a penalty/premium to get it same day locally.
Amazon with the distribution centers might eventually put a hurting on them but I don't like Amazons methods or ethics often either.

About the best I could do locally would have been 39 and 44 but most were 63 and up.
 
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