Yeah, I don't like them. I'll drive past them to shop with someone else.
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That's because they use cheap second and third grade materials on rotors these days. It's basically crap so they can make it cheaper then you can turn a set of rotors for. Plus the parts stores hate all that mess. I used to hate turning rotors and drums. It's a pain in the ass and usually the rotors are drums are just filthy as can be and in addition to all those steel filings you get dust kicking up it just makes a mess everywhere. It's 90% of the reason why they charge so much to turn them. It's hard to justify making all that mess when for $20 more you can just buy a new set of rotors.Not sure if the trend is moving South, but in the Northeast, no one cuts rotors and drums any longer. The claim is it is not worth the time vs a new (albeit cheap as FK) rotor or drum. A buddy of mine up in NY with several shops says he has some lathes he will sell me cheap due to him not offering to turn rotors any longer.
O'Reilly's used to cut rotors for $10 a piece, then sometime in the past year or so they jumped to $30 per rotor. Obviously they prefer to sell the parts versus recondition them. Yeah I looked nice and narrow
That is due to all this cheap ass Chinese and Taiwan junk they are selling nowadays for parts ! Unfortunately!!Not sure if the trend is moving South, but in the Northeast, no one cuts rotors and drums any longer. The claim is it is not worth the time vs a new (albeit cheap as FK) rotor or drum. A buddy of mine up in NY with several shops says he has some lathes he will sell me cheap due to him not offering to turn rotors any longer.
O'Reilly's used to cut rotors for $10 a piece, then sometime in the past year or so they jumped to $30 per rotor. Obviously they prefer to sell the parts versus recondition them. Yeah I looked nice and narrow
We had napa then a big A in stockbridge in 80's. Both were as you say, would go out their way. All thats' gone the way of the dodo bird.Not sure if you remember (or were around) but the napa used to be a Choice Big A auto. Those guys had grease under their nails and would absolutely go out of their way to find what you needed. Years ago of course…
Don't bother filing a complaint with corporate. I had an employee at the Dawsonville store call me a asshole under his breath. The store manager told me to leave the store. The district manager never returned my calls and corporate did nothing.