I was just in getting an oil change and the dealer told me I needed new
front pads and rotors. (96 Miata with 70k miles on it, street use only)
Now I've had no noise, squealing, fading, pulling, any brake issues at
all.
I can understand it being time for pads, but why would the rotors need
replacing? There's no apparent wear on them, only barely visible lines on
the surface, no grooving or anything, the surface actually looks quite
nice.
They appear identical in condition to the rear rotors.
Is the dealer just adding some gravy by selling me rotors too? I can't see
any reason these should be replaced unless there's some high-performance
reason (matching surfaces?). BTW I noticed that the other person in the
lounge was also told they needed pads and rotors, don't know what kind of
Mazda they had tho.
(A story about rotors: Back when I was young and stupid I drove a Fiesta
around for weeks with dragging front brakes. By the time I took it in the
rotor was maybe .050" or less thick; it looked like sheet metal. I won't
do
that again!)
miker
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