Imfamous

I'm about to change my front brake pads due to wear and have noticed there's very little wear on my rotors. Maybe 1 to 2mm on the inside and less outside. Wear sensors have not triggered but pads are very thin and I'm getting some vibration when braking.

Does anyone have experience turning their rotors for this car?

Car is non PP. I've read fronts are 36mm new and wear limit is 33.4mm.

Seems like a waste to replace them with such little wear.

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roadkillrob

It seems that basically no one does this anymore as the labor is too expensive and removing material just makes the rotors thinner and more likely to warp and typically they won't survive another full set of pads once machined down. It would be best to measure with a caliper and compare to minimum thickness as they don't look that worn when they are at minimum thickness, if they are down 2mm then they are .5 mm from done.

And on a non PP car, the rotors are pretty cheap so not really worth spending the money if you can find someone that has a brake lathe still.

chrisridebike8

I would just get new pads and rotors from FCPEuro. Then when they wear out again, you turn in the old worn out stuff and they give you new stuff for free.

streborx

OReilly stores turn rotors on site for $50/each. The amount of material removed is usually limited to less than 2mm. A new set of pads deserve to seat on a smooth rotor.