i love carbotech :D

[Sijray21]

Ordered a set of Axxis Ultimate brake pads($57) and Blank Rotors from Carbotech($42/each) on Tuesday at 2pm. They arrived at my house when i got back home from work thurday of the same week.

also note that advanced auto had my stock rotors for $57 each ($15 more than what i paid for these) and tirerack.com had them for $41 each ($1 less, but no painting of the hat, vent edge, and hub side.

came in two days! nicely packed i have to say


Just opened it up to my surprise, they're painted to reduce rust!!! (didn't know stock replacements from carbotech came like this, very nice surprise! :p)


Even the vent side of the rotors are painted! (very happy customer incase you can't tell


and the pads


hub side too :roll:




just wanted to say thanx for the info with carbo tech and brake info guys, wouldn't have found out without you, hopefully i'll get to do a LOT more :wink:... :twisted:

[Mike]

word. you must have been looking at the wrong thing in autozone... no way they are $57/ea there.

[Sijray21]

word. you must have been looking at the wrong thing in autozone... no way they are $57/ea there.

naw, they pulled it up on their computer db and i wanted to look on the screen cuz i didn't believe them, it wasn't autozone though, it was advanced auto parts, i don't know of an autozone in my area

[Mike]

rotors shouldn't ever be more than $25/ea unless you're getting pimpy shit :?

[Dave]

rotors shouldn't ever be more than $25/ea unless you're getting pimpy shit :?

oh yeah? try $73 each for fronts and that's with a major discout ($100/rotor retail) Rears are $130 a peice (w/ discount), in case you wanted to know.

[Sijray21]

rotors shouldn't ever be more than $25/ea unless you're getting pimpy shit :?

naw, for some reason they were regular stock replacements, i was wondering the same thing? I expected them to be super cheap, but they weren't :?: :!: :?:

These will do i guess :wink: , but yeah i went in there expecting to either order them or buy them right then and there.

[Mike]

rotors shouldn't ever be more than $25/ea unless you're getting pimpy shit :?

oh yeah? try $73 each for fronts and that's with a major discout ($100/rotor retail) Rears are $130 a peice (w/ discount), in case you wanted to know.

wtf!?

[CaptainHenreh]

rotors shouldn't ever be more than $25/ea unless you're getting pimpy shit :?

oh yeah? try $73 each for fronts and that's with a major discout ($100/rotor retail) Rears are $130 a peice (w/ discount), in case you wanted to know.

wtf!?

wtf, Indeed. Dave and I pay out our asses for rotors. Me with my 300ZX brakes, and dave with his TT brakes. The cheapest (and I do mean cheapest) I've ever seen my rotors is 50 bucks a side, but that's for el-shit generic rotors. If I wanted just a nice, OEM quality rotor, I'm looking at about 100 bucks.

Hell, even a junkyard wants 35 bucks a side.

[Ryan T]

Dave, rotors can be had cheaper.

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[Sijray21]

still more expensive than carbotech, lol

$43.88 /ea.

for this one found on that site

those are the rears, which are usually cheaper too

I did find other civic one's for $28.xx, but they were for lx/dx

[83Rabbit]

Yea, if only my Corrados 11.3'' brake rotors were 25 each :lol:

[ButtDyno]

Carbotech sells Axxis pads? Eh?

I like Carbotech, but their website is a crime on humanity.

john

[Sijray21]

Carbotech sells Axxis pads? Eh?

I like Carbotech, but their website is a crime on humanity.

john

Yeah their website needs help...

The person i talked to said that they're in the process of brining up a whole new site and the system of making orders and such since the system as of now isn't secure. lol, the pictures of the animals, hahaha

[Mike]

rotors shouldn't ever be more than $25/ea unless you're getting pimpy shit :?

oh yeah? try $73 each for fronts and that's with a major discout ($100/rotor retail) Rears are $130 a peice (w/ discount), in case you wanted to know.

wtf!?

The cheapest (and I do mean cheapest) I've ever seen my rotors is 50 bucks a side, but that's for el-shit generic rotors. If I wanted just a nice, OEM quality rotor, I'm looking at about 100 bucks.

Can I ask you the difference between "el-shit generic" and an "OEM quality" rotor?

[.RJ]

Can I ask you the difference between "el-shit generic" and an "OEM quality" rotor?

Quality, supposedly but I havent noticed any difference in wear between centric (what carbotech sells) and vatozone el-shits.

[Mike]

Can I ask you the difference between "el-shit generic" and an "OEM quality" rotor?

Quality, supposedly but I havent noticed any difference in wear between centric (what carbotech sells) and vatozone el-shits.

Precisely... Nothing noticeable.

[Evan]

I like Carbotech, but their website is a crime on humanity.

laadeedaaa...... :lol:

[.RJ]

Seriously, those donkeys need to get that fixed!

[Maengelito]

back from the dead...

so my rear pads are all burned up. i call up matt @ carbotech last thurs afternoon and tell him i need rear pads. he looks them up for my car.

matt: hmm, looks like we dont have them in stock right now. i'll have to make them. when do you need them by?

me: uh, i'm goin to summit next weekend

matt: okay, i can have them out to you by thursday if thats okay.

me: sure

so i notice my card is charged on friday which means that they probably shipped the pads. i get home from work today and they're here. 3 days ahead of when he said he'd deliver. huge thumbsup to carbotech

edit: oh yeah, and their website is just plain atrocious

[white_2kgt]

back from the dead...

so my rear pads are all burned up. i call up matt @ carbotech last thurs afternoon and tell him i need rear pads. he looks them up for my car.

matt: hmm, looks like we dont have them in stock right now. i'll have to make them. when do you need them by?

me: uh, i'm goin to summit next weekend

matt: okay, i can have them out to you by thursday if thats okay.

me: sure

so i notice my card is charged on friday which means that they probably shipped the pads. i get home from work today and they're here. 3 days ahead of when he said he'd deliver. huge thumbsup to carbotech

I call them 1 month before I needed pads for the last VIR. Told them what I needed, no problem, we have those in stock. I wait 2 weeks, nothing. I call them up, oh we were waiting on compound for your fronts XP10 (I ordered 2 set of rears, 9,10 and 2 sets of fronts, 10/12's). I said well I need them now, I have a race in 2 weeks. They he-hamed about having to do extra work and whatnot, I get them the tuesday before summit. :roll: This was w/ a 1 month lead time and 2 days shipping. I like it better when their customer service sucked and they actually shipped pads out early.

Now don't get me wrong, I love carbotech pads.

edit: oh yeah, and their website is just plain atrocious

No shit, which is why I have their phone number on speed dial.