What have you done to someone else's ride lately?

[CowboyTaco]

After 115k on my OE rotors, they were still around 27.7mm. I think the minimum spec was something like 26mm, and the idiots at OReilly's took them down to the minimum.

*Disclaimer: I could have my numbers off slightly, but the difference should be about the same.

Curious how the black rotors look after use.

 

[CowboyTaco]

I just threw out two sets of warped EBCs from my truck's youth - I should have kept the OEM ones but I wanted to be 'better than OEM' and both sets were quick to give me a pulse. I was thinking I would turn them but thought, "I don't need more projects!"

I had OReilly turn my OEM rotors. Cost my $30 and another $30 for new pads. After 3k miles, my truck would shake like a dog sh*tting razor blades. They didn't cut them smoothly across and it left a terrible wave in the rotor. I tried to get my money back for the crap work that they did and they told me that it was my fault. I tried to explain things to them, but they just looked at me like I was an idiot and refused to take ownership of their poor quality. So I went to Autozone and bought new Duralast Gold rotors and Duralast Max pads and it has been smooth braking ever since. I've got about 10k on them currently.

I will not be returning to OReilly's either. As far as I'm concerned, they lost a customer.

 

[tex]

I had OReilly turn my OEM rotors. Cost my $30 and another $30 for new pads. After 3k miles, my truck would shake like a dog sh*tting razor blades. They didn't cut them smoothly across and it left a terrible wave in the rotor. I tried to get my money back for the crap work that they did and they told me that it was my fault. I tried to explain things to them, but they just looked at me like I was an idiot and refused to take ownership of their poor quality. So I went to Autozone and bought new Duralast Gold rotors and Duralast Max pads and it has been smooth braking ever since. I've got about 10k on them currently.

I will not be returning to OReilly's either. As far as I'm concerned, they lost a customer.

For the most part I like O'Reilly better than AutoZone but it really just depends who is working behind the counter. I have good and bad experiences at both and at different locations.

 

[Oswego]

@tx_shooter do a quick test for me... grab a set of calipers and measure the thickness of your old rotors with a 100k miles on them. Then measure the new EBC rotors. Let me know which ones are thicker.

I helped my brother put some new rotors on at 125K miles and his OEM rotors were still thicker than the new EBC rotors

Ive had similar happen with brake pads before on my Exploder. Thought the rears were shot after 70k and got new ones. Went to put them on and the old ones were thicker than the new ones. Ended up being a bad master cylinder I had to fight Ford to fix even though it was under warranty.

 

[Anathollo]

I had OReilly turn my OEM rotors. Cost my $30 and another $30 for new pads. After 3k miles, my truck would shake like a dog sh*tting razor blades. They didn't cut them smoothly across and it left a terrible wave in the rotor. I tried to get my money back for the crap work that they did and they told me that it was my fault. I tried to explain things to them, but they just looked at me like I was an idiot and refused to take ownership of their poor quality. So I went to Autozone and bought new Duralast Gold rotors and Duralast Max pads and it has been smooth braking ever since. I've got about 10k on them currently.

I will not be returning to OReilly's either. As far as I'm concerned, they lost a customer.

For the most part I like O'Reilly better than AutoZone but it really just depends who is working behind the counter. I have good and bad experiences at both and at different locations.

So much this. I've had bad service at NAPA, O'Reilly's and Vatozone.

 

[CowboyTaco]

You are absolutely right that it is who is behind the counter. The guys at my nearest Autozone have given me the wrong parts before when I went in looking for specific part numbers. The difference is that they have owned up to the mistake and made it right. The OReilly's guys were just a bunch of assholes. I don't mind dealing with assholes, as long as they are right. An asshole in the wrong.....forget it.

 

[TacoXpo]

I had OReilly turn my OEM rotors. Cost my $30 and another $30 for new pads. After 3k miles, my truck would shake like a dog sh*tting razor blades. They didn't cut them smoothly across and it left a terrible wave in the rotor. I tried to get my money back for the crap work that they did and they told me that it was my fault. I tried to explain things to them, but they just looked at me like I was an idiot and refused to take ownership of their poor quality. So I went to Autozone and bought new Duralast Gold rotors and Duralast Max pads and it has been smooth braking ever since. I've got about 10k on them currently.

I will not be returning to OReilly's either. As far as I'm concerned, they lost a customer.

I don't trust those monkeys operating a machine. I tried Duralast pads one time and I smoked them on my first desert jam.

 

[achirdo]

Move bumper on my buddies f250. Welded up by yours truly.

 

[Anathollo]

Move bumper on my buddies f250. Welded up by yours truly. View attachment 9439 View attachment 9440View attachment 9441 View attachment 9442 View attachment 9443

MMMmmmm pure sex!

 

[Texoma]

I had OReilly turn my OEM rotors. Cost my $30 and another $30 for new pads. After 3k miles, my truck would shake like a dog sh*tting razor blades. They didn't cut them smoothly across and it left a terrible wave in the rotor. I tried to get my money back for the crap work that they did and they told me that it was my fault. I tried to explain things to them, but they just looked at me like I was an idiot and refused to take ownership of their poor quality. So I went to Autozone and bought new Duralast Gold rotors and Duralast Max pads and it has been smooth braking ever since. I've got about 10k on them currently.

I will not be returning to OReilly's either. As far as I'm concerned, they lost a customer.

Unfortunately Toyota truck rotors have to be turned while on the vehicle or else they will seem warped. It's the hub mating surface that is imperfect and that's why you had an issue with Oreilly. It was really neither of y'all's fault.

 

[tx_shooter]

Move bumper on my buddies f250. Welded up by yours truly. View attachment 9439 View attachment 9440View attachment 9441 View attachment 9442 View attachment 9443

Was that a kit, build it yourself, or modify an existing bumper? Looks good no matter what.

 

[CowboyTaco]

Unfortunately Toyota truck rotors have to be turned while on the vehicle or else they will seem warped. It's the hub mating surface that is imperfect and that's why you had an issue with Oreilly. It was really neither of y'all's fault.

That may be the case, but here is the driver side rotor. If it were a hub to rotor issue, I would expect it to act more like a hot spot and less like the rotor wasn't turned right. You can see where the pad never touched the rotor in very close succession here.

 

[Texoma]

That may be the case, but here is the driver side rotor. If it were a hub to rotor issue, I would expect it to act more like a hot spot and less like the rotor wasn't turned right. You can see where the pad never touched the rotor in very close succession here.

View attachment 9444

Damn, looks like they took every bit of material they could off of it.

 

[achirdo]

Was that a kit, build it yourself, or modify an existing bumper? Looks good no matter what.

Weld it yourself. They send all the pieces prebent and cut. Company name is Move.

 

[Silverback]

I just checked out their website. Good prices as well.

 

[TacoXpo]

Left a major shit stain in my friends track car - Hellcat. OMFG! That thing is scary - 140 mph in relatively dense traffic going to a fund raiser. The brakes on that thing is incredible too. Something like 14.8 inch rotors. The radar system alone was 7k. I think he's had if for less than 10,000 miles and he has already been through 8 sets of tires and 5 sets of brake pads. SCARY!!!

Clean up on isle 7!

 

[TacoXpo]

 

[Silverback]

Needs an LS swap. LOL

 

[TacoXpo]

Needs an LS swap. LOL

 

[Silverback]

A guy I used to work with at Cisco got his PhD about a year ago and as a present to himself he bought a PCP Hellcat Charger.