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To Turn, Or Not To Turn?

I have a 2004 Impreza 2.5 TS Wagon (automatic), that is approaching 60,000 miles. I had the brakes checked today (Friday), and was told that both the fronts and backs were down to 5 percent, and need to be done ASAP. I set up an appointment for this to be done on Monday. This is at an independent garage.

I am thiking of telling them not to turn the rotors if this is at all possible. I have never had a good outcome from having rotors turned, and have usually wound up having to buy new rotors anyway. They just get a pulsation a short while after they are turned.

Does anyone have any opinions or experiences on this?

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Larry Weil
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Jonah

Any slight uneveness/waviness in the rotors the pads will wear into after a few stops. Assuming you have no issues now with the rotors, just put pads on. I had an '81 Civic wagon that I sold at 120K with original rotors. It had MANY sets of pads as it was mostly surface street driven.

ymmv

Carl

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Carl 1 Lucky Texan

Turning rotors leaves you with a thinner cross section of material, which distorts ( warps) more readily than the thicker original equipment. I picked up a set of cross drilled rotors on Ebay ( made in China ) excellent quality for about $10 each. I've got about 10k miles on them now and they're smooth and function well. Installation was a cakewalk, as I've done lots of brake jobs over the years and Subie's design is excellent from a maintenance perspective. Recently did a VW jetta and an Accord - what a pain in the Ass ! Subie's rule !

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Ja

I recently had to replace the front disks in my daughter's '93 Accord (I hadn't been watching the brakes closely enough). The drive axles have to come 99% out (they don't have to be pulled out of the transaxle, just to where they can be pulled out) to get the rotors out! Aargh!

Mike

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Michael Pardee

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