They want to turn my rotors

Sparky Spartacus > wrote in
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> Milleron wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> Thanks for that good advice. I'll just ask the dealer for whatever
>> came on the car, then.
>
> No reason to buy from the dealer unless you want to, you can probably
> save some $$$ by buying the OEM pads on the 'Net from someone like San
> Leandro Honda, CheapHondaParts, HandA, etc. (people have noted good
> sites from time to time)




Whole pile of them here.
http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/online-parts.html



>
> SLHonda lists the front pad set at $40.50
>
> http://slhonda.com/orderparts.jsp
>



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Sparky Spartacus > wrote in
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> Eye Indo wrote:
>
>> Do not know if this is of any value, but does not some re-surfacing
>> remove the glaze on the pads ?
>
> How would resurfacing (rotors) have anything to do with glaze on the
> pads?
>
> Why would new pads have a glaze in the first place?



The newer pads are more prone to glazing than the compounds used earlier.



> IIRC that's
> something you avoid by breaking in the new pads properly.


Pad break-in:
http://www.kitcarbooks.com/brakepads.html


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TeGGeR® wrote:
> Sparky Spartacus > wrote in
> :
>
>
>>Eye Indo wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Do not know if this is of any value, but does not some re-surfacing
>>>remove the glaze on the pads ?
>>
>>How would resurfacing (rotors) have anything to do with glaze on the
>>pads?
>>
>>Why would new pads have a glaze in the first place?
>
> The newer pads are more prone to glazing than the compounds used earlier.

Okay, but the pads don't come out of the box already glazed. That
happens after installation.