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Old 02-14-2009, 12:58 AM
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Okay guys so, when I brake with my car the steering wheel shakes, the faster I go when I brake the more it shakes so I´m not too sure about this but, should I replace my rotors? I know my brake pads are pretty bad right now because sometimes specially when the brakes are cold the low brake pads/hand brake on light comes on. So what do I do? I don´t have much money right now, but I guess if I have to replace the rotors....I will. If so, do I replace all of them or just the front ones?
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Old 02-14-2009, 01:07 AM
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You should be fine just changing the front, i like to change mine out at the same time....but if your low on funds, then just the front will be fine.
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Old 02-14-2009, 01:15 AM
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Okay, that´s what I thought, thank you though. Do you know where I should get them? I saw 4 drilled stock size rotors for $99.99 on eBay, I have drilled ones right now so I would to get drilled ones not for performance because I doubt they do anything but for looks.
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Old 02-14-2009, 07:24 AM
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your rotors are warped and you may wan't to take it to a shop to get that brake light checked out but first check your fluid to see if its low. a hundred bux for rotors is a good deal and yea they don't really do anything performance wise for a street car.
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Old 02-14-2009, 12:00 PM
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Well that light is supossed to come on when your pads are low, and they are not very low right now but when I push the brakes hard the light goes on, so that´s normal.
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