What should my rotors look like? Smooth, bumpy, grooves, etc.
04 Dakota 4.7l

 

smooth if theyre nto replac them


really if you are changing your brakes you should do it right and just change them anyway


DO NOT turn the rotors as they will be thinner and will be unable to take the heat w/o warping my dad tried to take the cheap way out and they warped in 2 weeks on him and he does all highway driving w/ NO traffic so just replace them so that you know that they wont be the problem until you replace the brakes again

 

Thanks, i'll have to splurge and buy them. How much are we talking for all 4?

 

On moparpartsamerica.com its $66 for front rotors and $69.17 for rear ones and i think that's a piece. For front pads its $98.90 and rear ones its $61.12. So like $430 plus shipping and obviously cheaper if the rotors are a pair but it only says rotor so I don't think they are. I'm glad I only have front disc brakes lol. And friends that work at auto parts stores help too my buddy quoted me like $80 for pads and rotors up front. Hope this helps you out.

 

I beg to differ.....the rotors on my truck were warped and had HUGE cracks in them all the way through.....i bought new ones and a week later my new pads cut a small groove in the driver side...so i just turned that one side down to where it was smooth....this was in january and my truck has been through an estimated 7-8 thousand miles......when i brake it dosent veer one way or another....strait and true

 

you should have drums in the back

 

yeah does'nt everyone have drums in the back? or was there a 4 wheel disc option?

 

Some but not many kota have rear disks. Most have drums tho.

 

drums suck balllllz. id love to have 4 wheel disc braking

 

^ what he said