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Old 04-06-2009, 07:22 PM
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If your rotors have developed a 'lip' on the outer edge from the pad wearing away the rotor significantly then new pads will never properly bed against the rotor and you will have sub-optimal braking and reduce the life of your new pads as well. IMHO, it is not necessary to change rotors with every pad change and there are 2 criteria I take in account for a rotor change:

1. The thickness of the rotor relative to minimum thickness.
2. The presence of a significant outer edge lip.

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Originally Posted by kelvinvo
so i guess i really need to replace it .my car now has 117k miles on it. still what would happen if i keep the rotors with the new pads
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