El-Cheapo Rotors?

[HashiriyaS14]

So I was messing around on RockAuto.com and I noticed that they have Raybestos "Red Label" brake rotors for:

(1993 S13)

Non-ABS Rear: $8.59 eachNon-ABS Front: $9.80 each

That is CHEAP....that's outrageously cheap, and I happen to be planning to redo all my brakes anyway.

Aside from the rotor choice, I'll be going with a complete set of rebuilt calipers, Wearever (OEM-ish) pads, and likely some SS lines (because I may as well do them now).

This will be for daily driving use ONLY, no real "performance" situations. The car is an automatic and sees about 30 miles a day of driving in traffic.....that's about it.

Can I get away with the peanut-butter-and-jelly el-cheapo rotors? Generally I'm from the "buy the best and only cry once" school of thought, but in this case, where I'll never be pushing the car, I don't want to spend any more than I need to.

Honestly, if they only last a year or whatever, I'm cool with that. I'm sure I'll be putting bigger brakes altogether on the car in a year or so anyway.

[180fan]

for run of the mill stuff, I'd say they'd be fine. One thing to watch for though is rotor thickness. They may be soft and wear out quickly.

[ACESXX]

that's pretty cheap I checked out some other parts... they have good prices!!

[ArcherV20]

Wow.. even with my hookup at NAPA I still pay I think $15 for a good rotor.

[HashiriyaS14]

Yeah, RockAuto's prices are out of control.

Cool, guess I'm going to order them then, so long as the thickness is comparable to other rotors I see. At least I know the brand, I know their "premium" rotors are pretty solid, supposedly.

w00t.

[ricebike]

noice... it's like cutting out a middleman or 2...name brand quality & manufacturers' warranty

i'll haveta factor in shipping to see if it's worthwhile in the end. thanks for the heads-up