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TunedRx300 found this and this is what I plan to get in the future,

AWD
http://www.streetbeatcustoms.com/rot168440880-d2.html
http://www.streetbeatcustoms.com/rot168440890.html

FWD
http://www.streetbeatcustoms.com/rot168440880-d1.html
http://www.streetbeatcustoms.com/rot168440800-d1.html

 

why buy the cheapest? why the cheapest because I have an SUV? don't they help to make your car brake? and therefore wouldnt you need better ones for SUV's because they're heavier?

 

Lex, for what its worth, I bought a full set of Rotoras and think its a great product.

Regarding Streetbeat Customs, thats a different story. I had a incredible ordeal that took over a month and half to 2 months to straighten out. Worse customer service I've ever experienced.

They sent me the front set before the rear. Got the rotors and immediately called tell them because it was the wrong ones and it was obviously used(to some degree) rotors. They asked for pictures, so I snapped a few and sent them. They told me there was nothing wrong and to stop arguing and put them on my car.

Front rotors are double disk side-by-side for the lack of better term. Rear's are single. The fronts I ordered were suppose to be slotted. The ones I received were drilled, not slotted. Rotora if I remember correctly doesn't make a drill rotor for the Rx. The box it came in was all beat up and there was a shipping label on it from a former purchase.

Spoke to a Toyota master mechanic and he told me, those rotors won't even fit the front and that it was a very good thing I didn't put them on my Rx.

After 30 to 35 phone calls and emails. I finally received the correct product. The entire time I told Streetbeats, we can just end this transaction if they'd just refund my money in full and take care of the return ship of the wrong rotors they sent. They wouldn't do it. They kept wanting to charge me for return shipping and a re-stock fee for items incorrectly sent to me.

Anyway, I'm not trying to discourage anyone from buying from Streetbeats. I'm certain there are many happy customers here. Just wanted to share my experience so if anyone here orders from them, make them commit to a return policy.

Insist all the items are not an open box item. Tell them do NOT ship an item to you that was in their store front, that might have been open to show a walkin customer...even though it wasn't used.

I got all these ridiculous excuses about why the seals were broken, why the box was beatup and had shipping labels to someone else in another state..etc...and there were other things that were just complete fabrications I won't get into here.

 

For the most part there are not really "better" rotors for daily drivers regarding performance/stopping power. Cheap ones may warp quick and then they will suck. But just driving down the road and nailing the brakes the generic parts store rotors will stop your car the same as dimpled/slotted/cross drilled/cryotreated performance versions. As long as the cheap ones have similar venting (most do).

Up the ante with higher speeds, heat soak from repeated hard use, and the dimples and slots have the ability to make a difference by venting brake gasses and helping to get the dust out of the way.

Pads to a great extent are "better" when they don't squeal and make a mess with dust. Other than that good quality pads vs excellent quality pads is similar to rotors. Normal street driving yields very similar stops. Some like the feel of different pads, but for the most part they will all stop alike. But, start driving aggressively and the better pads will not fade nearly as quick and hold up better than cheap ones.

It all depends on what you are doing with the car. If you are driving to work and back and don't need to go from 70 + mph to 0 several times in a few minutes, then buy good quality stuff and there is not much to think about. If you push your car hard enough to intimately know what brake fade feels like, then you will pony up for better equipment.

 

Geez, that sucks.

I have had some bad experiences with some vendors, too, some just took too long or didn't do a thing. What's worse is that being in Mexico that can be a pain. That is why I ship everything to my parent's first to make sure we got what we paid for.

 

Like I said, I'm not trying to discourage anyone from buying from them. They just didn't do anything they said with my particular order. Every time I called it was a different story by the customer rep. Some of what he said was just out right lies! I'm not going to post them here.

Anyway, they appear to have a successful business so their obviously doing something right. Maybe my order was that one in a blue moon bad order.

Just wanted to share my experience and hope it helps someone here if they choose to order from them. I'm sure everything would go fine, but if it doesn't , don't expect the Amazon.com type no-questions asked return policy.

 

Well, sometimes by getting these things out in the open things improve, and sometimes they don't.