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That's not bad advice-not a real deep cut, just a clean up cut to make sure the braking surface is true. I've got a friend at NAPA who tells me the overseas stuff made to ISO standards is good, you have to be carefull of the dealers whose suppliers don't comply.
Ok, phrased it wrong. Just a slight clean up to true them up. Just speaking from experience. Did a brake job on my father's car recently. Brand new rotors were installed. He started complaining of a vibration when braking. I took it for a ride and sure enough the pedal was pulsating slightly. First thing I thought of was the rotors were probably China made. I took them off again and had them cut/cleaned up. Problem solved.
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Thanks, I will have them checked before I install them.
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Mike I'm glad you have access to quality parts but don't let that ISO certification fool you. It only tells you that the company has been filling out the paper work that indicates they are monitoring there standards,not ISO standards but the standards that the company has established. So you could build complete junk but as long as you can show that you are keeping up with the paper work you can be ISO certified. It's pretty much a total joke.
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It's been a while since I've bought Chevelle rotors, but I've bought others recently (C5 corvette, for my chevelle 
) I always ask the counter-guy at the parts-store where they are made before I order. Usually he can only tell me who makes them, but not always where, but if he's knowledgeable about his suppliers, he'll know which are American and which are Chinese. My C5 rotors from Napa were made in Canada.
) I always ask the counter-guy at the parts-store where they are made before I order. Usually he can only tell me who makes them, but not always where, but if he's knowledgeable about his suppliers, he'll know which are American and which are Chinese. My C5 rotors from Napa were made in Canada.
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Thanks for the new sources, I will do some more checking tomorrow.
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M.Maner- I'm sure that happens alot now that the US is losing its manufacturing to the international comunity. When I worked in QA a couple of lifetimes ago we had standards we had to meet for the people we were suppling part to,we had to pull test samples from production, check equipment calibration, the customers inspectors would come in and pull audits,and everything had to have a paper trail, back to the raw materials. I can imagine trying to keep tabs on a CG/QA program half way around the world on parts for thirty-plus year old cars. I guess the bottom line is do your research, ask questions and inspect anything your life depends on before you install it. That being said, my friend who untill recently co-owned the local NAPA told me if the NAPA catalog gives you a choice between a regular or premium part, to take the premium for the couple bucks more, most likely it's made on this continent and is of a higher quality standard, FWIW.
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