Anyone buy these recently for a five-bolt Testarossa and have a good source? I’ve searched through the forums but found only obsolete recommendations. The sources I’ve turned up so far are over $400 USD per disc. Is that really the best I can do?
Just curious, why do you need new rotors? I believe the originals were made by Brembo and 15 or 20 years ago Brembo cleared their wherhouses of obsolete inventory. Tire Rack wound up with some and blew them out at scrap metal prices.I considered buying a spare set but I have not replaced more than 2 or 3 rotors on any Ferrari prior to the 348. I had a friend with 250,000 miles on his TR and he never replaced a set. Frankly I am surprised you can get them for 400 each. I think they were that much years ago.
Yeah that seems cheap. I bought the last complete set from a supplier and they were real expensive. But I like to have spare parts.
Also, the 1986 center lock bolt brake discs were made by Brembo back then. EDoug Image Unavailable, Please Login
If I can rub some salt in your wounds (with no actual benefit for you ), I bought a pair from either Maranello or eurospares (I can't recall which and my records are gone) for $275 each about 1~2 years ago when they were having a "sale" (knowing that mine were approaching the minimum thickness limit). My fronts were both just under the minimum thickness limit of 30mm at ~89K miles (and were still working fine and probably could've kept working fine). I had planned to do the the brake work (new pads all around and new front rotors) at 90K miles, but sold the car just before that (so gave them to the Buyer).
Yea I bought mine centerlock rotors from tire rack for like $150 or so each back in 2017 or so. Sent from my Pixel 7 Pro using Tapatalk
@Rifledriver Very noticeable vibration when braking at highway speed, presumably caused by uneven disc surfaces. My car has fewer than 15,000 miles on it. I haven’t measured their thickness. @EDoug @ago car nut I don’t have center lock wheels. @Steve Magnusson Thank you, I guess. If my rotors have a good deal more than 30mm on them, should I resurface them? Is that sacrilege on a Ferrari? I also am a bit surprised that they seem so badly worn out. I’m not very demanding on my brakes. I’m perfectly happy with the stock brake performance. But this vibration is intolerable, and I don’t have any reason to suspect anything other than the brake discs, I don’t think.
You're welcome . Although at ~$400 each that seems less than the usual F price craziness... I would -- no reason I can think of to not to resurface them if still above the minimum thickness after resurfacing (if doing so is far less expensive than replacement). At 15K miles I would think that you still have the original front brake pads (IME, 30K~35K miles for rational street use was the typical front pad replacement interval) so it does seem surprising, but if you are in an environment that promotes the surface of the brake disc rusting slightly between uses = that could accelerate disc wear. I would say that they whole "metal" and/or "ceramic" replacement brake pad marketing push has been a disservice for normal street cars that only (needlessly) accelerates brake disc wear - JMO.
Resurface it you have the thickness, If not let me know, there is a company here in the US that can make you rotors to your spec's. New front rotors on the 512tr are $1200+ each if you could find them. www.colemanracing.com I recommend you call them up and they will walk you thru the order process. Easy to screw up!
Brake rotors are not well resurfaced at every corner parts house like they used to be. I bought a brake lathe for that reason. Be selective on who does it for you.
That occurred to me, but the units I see out there are overkill. I remember back in high school auto shop there was a counter-top unit that did a great job on rotors. Wish I could find one like that.
$400 appears a good price, this question is very odd as you buy this only after 25 years. Save the old one too
You guys are fortunate you can get OEM rotors. On the light side (Lamborghini) we have to go aftermarket, we find Girodisc to be a good aftermarket vendor.
Call me, and make an offer: https://www.ricambiamerica.com/134725-brake-rotor-f.html I'd love these gone.
Used to be big business. Now everyone just sells new rotors by telling you turning them makes them more likely to warp. One of the worlds most popular lies. Truth is they don't want to tie up a rack waiting for rotors to come back. Another skill few know how to perform properly. Why I bought my own lathe.
@Sergio Tavares @Zeff What do you mean, guys? Do you mean to say that $1600 (US dollars throughout this post) every 25 years is nothing a Ferrari owner should complain about? That’s not an indignant rhetorical question. I am really asking to clarify if that’s what you mean. If that is what you mean, I agree completely. Thing is, I have only owned this car for 18 months. When I bought it, I had pretty good reason to believe it was in excellent condition. I guess it was, by most cars’ standards — it came with one-year-old receipts for an engine-out service from a reputable specialist, and another $15k of receipts within the previous two years, on an 11,000 mile car. Still, when I had the engine pulled to fix a leaky water pump gasket, we very quickly found $10,000 worth of work that needed doing. Sparing you the details of other areas of the car that have needed attention, I’ve spent more than $15,000 on this car in the last 18 months improving it. To put that in context, $15,000 is what I am used to spending on a whole car. I had never spent more to purchase a car until the TR. I’ve owned Porsches, Jags, fast Audis and BMWs, but always bought cheaply. Let me be very clear: I am not complaining. I accepted these risks with open eyes, expecting that it would all be worth it, and it is. My experience is not extraordinary in the world of Ferrari ownership. But I am not a very rich man, and so I am not eager to spend more than I have to, and $1,600 is actually quite a lot of money to me. Not in relative Testarossa terms, sure, but just in practical terms it’s not the kind of money I have just lying around. I’ll spend it if I have to, but it makes sense for me to ask the community if there’s an alternative. Hope that helps explain my question.
Yes, I am saying having to spend 1600 every 25 years on brakes is not bad. These cars are dependable if you take care of them. Also it depends on what the previous owners did or did not do. If they didn’t stay up with the maintenance then you will pay more over time for sure getting worn out or deteriorated parts, failing parts replaced. This will be done in order to get the car in a condition where you can drive it without worry. When the car goes in for regular service there will not be big surprises. But ever individual car will be different based on how it was cared for obviously. Sounds like you have a nice car. What you have spent so far does not sound unreasonable or out of the ordinary fyi. You will enjoy your car.
Thats inflation for you!! Call Coleman, tell them what you are doing and he will email a custom rotor setup sheet detailing what dimensions that they require to make your new rotors. Piece of cake. Worse case scenario you will have to pull the rotors and measure. My 512 tr front rotors were changed to a 2 piece design while it was in Japan, so I kept that configuration and just ordered rotors as I already had the hat. I would not hesitate to change to a 2 piece design which is lighter, and all the new Ferrari's are configurated as such. I never knew they were 2 piece until I removed the wheels.
