Alright, so the title explains it. I need help picking out rotors for the front. There's so many brands and I don't want to spend much, but don't want something that's going to warp after 50 mi.

So I usually buy from rockauto, my choices are
Beck/Arnley
Wagner
Raybestos
Centric
Bendix

So what's crap and what's not? hope you guys don't say they're all crap. I'll even take suggestions for other parts companies. I figure a lot of you have done those rotors. Thanks in advanced for any help, I've got to get this done!

p.s. hoping to spend less than $50 a rotor.

 

Less than $50 a rotor and not crap don't go together...

 

i wouldnt go off the pricing alone to determine whether a product is good or not. we sold brembo blanks for around 45 to 50 bucks back when mauricio and i ran corona auto parts.

we went off the weight of the rotor. brembos were noticeably heavier when compared to the cheaper brands. if i recall correctly after looking into why, the increase in weight had to do with the composites of the metals used. i believe the more pure it was the heavier. out of the list you provided i would go with wagner. they make the better products of your inexpensive companies. i use to use wagner pads all the time.

too bad you dont own a 98 or 99 cl. i have rotors with just about 1k miles on them off the car im looking to get rid of. you have the hub over rotor design which makes them not compatible with one another. i wonder if our pads are the same though. have wagners and hawk pads for the cl laying around in the truck. best of luck.

 

yeah, I knew a tech when selling cars that got generic rotors for $5. Just the weight of the steel, pretty much.