>>> kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM> 01/13 3:35 AM >>>
Kai;
It is my impression that the original pads wear the rotor excessively.
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I concur!  My original lasted only 30K miles and the rotors were all pitted and grooved so deep that I had to replace them.  Never had a car that need rotor replacement at 30K miles. And the dealer told me to get lost when I complained.

I replace the rotors from ones I got from JC Whitney (yes.. don't laugh.. we all were young and innocent and ignorant at sometime in our lives<g>) . I also semi-metallic pads from them too. (Some off brand probably!)  Any, the good news is the pads lasted some 80K miles. And 100k miles later and the rotors show not signs of irregular wear!

Yau-Man Chan
87 GL