[DeTomaso] Centric/Stoptech brake rotors--not so fast....

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

Guys,

An update to the post I made a month or so ago about being able to buy 
bolt-on replacement vented/slotted/cryo-treated front brake rotors from 
Stoptech:

I ordered a second pair for another friend and when they arrived, they were 
the wrong ones.   They were the more modern style, where the hub and rotor 
are cast as a single unit.   Forest Goodhart also ordered a pair from a 
different source (Tire Rack) and they were also wrong.

We are both on the horn to Centric/Stoptech directly.   Apparently the ones 
I got last month were leftover old stock from the previous design.   Oddly, 
they claim that they still offer the disc-only setup, but only in a plain 
rotor (no cryo or slotting).   Given that they used to offer those services, 
that seems super-dumb to me.

They are short-staffed this week with a bunch of engineers and managers 
away at some conference, but Monday I'm going to phone them back and see about 
getting this fixed.   After all, the vendors are all selling their product 
based on images THEY provide to their vendors.   Whether it's Summit, Tire 
Rack, Amazon, Ebay or whatever, they all show these things as a disc-only, but 
when the box arrives, SURPRISE!

They were stupid to change the design but not change the part number.   
It's created tons of confusion.   Hopefully we can get some resolution shortly. 
  Stay tuned!

Mike
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   Guys,
   An update to the post I made a month or so ago about being able to buy
   bolt-on replacement vented/slotted/cryo-treated front brake rotors from
   Stoptech:
   I ordered a second pair for another friend and when they arrived, they
   were the wrong ones.  They were the more modern style, where the hub
   and rotor are cast as a single unit.  Forest Goodhart also ordered a
   pair from a different source (Tire Rack) and they were also wrong.
   We are both on the horn to Centric/Stoptech directly.  Apparently the
   ones I got last month were leftover old stock from the previous
   design.  Oddly, they claim that they still offer the disc-only setup,
   but only in a plain rotor (no cryo or slotting).  Given that they used
   to offer those services, that seems super-dumb to me.
   They are short-staffed this week with a bunch of engineers and managers
   away at some conference, but Monday I'm going to phone them back and
   see about getting this fixed.  After all, the vendors are all selling
   their product based on images THEY provide to their vendors.  Whether
   it's Summit, Tire Rack, Amazon, Ebay or whatever, they all show these
   things as a disc-only, but when the box arrives, SURPRISE!
   They were stupid to change the design but not change the part number.
   It's created tons of confusion.  Hopefully we can get some resolution
   shortly.  Stay tuned!
   Mike