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

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Thanks for the warning, Mike--
I was just about to dig into the brake job my car needs.
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On February 23, 2017 at 12:47 PM, "Mike Drew via DeTomaso" 
wrote: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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   Thanks for the warning, Mike--

   I was just about to dig into the brake job my car needs.
   Sent using Hushmail
   On February 23, 2017 at 12:47 PM, "Mike Drew via DeTomaso"
   <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:

     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