Thread: How long do brake rotors last?

Originally Posted by unseenone

I agree the wear depends on your driving habits, as well as the type of driving, highway vs city for example.

I got 20k out of my first LR OE rotors. At that time I was frustrated with the short length of life, as they said they could not be turned either. I picked up a set of 4 EBC drilled and slotted rotors. When I replaced them, because I was redoing my suspension the EBC still had some life, but had put 83k on them.

My driving style is mild, and I generally try to stay off the brakes, but I live in a city. So for comparison purposes, I got considerable more life out of the EBC. In addition, you should give them a very light turn at each new pad fitting to keep braking smooth and easy.

I hope this helps.

Not always possible to take a light cut off cast iron rotors. Cast Iron subjected to repeated heating/cooling cycles forms a hard skin. The machinist needs to take a sufficiently deep cut to get under the work hardened skin to be cutting in the soft metal underneath.

At a recent 60,000km service pads were reported as being 25% worn rear and 35% front. I have a mix of rural/city driving, time in the VHC using high descent and but am generally a light user.

I can report that the brakes and abs is awesome - I had an experience where an emergency brake pedal pressure was necessary triggering abs - makes a bloke think something breaking but it was just the system doing its thang