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Old 02-24-2015, 03:57 PM   #122
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Re: My 4/6" ECE lowering install thread - 72 Shorty

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Originally Posted by Classic Heartbeat View Post
It kind of looks like to me that the raised line in his pad is created by the stock groove in his rotor. If his rotor were gouged bad enough to make a mark like that, it would be too bad to turn. The pads look good otherwise. I would put it back together as is, just depress the caliper so it will go back onto the rotor. I wouldn't even change the pads. They have lots of life left in them. WES
20 years ago a guy at NAPA said I needed new rotors because there was a huge gouge in both of mine... That didn't seem right to me. I learned later these stock grooves indicate life left on the rotors.
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