Don't laugh - does anybody know a supplier of made in USA or Canada brake rotors for passenger cars and trucks? Particularly 70's - 90's Dodge-Ford-GM 3/4, 1-ton 4x4 pickups. I suspects its all from China and India nowadays.
Made In USA Brake Rotor Sources?
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BREMBO CELEBRATES THE GRAND
OPENING
OF ITS EXPANDED NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING
OPERATIONS
North America
will become lead market for Brembo by year
-
end 2014
Plants in Michigan and NJ also many, many, worldwide.
link: http://www.brembo.com/en/Press/Comunicat...ing%20FINAL.pdf
OPENING
OF ITS EXPANDED NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING
OPERATIONS
North America
will become lead market for Brembo by year
-
end 2014
Plants in Michigan and NJ also many, many, worldwide.
link: http://www.brembo.com/en/Press/Comunicat...ing%20FINAL.pdf
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Originally Posted By: ronbo
BREMBO CELEBRATES THE GRAND
OPENING
OF ITS EXPANDED NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING
OPERATIONS
North America
will become lead market for Brembo by year
-
end 2014
Plants in Michigan and NJ also many, many, worldwide.
link: http://www.brembo.com/en/Press/Comunicat...ing%20FINAL.pdf
Hmmm, I wonder if this means that they will be sourcing the blank 4th gen f body rotors from these plants here in the U.S., instead of the Sino plants they went to after they stopped production of these at their Italian plants?
BREMBO CELEBRATES THE GRAND
OPENING
OF ITS EXPANDED NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING
OPERATIONS
North America
will become lead market for Brembo by year
-
end 2014
Plants in Michigan and NJ also many, many, worldwide.
link: http://www.brembo.com/en/Press/Comunicat...ing%20FINAL.pdf
Hmmm, I wonder if this means that they will be sourcing the blank 4th gen f body rotors from these plants here in the U.S., instead of the Sino plants they went to after they stopped production of these at their Italian plants?
Originally Posted By: ronbo
BREMBO CELEBRATES THE GRAND
OPENING
OF ITS EXPANDED NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING
OPERATIONS
North America
will become lead market for Brembo by year
-
end 2014
Plants in Michigan and NJ also many, many, worldwide.
link: http://www.brembo.com/en/Press/Comunicat...ing%20FINAL.pdf
99% sure that plant is still OEM production. Just got a new Fiat / Chrysler contract I believe.
BREMBO CELEBRATES THE GRAND
OPENING
OF ITS EXPANDED NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING
OPERATIONS
North America
will become lead market for Brembo by year
-
end 2014
Plants in Michigan and NJ also many, many, worldwide.
link: http://www.brembo.com/en/Press/Comunicat...ing%20FINAL.pdf
99% sure that plant is still OEM production. Just got a new Fiat / Chrysler contract I believe.
India is actually a good place to get brake parts these days if you know what you're looking for. USA rotors are impossible unless this brembo factory is true.
BECK and ARNLEY is your better choice for non Chinese non India.
BECK and ARNLEY is your better choice for non Chinese non India.
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Good luck. I think Balo was German made but not sure anymore.
Ask at NAPA or AZ and they will offer the made in USA rotors for an upcharge and they are worth it. Usually more meat or metal to them and can usually be turned when the Chinese rotors usually cannot.
Originally Posted By: spk2000
Ask at NAPA or AZ and they will offer the made in USA rotors for an upcharge and they are worth it. Usually more meat or metal to them and can usually be turned when the Chinese rotors usually cannot.
Nope, even NAPA's "super premium" have been China made for at least a couple years now.
AZ, doesnt matter if you buy the valucraft or the duralast, they are both Chinese.
The only way you're likely to get US made rotors off the shelf of your local parts store, is if they have a bunch of old stock laying around.
Ask at NAPA or AZ and they will offer the made in USA rotors for an upcharge and they are worth it. Usually more meat or metal to them and can usually be turned when the Chinese rotors usually cannot.
Nope, even NAPA's "super premium" have been China made for at least a couple years now.
AZ, doesnt matter if you buy the valucraft or the duralast, they are both Chinese.
The only way you're likely to get US made rotors off the shelf of your local parts store, is if they have a bunch of old stock laying around.
I've never seen non Chinese rotors from any of these local parts stores, including Advance, Autozone or O'Reilly
EBC still makes some rotors in the UK.
http://ebcbrakes.com/
http://ebcbrakes.com/
Originally Posted By: BBDartCA
Originally Posted By: ronbo
BREMBO CELEBRATES THE GRAND
OPENING
OF ITS EXPANDED NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING
OPERATIONS
North America
will become lead market for Brembo by year
-
end 2014
Plants in Michigan and NJ also many, many, worldwide.
link: http://www.brembo.com/en/Press/Comunicat...ing%20FINAL.pdf
99% sure that plant is still OEM production. Just got a new Fiat / Chrysler contract I believe.
This was my first question, too.
There are still some places making rotors in the US, but they're for OEM production.
There may be a coupe places making high-dollar performance rotors here, but the foundries making normal stock replacement rotors have petty much all shut down.
Originally Posted By: ronbo
BREMBO CELEBRATES THE GRAND
OPENING
OF ITS EXPANDED NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING
OPERATIONS
North America
will become lead market for Brembo by year
-
end 2014
Plants in Michigan and NJ also many, many, worldwide.
link: http://www.brembo.com/en/Press/Comunicat...ing%20FINAL.pdf
99% sure that plant is still OEM production. Just got a new Fiat / Chrysler contract I believe.
This was my first question, too.
There are still some places making rotors in the US, but they're for OEM production.
There may be a coupe places making high-dollar performance rotors here, but the foundries making normal stock replacement rotors have petty much all shut down.
Apparently AC Delco has a few part numbers of non production hubs and roots still cast and turned in Canada but it's random. I just got some Bendix rotos in and they are from China. But with Bendix quality control ....
Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Good luck. I think Balo was German made but not sure anymore.
I had made in Germany Balo and Zimmerman for my E430 long time ago(10-12 years), newer Zimmerman rotors are made in China now.
Good luck. I think Balo was German made but not sure anymore.
I had made in Germany Balo and Zimmerman for my E430 long time ago(10-12 years), newer Zimmerman rotors are made in China now.
Have had good luck with Centrex rotors. To be fair about it, the Chinese have a LONG history in making cast iron. Foundrys are not beloved by the Greenweenies, so now they get to buy Chinese rotors instead of American made units.
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Apparently the Kyoto Protocol lovers think it's OK for the world's most polluting, least environmentally controlled society to run the world's most dirty iron forges on our behalf, while the world's most regulated economy is not allowed to run clean iron forges. Remember all the pollution created, it's all for the children.
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Originally Posted By: HangFire
Apparently the Kyoto Protocol lovers think it's OK for the world's most polluting, least environmentally controlled society -snip-
The US is not a Kyoto signatory.
That's right, it was "dead on arrival" for Congress. I was talking about "Kyoto Protocol lovers" which includes some Americans, but not America.
Originally Posted By: HangFire
Apparently the Kyoto Protocol lovers think it's OK for the world's most polluting, least environmentally controlled society -snip-
The US is not a Kyoto signatory.
That's right, it was "dead on arrival" for Congress. I was talking about "Kyoto Protocol lovers" which includes some Americans, but not America.
I have worked on some Chrysler OEM rotors from Canada. Too bad they warp easily, and a mid-grade China rotor is an improvement.
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