Speaking of automation, I thought this camera rig was cool. Takes photos of everything including above and below the car when it comes in. Preventing false damage claims and easier to spot leaks. Neat idea whoever came up with it. I wish it was wider, my truck barely fit through there.
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My personal thoughts on rock auto is generally, the economy choices are the push the problem 6 month down the road parts, and I want to be in the daily driver or better parts.
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Will,
Pull your head out of your ass and buy name brand rotors and pads from Rock Auto and put your turdbox back on the road.
NO ONE WITH a FUNCTIONING BRAIN buys brake parts for an econo box like a Kia or ANY consumer car under a MSRP under $50k at the dealer.
No Kia is worth a $600 brake job.
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Will,
I went over this SAME garbage about brakes with you and your Camry. Toyota and Kia DO NOT MAKE BRAKE ROTORS or PADS.
The kind folks at the Kia dealer lied to you about the brake parts not being sold onlineā¦
WAKE UP.
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This makes me want to take a picture of my butt with it since the copier is too high off the ground.
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Tom
Understood. Please do not get worked up.
Wanting to purchase quality parts. Not made in China crap or made in China name brand counterfit crap!
Do to personal reasons, I was simply doing a cost-benefit analysis and Kia service is a total rip-off.
The Camry was totaled. I was rear-ended and the entire trunk was collapsed.
There were no rental cars available in the metroplex and dealerships lots were empty. This was the only car at the Kia dealership lot at the time and I grabbed it. Have several friends with Sportages and they are decent cars. Mine has done an excellent job of suiting my needs.
I di stop in at NAPA a week ago and all rotors appeared to be made in China?
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I do feel compelled to point out that Kia (technically Hyundai Motor Company, being the parent), and most of their OEMs, are South Korean in origin. Although Iām willing to bet they have some OEM branches in China. Most manufacturers of automobiles and their OEMs do.
Cars are world-products these days. While a brand may be āAmericanā or āJapaneseā or āGermanā, or āBrazillianā (lol), they almost certainly have parts from manufacturers in all corners of the globe, and/or their manufacturers source materials from all corners of the globe. The Chinese make some good stuff, in addition to some real junque. Your brake rotors might be some of the good stuff. Or Korean. Almost certainly not USA, Mexico, Japan, or Canadian, eh. Might be time to roll the 
and see what Rock Autoās stuff is really made of. Or use that allegedly OEM site posted by Kobin - theyāre 2/3 of the dealer price (on rotors, anyway) and claim to be legit.
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Before I left WORLDPAC, almost All the major brake rotor manufacturers had moved off shore. That was just over ten years ago. Zimmerman, and a few Alfred Teeves hadnāt yet, but sadly most had.
Fortunately brake rotors are mostly an automated product and not touched my humans.
(for those curious, Worldpac is the largest wholesale distributor of most import oem car parts in this country). If you buy your oem maintenance parts from an on-line parts place like Pelican or get your car serviced at any garage including the Kia dealer, chances are they buy some of their parts from Worldpac.
Will, āAdvicsā brand brakes are your āOEMā
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