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Old 07-16-2009 | 01:46 PM
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Default 2008 Accord Rotor Diameter

So, my wife's rotors are warped at 24k miles. Dealer offered to turn them at no charge, but I figured I'll go ahead and upgrade to some better parts so I won't be re-visiting this issues in another 25k miles.
My parts stor says there are two diameters for 08' rotors.
I would assume the smaller is for lx and larger size for EX and EXL. Does anybody know?
I'll measure tonight if nobody knows. Thanks
Old 07-16-2009 | 05:53 PM
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Rotor warping at 24k is extremely premature. She must be a heavy braker..?
(edit: nvm, googling seems to show that premature rear pad wear is a common problem. Did the pads wear down too low causing the warping?)

If it were me I would just resurface them and go easy on the brakes assuming the driver is a no throttle control gas, brake, gas, gas, brake, gas, BRAKE, gas gas brake type. Or upgrade to Brembo Blank rotors and aftermarket pads.

The parts store (assuming Honda Parts) should know. I don't see why they wouldn't. But I'm almost certain the smaller rotor is for LX and larger for EX.
Old 07-26-2009 | 08:32 AM
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Rotors were already warped when we got the car...Honda has had issues w/brake pads wearing out pre maturely, I would assume the first pads worn too thin, or the previous owner was hard on the brakes.
All is well now w/ new rotors. They were appx 11.5", and was the larger diameter as suspected. Even though the pads were vitually new, I wish I had up graded to a ceramic, or at least a better quality than OEM, the OEM pads suck, but work for now.




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