So KVM is wrong, but your solution is to buy the most expensive thing on the rack? I'm sorry but that is not sound advice. Research is the way get the smart buy. KVM has been a long time brake manufacturer for all different makes and model cars. They are in my opinion a battle tested company. So to your assertion that bigger$$$ is better, I say Bull. Case in point, i used to have to replace or turn my brakes about every year when i used stock parts. Since moving to KVM rotors and hawk pads I have gone three years with the same brake setup. No warping, I still have pad left, and the braking distances are as good if not better than the stock setups.
KVM was not Dodge bashing. They were simply stating that the rotor thickness was not sufficient. I really don't even understand your argument. First you say KVM is wrong in their assertion, yet give no basis for that argument, be it fact or opinion. Then you go on to say auto manufacturers like to save money and weight. i'm sorry but when a car is 3800 lbs. a few ounces off the rotors means diddly squat! I don't care about rotational mass or whatever. I'd much rather have a solid braking system and pick up a few ounces is a willing sacrifice. The fact is Auto manufacurers make a product to seel to the masses. their goal is profitablity. In that respect they can't always equip these cars with the best parts available on the market and keep the car competitively priced. You pretty much back this statement in your post. So why is that the aftermarket companies products are inferior? KVM, for instance, make brakes and only brakes. So why wouldn't they be able to produce a superior product at a cheaper cost than Dodge who only supplies stock brake rotors which were built to perform at a certain cost point? (ie(Dodge exec) "what's the best rotor we can get for $10 a peice, our cost?") Food for thought, Mike ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/46t0lB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Web: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid> Subscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Moderator: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
