Brake discs - ebay vs wreckers..

[haiiro99]

The ZX6 needs new front discs and after sticking my hands in my pockets and finding a pile of lint, a piece of string and a piece of chewy, I'm face with a conundrum;
"Do I get a set of discs from the wreckers or do I go for the Chinese made ebay cheapies?"
Pros and cons;
Wreckers - Pro - I can get them now
Wreckers - Con - They could be warped and definitely could be under thickness from being used.
Ebay - Pro - They're new
Ebay - Con - They're Chinese made, and I don't have much faith in Chinese manufacturing, and these are brakes we're talking about so it's serious...

So I come to you guys looking for your input. What has your experience been with stuff like this?

Thanks in advance.

[Mike]

Wouldn't touch those Chinese brake discs. Especially the dodgey eBay ones.

Might be worth getting someone with a gauge to come with you and check for warp-age or undersized.

[haiiro99]

Seems to be the advice I've got so far. Might pay the wreckers a visit with my good old verniers...

[Gav]

Just remember, you get what you pay for. Me personaly would steer well clear of chinese anything..

[craig]

planet discs 4/6 woodbine crt wantirna if max is still there 980170671 when i spoke with him a couple years ago now he was sorta semi retired if you go to a wreckers take a "thingy- majig" to check there still RWC

verniers are only good if the outer edge of the disc is worn to the same thickness.....generally not...you'll need a "thingy-majig"

[csgup1]

tristan from redline motorcycles has put an aftermarket set of discs that i think he got off ebay . he said they werent half bad. call him up and ask for options...

[Daisy]

I've got a set of Chinese ones. No complaints whatsoever.

[Kwak addict]

Wreckers discs are always measured & have the thickness written on them, warpage is not really measurable & 99% of the time the wreckers can't ride the bikes they wreck so you hafta take a punt but they'll swapover or refund you if they're warped.
I'm like you with the Chinese brakes trust issue.

[haiiro99]

Thanks for the advice guys. I've now got better questions to ask, and better people to ask questions of than just using the yellow pages and looking up ebay.

[laidback]

What's your life worth. For what it's worth I would rather not ride than put secondhand brakes or tyres or cheap crap on my bike.

[mick_dundee]

Apart from Planet discs there is also Awesome discs in Ringwood Vic, uysed them for 3 dics on the old zzr and no complaints, that being said, if there's 2 blokes in Vic that do it i'm sure you could find a few in NSW too that do the same thing, basically slap a new rotor on your carriers.