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Signs of Warped Rotors?

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#1 ·
After attending many lapping sessions at various tracks, I think my brake rotors are finally warping!

I don't feel any pulsation or any type of different feeling in the pedals but when I gently come to a complete stop, I feel a very slight bucking back and forth feeling while on the brakes.

Is this a sign of warped brake rotors? If not, what could it be? It's starting to bother me in daily driving.

My car is a 2008 Civic Si Coupe. The only brake mods I've ever done were brake pads.
 
#5 · (Edited)
They're just cheap blank rotors that are made in China, like almost every other rotor out there. They perform very well and I know many people with high-end cars who use them for track days. People even compare them with Brembo blanks nowadays, especially since they shifted a lot of their production work to China.

It seems that you would only benefit from buying expensive rotors if you have an extremely nice brake system with steel rotors. Other than that, almost every other "cast" rotor is very identical.

If I bought OEM front rotors, which are great quality; it would have ended up costing me $185/each for the front and $110/each for the rears. With these white box blanks, I'm paying about $50/each for the fronts and $40/each for the rear - something like that.