Disc brakes with their calipers, rotors, and pads were invented long before becoming popular with the general driving public. Acceptance was delayed due to the awful metal-against-metal screeching ...

If your car's brake rotors feel rough or have visible grooves at, let's say, 35,000 miles, it would be better and safer to replace the rotors when swapping to new brake pads.

Before placing a new rotor on, ensure there's no residue left on them with a quick spray of some handy-dandy brake cleaner. Then, install the new pads, replace the hardware, and the job is done.

Brake dust that accumulates on a car's wheels comes from the rotors, not the pads. Porsche's solution, developed with Bosch, sprays a 0.004-inch tungsten-carbide coating onto iron discs, making ...

Take brake rotors, for example. A standard front disc rotor on a full-size sedan usually measures about 12 inches across and weighs close to 21 pounds since it is made of solid metal.

Meanwhile, the optional blue, red and bronze options add $595, a small proportion of the cars’ MSRPs of $59,990 and $84,990, respectively.