Rear rotors question

[vas160s]

I have recently bought front zimmermans rotors and am just looking around as my guy said my rear pads are 40% and I will also need rear rotors. So my question is....do I have to replace rotors every time I replace pads??? And what's a good reasonable place to get rear rotors? Seems fronts are more readily available and most don't sell rears for some reason. Thanks as always.

[marklar182]

Pretty Much! Open that wallet!

[vas160s]

lol why replace rotors that are not needing to be replaced. Where can I find some and what's the life expectancy of these...shit is getting expensive :-)

[marklar182]

Parts geek is probably cheapest.

Did your Mechanic measure the disc thickness?

Its a 2+ Ton car with alot of HP, Rotors and pads are consumable and can be consumed quick!

I got 50K out of mine with some life left. I drive like a grandpa though.

[vas160s]

I can't use them again. They screwed up my last order and hijacked my money for over a month. I wrote a post about it. Never again lol.

[DHall1]

You can get 50k plus out of rotors.

You can get 20k out of rotors.

Blame it on gray material and your right foot.

I get 50k but from time to time i feel like a 20yr old.

[Bigglezworth]

Heavy car and agressive driving will see consumption of front rotors quicker than rears at a rate of at least double and possibly triple... I replace rotors once for every two sets of pads. I perform a light resurface of the rotors to remove any light gouging as long as the rotors are still within spec. If they are borderline spec, I don't turn and have frequently looked to run the new pads for 50% of their lifespan prior to swapping for new rotors and new pads again. The pads are a lot less expensive than the rotors.

I have also recently been procuring the non-drilled Phaeton rotors which are direct fit. They perform fine and are significantly more cost affordable then the cross drilled.

[Other_Erik]

I have also recently been procuring the non-drilled Phaeton rotors which are direct fit. They perform fine and are significantly more cost affordable then the cross drilled.

Are they same sized front and rear or just rear?

[Bigglezworth]

Are they same sized front and rear or just rear?

Sorry the crutch of your post of course. I have only done Phaeton fronts and cannot provide insight to whether the rears are the same fit or no unfortunately.

[Other_Erik]

Sorry the crutch of your post of course. I have only done Phaeton fronts and cannot provide insight to whether the rears are the same fit or no unfortunately.

Front RS6 rotors == 365x34
Front Phaeton rotors == 360x32

Rear RS6 rotors == 335x22
Rear Phaeton Rotors == 310x22

Fronts are close enough to be basically interchangeable (and MUCH cheaper getting Phaeton rotors)
Rears are too far off...

[Korben007]

parts number or model year/specifics of phaeton that work?

[RS8]

Phaeton W12 part number: 3D0615301N
They are 365x34

(but I don't know if it is 100% direct fit or not)
(We are talking about them in another tread)