That " Rust Prevention Technology" sounds interesting and for that alone, I would give them a try. (My rotors ALWAYS rust on the braking-surface then the rust tears up the pads..... any relief from that process would be welcome.)

 

Well, like all coated rotors I'm sure the pad contact area will flash rust easily once the coating wears off. I do like the coated hub area and internals though.

 

I just put Wagner coated rotors & Raybestos EHT pads all around on my '03. They are excellent so far, both are quality parts. My go-to was also Centric rotors, but the Wagners were a good bit cheaper.

 

What kind of prices are you finding on centric? Last time I did brakes on my 05 outback xt I got my centric rotors from Tire Rack. They were under $50ea front and $40ea in the rear.

Not exactly what I would call expensive or gone up in price?

*edit* Wow the Raybestos rotors are really cheap....$20ish on amazon. If you go with them curious to see how they hold up. I have been seeing the name pop up more and more on different forums.

 

RockAuto is where I get my rotors and pads...I go for the centric rotors with the painted hubs and I use Akebono ceramic pads for the lack of brake dust. RockAuto usually has 5% coupon codes available too.....you just have to search for them.

-r

 

running centric rotors and pads on the front of my H4 car now. and been happy with them.
got them from partstrain.com as recommended for price by another member. (came in cheaper then rockauto,

...and in this case amazon's buy interface kind of sucks,...in choosing and price.)

 

I put the Raybestos RPT Rotors on all of my cars now as the rust bothers me. I used Akebono pads as that is the most common Subaru OEM supplier (or at one time it was).