I was told that you can only "turn" your brake rotors once. Any truth to this? I'm looking to just replace the pads and turn the rotors if needed and I'm getting estimates from $200-$600.
Any thoughts appreciated

 

There is a minimum thickness that they must be in order to turn them and use them safely. Your best bet is to find out what that amount is and get a micrometer and measure it up. Option number two is : buy new ones and on the day of the job go try to get the old ones turned, then you are covered, if they can turn them you can return the new ones and if they can't turn 'em you can throw on the new ones.

 

Wow two to six hundred ! That's a bit steep if you ask me.
You could always go to a junk yard and find the rotors and buy some new brake pads. Do the work yourself and you could be looking at a cost of around 100.00
just my 2 cents

 

$600, they should be putting on Brembos for that kind of price!

I would just get some OEM rotors (or Brembos if you want an upgrade) and do the job yourself.
It takes about an hour per side if you haven't done it before.

 

if they have only been turned once, they should be fine to resurface again. unless the last person to do it didnt know what they were doing and took way to much off on the first pass. deffinitly measure the rotors before u turn them...if they are over .05" the minimum thickness, they should be able to be turned. thats the general rule of thumb i use when i turn rotors at work! hope that helps.

 

The minimum thickness in mm, is cast into the back of the rotor. Not sure for your app but a Gen II runner is 23mm.

 

$600 putting in brembos my foot... i replaced my front pads, rotors with brembos, rear drums and rear shoes for under $300 and i did the work myself....