# Disk Brake question **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** accord, honda\ **Created:** [August 30, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/disk-brake-question/54404 "2010-08-30T18:05:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![surfndude44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/surfndude44/32/3140_2.png) [@surfndude44](https://community.cartalk.com/u/surfndude44)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/disk-brake-question/54404/1 "2010-08-30T18:05:15Z")
I am getting ready to replace the organic disk pads on my wife’s 2006 Honda Accord. I am going to replace with organic pads unless someone here suggests otherwise (i.e ceramic). She has no peddle pulse, indicating rotors are not true, when applying the brakes. My question is Should I still have the rotors resurfaced ? ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/disk-brake-question/54404/2 "2010-08-30T18:10:32Z")
There’s no sense in replacing or resurfacing perfectly good rotors. Those rotors are so thin anyways…they probably can’t be resurfaced. ---
**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/disk-brake-question/54404/3 "2010-08-30T18:37:10Z")
I’d leave the rotors as-is. I have been replacing my rotors every other brake job. Do be aware that you will not get full braking out of the new pads until they wear into the grooves of the rotors, since they are not resurfaced. ---
**Author:** ![surfndude44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/surfndude44/32/3140_2.png) [@surfndude44](https://community.cartalk.com/u/surfndude44)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/disk-brake-question/54404/4 "2010-09-01T18:54:31Z")
Thanks and I will not touch the rotors. I have gotten mixed answers on brake pads so I would appreciate you weighing in on whether I should stick with buying organic or pay a little more money for ceramic brake pads? Thanks again, Tom ---
**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/disk-brake-question/54404/5 "2010-09-01T19:05:18Z")
Personally, I’d say with the OEM pads. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/disk-brake-question/54404/6 "2010-09-01T19:29:45Z")
Me too, unless I wanted better braking and less pad wear, in which case I wouldn’t get ceramic either, but carbon-kevlar. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/disk-brake-question/54404/7 "2010-09-01T19:33:29Z")
If the disc surfaces are not scored or glazed, leave the rotors on and reuse them without resurfacing. I do this routinely on my own vehicles without any problems. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/disk-brake-question/54404/8 "2010-09-01T19:55:33Z")
I’ve never priced those. Are they expensive? ---
**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/disk-brake-question/54404/9 "2010-09-01T20:41:40Z")
Of course, the problem with the combination of less wear and better braking is that the rotor’s life will usually be shortened (unless you put a better rotor on too). ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/disk-brake-question/54404/10 "2010-09-01T21:54:53Z")
I’ll stick with the ceramics. Why make the rotors sacrificial rather than the pads…unless, of course, I decide I need better braking…