how 'bout i slap you, asshole? don't talk about me like that, it's not cool with me at all. i don't care who you are. and tell me...what business is it of yours when i buy my brake pads? my rotors were warped before that shit. yeah, i spent "24 something on a cheap tool" but it was because i needed that "cheap tool" to try and get my rotors off that night. if you had read my original post, you'd see that i said my brother sold a lot of his tools a while back. it's not that i "couldn't" get new pads -- i just thought it'd be pretty retarded to get new pads and throw them on some fucked up rotors.