I am going to do a rear brake job on my 1998 V70 AWD w/158K miles on it. I was planning to get Volvo pads, but I am wondering about the rotors. I can get Zimmerman rotors for about $30 less per rotor than Volvo OEM rotors. Is there any great advantage to spending the extra money on Volvo parts in this case?

Thanks, as always.

I got almost 200k miles out of the set of Volvo rear rotors on my V70. I use original Volvo pads. They generate a lot of dust, but I've been happy with them. I've found that original Volvo from Tasca is the same or cheaper.

My parking brake shoes de-laminated and caused a big mess. I wish I'd known before what Klaus just told you. Somehow this guy has all the secrets.

Do the shoes. Make sure everything is lubed nicely. Make sure you change the fluid every two years.

And listen to the "Oracle of Minnesota".
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I'm stuck on Volvo and Volvo's stuck on me....

ONLY Volvo OE pads on my whole fleet, and good experience with Brembos. and don't listen to the whiners who don't want the Chinese ones. I have seen no difference whatsoever, except that I am feeding the ChiComms. Check the rubber brake lines for cracking while you are at it.
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The Family Fleet '90 745 16v; '90 745 GLE; 96 855T; 99 XC, collectively approaching 900,000mi and going strong.

How many times will your car need rear rotors? Are the hubs painted on the Zimmermann rotors, if not they will rust.

You also might want to invest in parking brake shoes, the old ones tend to delaminate.

You will need to loosen the parking brake cable a lot at the center console, and then find the star wheel inside the hub and loosen that a lot before removing the rotor.

Buy a packet of silicone brake grease and use it liberally on the parking brake linkage and the outside of the hub where the wheel touches it.

Buy a can of brake cleaner and clean the parking brake area and the inside of the rotor surface before putting the rotor back on. Then clean the outside of the rotor surface before putting the caliper on.

If you replace the parking brake shoes, use brake cleaner on the shoe surfaces after they are mounted.

Remember to tighten the star wheel until the wheel stops. Then back off 1-2 clicks.