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Same thing here. My wife usually comes back from inspection saying brakes need to be replaced. It usually the ridge. Luckily I will take a 5 lb sledge and hammer it off. I'll do the inspection for anything else out of the ordinary and its usually just the ridge.Your last paragraph, matches my thinking. All rotors are made this way and the pads never hang off the end. Therefore they all will generate a lip. The swept area of the pads is really nice looking. Only thing I can think of is the back side isn't good. I'll find out soon.
If it's out of spec, I have no problem replacing it. Just don't want to be taken advantage of. If they're right, I'll tell them so. If not I'll ask for a written statement describing the issue and relevant regulations.
Maybe I was having an off day yesterday. We'll see what I find.
The few times I have had problems with rotors is some glazing which I've taken care of on my lathe.
It just the dealers working on such small margins that they try to drum up business, its kinda sleezy but your best bet is to take it to another shop.
Problems with inspections is they probably only get 50-60% of the cost of the inspection so not really worth their "time" especially when they know a handfull of people may know someone who can do it cheaper.
I had my Tacoma inspected and they said it was leaking from the rack and pinion boot. Turns out it was leaking but contained in the accordion boot. So no physical leaks. They said it needed to be replaced and was a $2400 dollar job. I was able to save half that by doing it myself (almost wished I just paid them).