I had an omni for a beater for a short time in the mid 80's , the front brakes started grinding at some point but I just ignored it . The brakes got so bad I had to use the emergency brake to stop the car . At that point i decided to junk it . long story short I drove it to a local junkyard , after they weighed the car (loaded it with alot of scrap parts ) I unbolted the tires and had them lift the car with a loader so I could take the wheels off and when I looked at the front front brakes the rotors braking surface was completely ground away , only the center part that went over the wheel hub remained .:toothy10: