Rusty rotors
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It's NORMAL! Bare metal will rust and quite quickly when wet and exposed to the air. It's NORMAL. EVERY brake rotor in the world regardless of make, model, or brand will rust as described in this thread. What should NOT rust is the hat of the rotor and the area NOT rubbed by the brake pads.
As soon as 1 (one) application of the brakes occurs, all rust is cleared off and the surface is shiny again.
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It's NORMAL! Bare metal will rust and quite quickly when wet and exposed to the air. It's NORMAL. EVERY brake rotor in the world regardless of make, model, or brand will rust as described in this thread. What should NOT rust is the hat of the rotor and the area NOT rubbed by the brake pads.
As soon as 1 (one) application of the brakes occurs, all rust is cleared off and the surface is shiny again.
Elmer
As soon as 1 (one) application of the brakes occurs, all rust is cleared off and the surface is shiny again.
Elmer
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We can all blame the Indians, Chinese, and other far east and middle east companies that make many of today's rotors.
Deep pits are caused by contaminants in the slag after recycling the metals from older cars.
My car parts stores tell me to buy Canadian rotors when I have totally worn mine out. ???
Deep pits are caused by contaminants in the slag after recycling the metals from older cars.
My car parts stores tell me to buy Canadian rotors when I have totally worn mine out. ???
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The only way I can think of to avoid rusty rotors is to replace them with rotors made of something that doesn't rust, like carbon fiber or maybe stainless steel or aluminum. Whatever that material may be, it would have to grip like machined steel and absorb (and then radiate) huge amounts of heat without warping, scoring, cracking, or wearing out in a few hundred miles. That pretty much sums up the problems you'd have with carbon fiber brakes.
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We can all blame the Indians, Chinese, and other far east and middle east companies that make many of today's rotors.
Deep pits are caused by contaminants in the slag after recycling the metals from older cars.
My car parts stores tell me to buy Canadian rotors when I have totally worn mine out. ???
Deep pits are caused by contaminants in the slag after recycling the metals from older cars.
My car parts stores tell me to buy Canadian rotors when I have totally worn mine out. ???
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We can all blame the Indians, Chinese, and other far east and middle east companies that make many of today's rotors.
Deep pits are caused by contaminants in the slag after recycling the metals from older cars.
My car parts stores tell me to buy Canadian rotors when I have totally worn mine out. ???
Deep pits are caused by contaminants in the slag after recycling the metals from older cars.
My car parts stores tell me to buy Canadian rotors when I have totally worn mine out. ???
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All rotors will rust on the "FIRE PATH" where the pad touches the rotor, it the rest of the rotor that shouldn't rust if they were properely treated.
As you can the rotors on my 06 look like crap after 2 days on the track
That's why I'm replacing them with some DBA slotted performance rotors
Tom
As you can the rotors on my 06 look like crap after 2 days on the track
That's why I'm replacing them with some DBA slotted performance rotors
Tom
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Rust is normal, as said several times. I would not put anything on the rotors. You can take the rust off with sandpaper or such and clean with brake cleaner, if you want them in show condition, but no oil.
I also have seen some surface rust on what was supposed to be stainless, maybe it was a low grade or something.
I also have seen some surface rust on what was supposed to be stainless, maybe it was a low grade or something.