jesse550

It's driving me nuts. Also I got curb rashed today, pretty sad about that.


Here's the pic. I'm the 3rd owner of the car btw, so it's probably been building up for a while.

Invalid

What pic?

jesse550

Just added it, my bad.

v.b

iTrader: (3)

Thats your brake line bracket. Dont eff with it!

Invalid

I think your best option is to powder coat it. It's aluminum wheel so I don't think it will rust.

jesse550

I guess I'll let a local shop take care of it.

Invalid

If rash is not too bad get someone to polish it out?

TVPostSound

iTrader: (9)

Are you describing the rust on the rotor? It's your first car, right?

jesse550

The rust all the way at the far bottom right & it's my second car.

GET_SOME

iTrader: (3)

only way to get rid of it is to sand down the surface rust and then paint over it.

jesse550

Will look into it, thanks. Do you know if it builds up faster with more driving or from not enough driving?

sharkey

iTrader: (1)

It will build due to moisture getting on a raw metal piece.... it will build when you wash the car and not dry the rotors, it will build when it rains, it will build when there is humidity.

Take them off, wire brush, and paint or powdercoat....

LanceB

Stock rotors are made out of plain,non-coated steel. The reason the main surfaces don't rust is because the they get polished every time you step on the brakes. The rest of it, however, will look just like any other piece of steel left out in the elements, over time. Yes, it does get to be unsightly. The solution, as suggested above, is to remove the rotors, sand, wire-wheel, or sandblast off the rusty places, and coat those places with a rust-resistant coating. Alternatively, you could replace them with custom rotors that are coated, or made out of a non-rusting material (stainless, ceramic).

Black Betty

iTrader: (60)

It's iron. Iron + water = rust. There's nothing you can do to keep it from rusting unless it's always kept in a climate controlled moisture free environment. It's going to rust no matter what you do. Painting or powder coating it will be worse because it will just come off and make it look crappier than the rust. The only way that I know of to keep it from rusting is to get some rotors where the hats are aluminum instead of iron. I have 2 piece rotors that have aluminum hats and they don't rust. But they are pretty expensive.

CaptainObvious

Cool, another rust on my rotors thread.

It's his second car, but apparently the first one he's paid much attention too.