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CamaroSkooter · 04-21-2009, 04:00 PM

^^ Just don't expect to stop anytime soon...

stebog · 04-21-2009, 04:11 PM

Is that how you got your user name?

Dan · 04-21-2009, 04:15 PM

Oil the brakes.....yeah that will work....

Hylton · 04-21-2009, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UsedTaHaveA68

Don't listen to these guys, they don't know what they're talking about.

It's actually quite easy to prevent. The problem with bare steel (and most metals - even aluminum) is it oxidizes very quickly. So to prevent this, you must create a nonreactive barrier between the steel and the atmosphere.

Just spray some light oil on there and you can kiss that rust goodbye! Why do you think metal parts are always shipped with a light coating of oil on them? WD-40 works, or if you don't have any some Pam cooking spray works quite well also. Good luck!

And people say that I am mean.....

Gentry78 · 04-21-2009, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stebog

Is that how you got your user name?

Morepwr · 04-21-2009, 05:59 PM

Just swap them out for the ceramic brakes like the ZR1 and the problem is solved!

FirstLSK · 04-21-2009, 10:11 PM

Get them real hot and the lead will melt off the calipers onto the rotor. Lead doesn't rust.

theholycow · 04-22-2009, 07:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morepwr

Just swap them out for the ceramic brakes like the ZR1 and the problem is solved!

They make ceramic rotors?

fdjizm · 04-22-2009, 08:31 AM

every car has brake rotor rust in the rain or whatever, it comes off in 5 seconds...

dougmac · 04-22-2009, 09:34 AM

The other alternative is to swap in a set of old school DRUM BRAKES ... you can paint the drum a heat resistant paint and they will stay nice looking for a long time !!

Just don't expect good stopping performance ... though would probably have better stopping ability than the "lubricated" rotors suggested earlier.

Or, you can get a set of the "RICE" fake rotor inserts in your wheels so you can't see the real rusty ones.

Doug

99 Z28er · 04-22-2009, 02:31 PM

Surface rust is no big deal.... that's just an evil of disc brakes.

fdjizm · 04-22-2009, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UsedTaHaveA68

Don't listen to these guys, they don't know what they're talking about.

It's actually quite easy to prevent. The problem with bare steel (and most metals - even aluminum) is it oxidizes very quickly. So to prevent this, you must create a nonreactive barrier between the steel and the atmosphere.

Just spray some light oil on there and you can kiss that rust goodbye! Why do you think metal parts are always shipped with a light coating of oil on them? WD-40 works, or if you don't have any some Pam cooking spray works quite well also. Good luck!

this was a joke right?

CamaroSkooter · 04-22-2009, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fdjizm

this was a joke right?

Only on the weekends....and sometimes on Wednesdays too...

69 Hugger · 04-22-2009, 03:46 PM

WD 40 is a lubricant, if allowed to soak into a brake pad, whose prime purpose in life it is provide friction, it will reduce the pad's effectiveness. The pad wants to be grippy, the lubricant wants to be slippy. I'll fix anybodys rusty camaro rotors for free, all I'll need is the keys and a full tank of gas

04-21-2009, 05:59 PM	#20
Morepwr woohoo Drives: Silverado, 70cutlass, 57chevy&more Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Socal Posts: 557	Just swap them out for the ceramic brakes like the ZR1 and the problem is solved! __________________ I am not useless, I can still be used as a bad example!

04-21-2009, 10:11 PM	#21
FirstLSK Dude, I love my car !!!! Drives: 2010 Black 2SS/RS white rally Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: DFW Posts: 811	Get them real hot and the lead will melt off the calipers onto the rotor. Lead doesn't rust. __________________ -------------------------------------------------

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04-22-2009, 09:34 AM	#24
dougmac Drives: 2011 V6 MCA & 1969 GT Mustang Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: N.E. Wisconsin Posts: 112	The other alternative is to swap in a set of old school DRUM BRAKES ... you can paint the drum a heat resistant paint and they will stay nice looking for a long time !! Just don't expect good stopping performance ... though would probably have better stopping ability than the "lubricated" rotors suggested earlier. Or, you can get a set of the "RICE" fake rotor inserts in your wheels so you can't see the real rusty ones. Doug

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99 Z28er Drives: 99 Z28 Hardtop, 08 Sierra SLT Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Lansing, MI Posts: 5	Surface rust is no big deal.... that's just an evil of disc brakes.

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69 Hugger Drives: 69 Convertible Camaro Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Sumit Point, WV Posts: 941 View My Garage	WD 40 is a lubricant, if allowed to soak into a brake pad, whose prime purpose in life it is provide friction, it will reduce the pad's effectiveness. The pad wants to be grippy, the lubricant wants to be slippy. I'll fix anybodys rusty camaro rotors for free, all I'll need is the keys and a full tank of gas