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Old 05-02-2010, 08:57 AM   #1
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rusty rotors

My rotors and calipers are spotless, but I met another camaro owner at a small camaro meet in Illinios that uses his camaro as a daily driver and drove it in the winter. His rotors are rusting and his calipers look aged. He has just excelerated the damage to his, but eventually mine will look like these, but will just take me longer. My question is: Is there anything I can do to prevent this other than keeping the salt off them like coating them with a small amount of oil (not on the braking surface)?
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My rotors and calipers are spotless, but I met another camaro owner at a small camaro meet in Illinios that uses his camaro as a daily driver and drove it in the winter. His rotors are rusting and his calipers look aged. He has just excelerated the damage to his, but eventually mine will look like these, but will just take me longer. My question is: Is there anything I can do to prevent this other than keeping the salt off them like coating them with a small amount of oil (not on the braking surface)?
Its mostly about keeping them clean and well protected.

For the rotors, the brake pad surface of the rotor will always be clean, due to the fact that its in constant contact with the pads. The center hub and outer rotor vanes are where the rust happens. To prevent this, you'll want to get a can of Duplicolor black high-temp ceramic caliper paint. Clean the rotors well with brake clean, and then paint the hubs and outer edge of the rotor. Don't worry if there is any overspray on the brake pad surface, the pads will wipe it away as soon as you drive the car.

For the calipers, they are more difficult to protect because instead of being powdercoated like the CTS-V or G8 GXP calipers, they are a rough cast iron like finish (same as the 08+ Cobalt SS). You could try to wax them with regular car wax to protect the finish, but I'm not sure how much that would help. The best remedy is probably just to keep them as clean as possible, and to not allow brake dust to eat into or dull the finish. I wouldn't put any type of oil anywhere near the brake system, if it gets on the brake pads/rotor surface, it will make the brakes grabby and cause some nasty noises as well.
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Old 05-04-2010, 09:06 PM   #3
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Rotor's, I noticed when I wash my car and wheel the rotor' show rust but once I drive it and use the brakes the rust is gone. I beleive it's just a fine film when they get wet.
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Rotor's, I noticed when I wash my car and wheel the rotor' show rust but once I drive it and use the brakes the rust is gone. I beleive it's just a fine film when they get wet.
Yes, you're right. I see that rust too, but it is on the braking surface and is gone the first time you brake. What I was talking about is rust around the edges and the middle and doesn't come off. Looks very bad because the are so visible through the rims. Wish I would have gotten pictures.
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Old 05-11-2010, 04:07 PM   #5
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The rotors on the car I mentioned don't look that great because they were subjected to winter conditions, but even our pleasure vehicles are going to eventually look like these in a couple of years. I just trying to find out what some of your ideas are. It just seems there should be more interest than this.
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The rotors on the car I mentioned don't look that great because they were subjected to winter conditions, but even our pleasure vehicles are going to eventually look like these in a couple of years. I just trying to find out what some of your ideas are. It just seems there should be more interest than this.
High temp ceramic paint is about the best you are going to do. It does work very well though, especially considering how inexpensive it is.
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Thank you wesman for your suggestions.
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Rotors rust like crazy unless they are stainless.
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And who makes stainless rotors??
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I think stainless would be too soft for rotors
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I think stainless would be too soft for rotors
Exactly, never heard of stainless steel rotors, period.
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