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10-19-2012, 10:39 AM | #705 |
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if you notice any time your rotors get wet and then dry you will see a light layer of rust on them. Next time you wash your car, you'll see it. B/c once you wash it, it normally sits for a minute, the oxygen hits the rotors and starts the process.
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10-19-2012, 11:45 AM | #706 |
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not brake dust...rust on the rotors.
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10-19-2012, 12:55 PM | #708 |
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well I don't get what your question is then if you meant rust. Rust doesn't happen while the car is in use, and the brakes are being used. The surface rust happens when the car is sitting and the metal has time to react with moisture, and air. So when the car sit's up outside, that's exactly when rust will accumulate on the rotors, or anywhere else for that matter.
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I think Doc is having the same issue as me.. It looks like rust.. I could be brake dust but it looks like rust to me. It'll snap a pic to confirm later. |
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lol wow........no, when you wash it, the moisture and then sitting up after the wash is what causes it. Rust is a lot harder to get off than dirt because it isn't something that is just laying on top of metal. It is the residue from a chemical reaction WITH the metal, so it's actually part of the rotor at that point. The easiest way to get it off is to use your brakes. The friction with the pads will wear the rust off. Like I said earlier, I've never had a problem with rust build up because all my cars are garaged, and even when they do spend a night outside at work, I USE my brakes when I drive so whatever surface rust might be there (which isn't much) is gone within a few minutes.
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I'm surprised that people are confused about metal rusting, no offense. |
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Sara , when he meant DRIVE the car and USE the brakes. it's basicly like when you ride with me. shit like doing 120-130 downshifting the crap outa the car and brakes but tape on brakes. things like that but you can do that around 60-70 and your brakes will get a good heating. on a casual drive you know i use manual mode? I dont just drive on Automatic mode all the time. I drive what they call enthusiastically.
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Simplest way to get rid of brake rotor rust (if it truly bothers you) is to do a few hard 60-0 braking tests in a safe area. Rust has to be grinded off. It's cheapest to let your brake pads do it.
If you really want to be anal, you can use compressed air to blow off water droplets off the rotors after you wash your car to slow done rust generation. Personally I'd rather just do a few hard braking runs (but then again the rust doesn't bother my but I do like to test out the ABS system every once in a while ). |
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