Heavy Rust on Brake Rotors.

On a serious note....I have painted the hats of rotors with black BBQ paint in the past. The rust on the edge of the rotor will eventually get ...

If the rust is deep — to the point of pitting — it is certainly possible the rotors need to be replaced. Heavy rusting can be caused by the ...

Near the hub or outer cooling slots ,wire brush and a few drops of WD on a rag, wiping the rust spots. You can sand the rotors by hand ,but ...

Yes, sadly corrosion on the Leaf brake disks (front and rear) is common. I think the community consensus is to regularly do some hard braking ( ...

Daily use “rubs” the rust off. You can take the wheels off and scrub it off with dilute acid like white vinegar but it will come back if the car ...

^^This. If the corrosion is deeper than riding or light sanding will remove, you will have to be careful that the rotor remains thicker than the ...

It's normal for rotors to rust as shown in the original post. The part of the rotor hub that is rusting is the part that faces the wheel - this ...

If they are still seriously rusted or pitted then you may have some bad rotors. And as someone above said, if the rain one night is only coming ...

Heavy rust on the wiped area of discs shows that the car has stood for a long time and if too heavy the discs should be replaced . Formation ...

They may show a slight brown staining over time when not being used but the brown stain actually a good thing. The chromium content in the SS ...

The only real thing you can do is get painted rotors when you install them but even that will eventually rust. Since it's a wear item and the ...

The more humid and time the more rust will form. It's harmless. The first time you apply the brakes, when this happens, it will be swiped off ...

If your rotors sat for 2 years with rust on them they are probably toast. But, nobody here can tell you exactly what is wrong with your car in ...

To get rust off , and to protect it now use S100 spray. this works great won't kill the pads or if you over spray won't kill the paint. and don' ...

You can avoid it by buying aftermarket rotors that have the hub powder coated.. It looks good and keeps the rust away, but manufacturers don't ...

Just set out to replace my brake pads, and once I got the wheels off, I was surprised to see a lot of rust inside the rotor vents.

The simplest solution I found was rubbing the metal with some crumbled up alumnium foil. I didn't have to take anything apart, or go out and buy ...

Just use a wire brush and a metal scrapper to get the rust flakes off by hand. This is all a stop gap until you replace the rotors. They'll just ...

The pad material transfers to the rotors, and the rotor will rust beneath this layer of pad material, at which point it starts to flake off and ...

Everyone has rusty rotors. This is a temporary condition that occurs when the car is washed or driven a lot in heavy rain. As soon as the ...