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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 12:36 AM
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rust on brakes?

What's the best way to get rid of it? Or is buying new brake rotors the only way to go? I recently plastidipped my rims black and the rust is too noticeable now...
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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 01:22 AM
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take your rotors off and sand the rust off. then coat with high heat anti rust paint. or just buy new rotors
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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 08:35 AM
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This^^ and use VHT "Flameproof" paint, once you get the rotors back on do some aggressive braking (without coming to a full stop) to cure the paint.
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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 08:39 AM
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plus two... but if youre due for brake maintenance.. just go new
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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 01:04 PM
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I had some crazy bad rust on mine, ended up using a wire brush on the dremel to buff off the surface rust (you could sand as well) and coated the non contact areas with a rust inhibitor paint called "rust bullet", hit the calipers with a clean silver while I was in there. Worked great and has held up with no issues.



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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by TBau651
I had some crazy bad rust on mine, ended up using a wire brush on the dremel to buff off the surface rust (you could sand as well) and coated the non contact areas with a rust inhibitor paint called "rust bullet", hit the calipers with a clean silver while I was in there. Worked great and has held up with no issues.



I'm not too educated on car parts... in your first pic, is that the rotor? Mine kinda looks like that. Basically, will replacing my rotor get rid of my problems. If so, how much am I looking at to replace those? I have a '11 g37xS with akebono brakes
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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 06:58 PM
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All those top 4 pics are the rotors, and would be fairly easy to clean them up, mask off most of the pad contact area (you want to mask only almost all the pad contact area except about a 1/4" out from the center, this will ensure a nice clean cut line when the pads clean off the paint. New rotors shouldn't be needed unless they have excessive runout, or a damaged and too thin to be machined.
New rotors of OEM quality will cost about $300.
Since you aren't versed on brakes it's best to have a friend that has done brake work to remove and reinstall the rotors, it's easy, but best to have someone that's done them before.
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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by blnewt
All those top 4 pics are the rotors, and would be fairly easy to clean them up, mask off most of the pad contact area (you want to mask only almost all the pad contact area except about a 1/4" out from the center, this will ensure a nice clean cut line when the pads clean off the paint. New rotors shouldn't be needed unless they have excessive runout, or a damaged and too thin to be machined.
New rotors of OEM quality will cost about $300.
Since you aren't versed on brakes it's best to have a friend that has done brake work to remove and reinstall the rotors, it's easy, but best to have someone that's done them before.
thanks i'll look up some youtube videos just to make sure i don't **** something up haha
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