Rotors without rust? Recommendations?
 

Rotors without rust? Recommendations? After I wash my car the rust drips from the brake rotors and makes a rusty mess in the center of my wheels. I am planning to replace my rotors. What is recommended that will not drip rust?:cool:

bear Eradisprrd:thumbs: or at least something zinc washed. Mark

You can either paint the hats or get zinc coated rotors.

Buy a cheap set of napa rotors and paint them with some high temp paint before installing them.

I have a set of Baer Eradispeeds on mine and they are zinc coated - been there for around 3 years and no rust. Sportbrakes makes a set of zinc coated rotors that are less expensive than the Baers if you don't want to spend that much. Finally, you can always paint the hats and vents on your existing rotors with a good quality paint and stop the rust.

You have three options:
1. Buy zinc coated rotors
2. Paint the hats with a high-temp paint
3. Get the hat covers like Ecklers sells. They have chrome, painted, or unpainted. If you go this route, I highly recommend that you treat the surface of the rotor hats with a metal rust inhibitor first, otherwise they will rust beneath the hat covers. Don't use the rust inhibitor on the area that the pads contact because most of those products change the color of the metal to a grayish black.

best option for no rust is any Zinc coated rotor:cheers:

Zinc dipped is the key!

A cheap solution
 

I painted the hats on my rotors with high temperature paint ($12.00 for two cans of Duplicolor). Then, each time I wash my FRC, I dry it and buff it as normal, wipe down the engine compartment, buff my chrome wheels, then take her for a short spin applying the brakes frequently, not hard just touching. Heats up the rotors a little, water evaporates, whisks away any surface rust on rotors. Takes 5 minutes. Put her in the garage. No rust issues. Just a suggestion. Only costs the cost of 1 mile of gas.



:cheers:

My suggestion is paint the hats with a good high gloss black enamel. Doesn't have to be high temp paint, hats don't get that hot on a street driver.

Cheap, easy, looks good, won't rust. What more can I say!

RonJ ... :cheers:

:crazy: Not that hot?! Go for a drive and put your hand on your rotor :willy:

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Do you know if any of our dealer friends have zinc coated rotors? Does Delco offer them?

Sportbrakes

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Zinc Coated
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No, not that hot.

I wouldn't put my hand on the rotor itself, but on the hat I might ..... :lol:

RonJ .... :)

Man that set-up really looks nice!!

I taped them off and painted them high temp paint. Turn out real well. Here is a pic.

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Ok, I tried this and even at 20mph, I can barely reach the rotor. Then with my friends help, I finally managed to do it, while he steered. You're right its hot and fast.

signed ....Lefty :rofl:

Thanks They have been on my Vette for about a year now:cool:

I replaced the factory rotors with Sportbrakes D/S rotors almost two years ago. Before installing the new rotors I masked off the firepath and sprayed two coats of clearcoat on each rotor hat. No issues to date. I simply wash off the hats when I wash the wheels. The zink coating did wear off on the firepath after a few months, causing some rust when I wash the Vette. One trip around the block and all of the rust is gone.

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I went cheap-econo with Corvette Garage Sport Rotor Package ($399 for all 4). These are nice, zinc plated and don’t rust. I wouldn’t take these racing, but if you’re looking for clean rotors, these aren’t bad.

http://www.corvettegarage.com/produc...-corvette.html

I also painted the brake caliper brackets and added the stainless steel brake pad covers to cover the black pads. This setup had almost 2K on it when I took the photo. Not hard to keep clean with a daily dusting after cooling with a micro fiber towel. Good luck on what ever you decide on.

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Go with Sportbrakes, zinc coated. I think I got front & rear with both sets of pads for around $299. I think I ordered them off Sportbrake's eBay store. Great quality at the price.

What about the cheapos from R1Concepts? Anyone got any issues with those?

Thanks for the replies. Good input. Great pics. :cool:

If you get rotors that may rust I can attest to the fact that spraying this clearcoat on the hats of Delco rotors before they were installed has worked well for the past two years.

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