Hey guys, I just got some brembo blanks and hawk pads.. they work excellent, but i wanna keep them looking excellent over time too.. is there any kind of anti-rust coating that's safe to put on them?

 

you dont need anti-rust coating...the act of braking will keep them cleaned off. if i dont drive for a few days, i get some red coating but when i drive it rubs it off. its not actually rust on the rotor. its rusted brake dust. the powder gets wet and rusts.

 

Haha funny i saw this cuz i just finished repainting my calipers and cleaning my rotors. I hadnt touched mine in about 9 months so there was some rust or rusted brake dust as sooner called it on there. I just sprayed it w/ brake parts cleaner and used a paint and rust removing attachement on my power drill. It came off after a few applications.

 

i'm talking about basically everywhere on the rotor that the brake pads dont touch, rust is gonna form over time.. but i wanna keep them looking good and possibly protect them from the natural elements that would cause rust on an un-treated rotor, u know? like the rtp and r1 concepts rotors come with a zinc coating to prevent rust... can i get something to treat my brembos with?

 

Exactly.....

 

mine came w/ the zinc coating but i dunno if it helped or not considering i didnt touch them for 9 months.

 

Shouldn't have much that the pads dont touch...in fact my Mazda 626 was horrible about rust on the rotors and all it took was about a mile trip down the road and they were clean again.

 

never had rust on the stock rotors on either my 00 or 02
or my old 94 wrangler (where the rotors were regularly submerged in water)

 

How many forums are you going to post this in???

 

Oh BTW guys,i think he is refering to this part of the rotor..

 

lol.. im not gonna do anymore.. but i wanted to make sure i got as many opinions as possible.. on my old oem rotors formed rust right at the top and around the middle of the rotor where it didn't come in contact with the pads and looked horrible.. this highly upset me, and then i was elated when i put my new shiny ones on, and i wanna keep them that way

 

you hit it right on the nose man... thank you... and also at the top where the vents are

 

Well,here's the link i gave you in the suspension forum...


http://www.raceshopper.com/brake_paint.shtml

 

yeah, i saw that one... do they sell that stuff in auto parts stores? cause it just snowed, and lots of rain is in the forecast, so i wanted to do it as soon as possible

 

Not sure,i've never seen it in any autoparts stores.

 

hmmm... oh i just thought of something else as well.. i noticed today that on my front right rotor, theres like a very slight indentaton going around in a cirlce as if the pads cut into the rotor at some point... bad?

 

Pics? .

 

Cad plating FTW... Two years and still no rust.

 

cad plating FTW... what is that and where can i get it?

 

naa, i dont have the technological capability to provide pics right now.. but its like a very fine line that you can see going in a perfect circle around the surcafe of rotor.. i ran my fingernail over it to see if it was an indentation and it was a very slight one... almost as if there was a rock or something in the pad that cut into it.. any suggestions?

 

I would pull the caliper/pads,check for any problems with the pads..

 

Just paint over the rust or paint them before they do. I did those when i painted my calipers. If you get paint on the actual section of the disk that goes through the caliper it really doesnt matter as long as you dont put too much.



oh yeah those dots are grains sand and dirt.

 

had some on my stock rotors, none on my brembo blanks

 

I went to a place called RTP (race tech performance or something). They got me some powdercoated rotors (coated right where all the rust is) and they looked great. Took some time, and it's $25 extra per rotor for the coating, but they look great and it helps prevent rust!

Don't know how you can get in touch with them, but you can just paint the new rotors and you should be all set.

 

I dont have ainy rust on my rotors what so ever. When I did the upgrade to the 6th gen rotors/calipers I got all the rotors (which were used btw) and media blasted them.

Before and after pics can be found here

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2340299/3


I then sprayed the rotor down with some high temp black paint which I followed up with a couple coats of high temp clear coat. Any area whch I accidently got paint on got taken off by my brake pads the first time I hit the brakes and the rest of the rotor is perfectly covered and protected from rust.

 

rust free rotors:

(1) carbon
(2) ceramic

 

(1)8,000
(2)Dollars

 

Yes, you should be able to get it at a local autoparts store.

http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBr...24SP-737%24PJH

http://www.partsamerica.com/productd...egoryCode=3276

 

Actually a good coating of Armor-All on your rotors every few weeks works like a charm...






























In all seriousness, I just ordered a pair of Brembo blanks with zinc coating. Supposedly they're going to prevent rust. We'll see.

 

i didn't know brembos came with zinc coating... but i'm definitely gonna check it out at auto zone TODAY.. my one rotor already started rusting at the center!

 

yeah, i called like 5 auto zones and they all said they dont have anything to prevent rust... i dont wanna paint it any colors.. but could i put just a clearcoat of high temperature caliper paint on the parts that will rust and have that work? its not safe to put it on the entire rotor where the brake pads touch right?

 

Hey guys, I want to replace my brake system. I also have rust on my rotors. So I figured it would be a good time to replace everything. I, also, want to look into redoing the suspension. Does anyone know any good shops in the NJ/NY area? Or can anyone tell me where I can get all this done? I really want to do everything all at once.

 

@ in the sig.
For a shop in NY/NJ: http://forums.maxima.org/forumdispla...aysprune=&f=15
There is a suspension sticky at the top of the page, probably plenty of Brake threads, and even a subforum for Suspension & Brakes .

 

I don't think most auto shops carry them. This is where I got 'em...
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=374496

 

http://www.g2usa.com/



Im applying mine this week. I have the same setup...brembo blanks and hawk HPS.

great stuff

just apply to the rotors where the pads wont meet. youll have enough to do the calipers too.

 

see the thing is i wanna do it soon... like tomorrow or saturday.. lol.. cause a little rust is already starting to form on one of them, and i wanna catch it before it gets too bad.. so i can't afford to wait for shipping cause i think its gonna rain this weekend.. will just a clearcoat of caliper paint work? or do i need to use paint first.. then a clearcoat on the rotors

 

i'm thinkin just a clearcoat... yeah?

 

Can someone give me a link to everything I need? I want a new brake system. They said that Brembo system wasn't worth spending all that money. So, I would like a cheaper alternative.

 

go search about the 6th gen brakes, the 300zx brakes and etc...

 

Zinc coated rotors will defintiely fix the prob of rusting near the hub.
Will still get the rust on the braking surface when sitting though.