So i go my '05 coupe this week, and the rust on calipers just jumps out at me when i look at this beautiful car.....

I've read some discussion of just braking hard to remove some of the rust, but i find it hard to accept i'm going to be staring at this rust like this....

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/y...45400920231674


Can't really afford Brembo brakes for a while ...

any thoughts of removal or just getting them black or silver?
thanks

 

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Rotors are gonna rust. After you brake a couple times while driving it should come off

 

I have some R1 Concepts zinc coated rotors that do not rust. The entire rotor is coated in zinc, so everywhere the brake pads do not touch stays looking like new. There are quite a few offerings of coated rotors which I'd recommend you look into. Rusty rotors kill the look of the G (or any car), so you might look into upgrading if the rust bothers you.

 

live with it! It'll come off

 

Do you mean on the part of the rotor that does not have contact with the break pad? That is normal unless you 1) paint them before installing or 2) buy rotors that have a protective coating on that part. If you're speaking about the rotor part that touches the break pad, that will come off after breaking. Mine rust when I wash my car and let it sit for the weekend but comes off Monday when I drive it again. You could paint the calipers black or some other subtle color so you don't see the rust. Just be careful doing it. Good luck!

 

Thanks all..
I did do some hard braking and it cleaned main rotors well...
But,
I still have the small round part underneath main rotor that is rust....
How can i clean that easily?

thank you

 

Take off your wheels, sand down those rusty rotor hats then you can paint them with a high heat rattle can. (black) That won't stop the rust but they'll look good for a few years or until you replace them.
Gary

 

This but be very careful while sanding.

 

No need to be too careful really.... there's nothing to mess up by sanding that unless someone sanded one side of the hat flat so that the whole rotor was out of balance. The metal on a rotor is so hard that you're extremely unlikely to take much if any real material off of the surface aside from the rust by sanding it with most handheld tools.

 

Sweet, didn't realize that. Nice to know.

 

Hulk is the only person that could sand through the metal on those. lol. Gary gave the best advice so far. As for the rotor, that's just going to happen. Anytime you get rain/snow on your rotors and the car sits in open air, metal rotors will get a coating of rust on them. That said, if it's happening on your rotors, imagine all the places it's happening that you CAN'T see...spooky.