Surface Rust on Brake Discs

[SimonR.]

Is there something to prevent this?

I wash the car and it looks a beaut but then there's these murky orange discs.

Surely there is a product to keep them shiny

 

[DrR]

Gonna guess no, they're made of iron, iron + water = rust.

 

[Tony Hunter]

I'm sorry but,FFS.

 

[Budgie]

Christ on a bike.

How you've managed to get a driving license, i'll never know.

 

[aucky]

I'm sorry but,FFS.

 

[DrR]

If you coat them in oil they won't rust.

 

[aucky]

.

 

[Munson]

Surely there is a product to keep them shiny

Brake pads.

 

[Djw John]

Have you considered driving it?

 

[Munson]

Have you considered driving it?

WUT???

 

[M40 CUO]

Drive it and it goes... PMSL...

 

[SimonR.]

Yeah I know when I drive it it disapears but still just looks a bit grimey down there.

Having a driving liscense & keeping a car clean is completely different so no need to start there.

 

[Djw John]

WUT???

Yeah tbf it would be a worry.

If it bothers you that much, take it off your drive, stop. Drive forwards, stop. Clean discs, yay!

 

[Damo_Sport]

Yeah I know when I drive it it disapears but still just looks a bit grimey down there.

Having a driving liscense & keeping a car clean is completely different so no need to start there.

Gotta admit was pretty funny though

 

[SimonR.]

I just thought there might be a product. I mean there's a product for everything else, the technology in the day and age, I mean look at the new rampant rabbits :L

 

[JD]

Simon,

The reason people are taking the piss is the simple fact that coating your brake discs in a product will render them useless. hence it looks like a pretty stupid question.

The simple answer is to drive the car forwards and brake, bringing the pad into contact with the brake disc, thus removing the rust coating.

 

[Laura]

vaseline?

 

[dum1983]

vaseline?

If in doubt lubricate ?

 

[Christopher]

Just take them off.

Looks loads better.

/Charles Darwen

 

[Matt W]

Copper grease.

 

[aucky]

Steelies instead of alloys.

 

[Coby.]

Could always get Carbon Ceramic Disks.... I'm presuming these wouldn't rust.

 

[Christopher]

This is up there with 'Is my clutch made of rubber' and the chap that thought using a pair of tights as an air filter was a good idea.

 

[Coby.]

Don't forget the link to the guy using sand to polish up the insides of the intake iirc.

 

[Munson]

TBF I painted mine. Just don't do the bit where the pads go.

 

[MarkCup]

Do this, no more rust...

 

[MikeB]

WD40

 

[Rich_172]

Baby Oil?

 

[Collier]

Semen

 

[jamesd1263]

Take them off

 

[Fred@BTM]

Do this, no more rust...

f**king hell!

 

[keirravn]

gotta be careful asking questions on here OP

I don't know of anything you can add to your discs mate, but when replacing if you buy zinc coated they will look better for longer, the area where the pads remove the zinc coating will still suffer the surface rust but as said using the brakes will get rid

 

[SimonR.]

gotta be careful asking questions on here OP

I don't know of anything you can add to your discs mate, but when replacing if you buy zinc coated they will look better for longer, the area where the pads remove the zinc coating will still suffer the surface rust but as said using the brakes will get rid

First decent reply :L

In fairness they were £10 jobbys from europarts

 

[Kris86]

lol....

 

[Si]

Until the arches, suspension arms, underside, engine bay, exhaust and wheel inners are mint, treated or painted I wouldn't worry about a bit of rust of the brake discs. People who really care about car cleaning are more likely to notice one of the other areas I've mentioned.

 

[JCC]

Is this serious?

Also, why the hell do you keep putting ":L" in your posts? It means f*ck all.

 

[keirravn]

why the hell do you keep putting ":L" in your posts? It means f*ck all.

^ I know thats not to me but - :L is the new LOL

:L

 

[toomer]

Lol...