rippinitup
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does anyone have brake performance rotors? did this happens to yours as well? ive had them on for about 3 months and they pretty much look like junk.
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brake performance rotors rusted out in 3 months.
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Big Buttons
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Most people paint their rotors before putting them on. But the climate that you live in doesn't help the rusting part.
If you decide to paint them, take them off and spray the entire rotor. The brake pads will get off all the paint where it makes contact.
If you decide to paint them, take them off and spray the entire rotor. The brake pads will get off all the paint where it makes contact.
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rippinitup
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they had this ********* "zinc" coating thats supposed to stay on the non touch surfaces.
i guess ill wait for some warmer weather and get them painted. and specific paint that needs to be used?
i guess ill wait for some warmer weather and get them painted. and specific paint that needs to be used?
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Just some high temp paint
YukonXL04
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I have been wondering about painting them. The paint doesn't cause any issues with the pads?
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None at all
YukonXL04
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Good to know. When I buy mine they will get covered black!
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rippinitup
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Yea get it done! I wish I did mine. They look like crap lol
Big Buttons
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What you can do now. Is take off the rotors and go at them hard with a wire brush. Copper if you have it. Then hit it with the paint.
That's what I did on my TBSS and they're still black along the veins.
Chiggy
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Don't paint your rotors. You should have bought the Zinc coated ones. You'll never get the rust off there to have a good surface paint will stick to and the paint will wear off eventually making them look worse that just being rusty.
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rippinitup
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They are "zinc" coated.
Chiggy
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If that was true they wouldn't be rusting. I think you've been lied to. Or they sent you the wrong parts. Mine are 2 years old and they look the same as the day I put them on.
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rippinitup
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I've gotten the dimpled drilled and slotted rotors with the "black zinc" coating. I called them and they told me it's metal it's going to rust.
NJ04HOE
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They definitely lied to you, best option is paint and never buy from them again
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rippinitup
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The rotors were black when I got them though. So I don't understand what's going on.
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rippinitup
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Hey are your rotors more of a "silver" color or the dark type of metal like mine? They claim the rotors is supposed to look like this.
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Chiggy
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Mine are silver. The hats are silver for the most part as well still. There's a little bit of brake dust on them that has corroded a teeny bit but it's nothing like what you've got going on. Zinc is a sacrificial metal they dissolve in a bath and through a galvanic process it coats the parts. It's going to take a while for a good coating to all rust off and leave bare steel to rust like that. Zinc isn't usually dark so I don't know how they did that one either. I got my kit from powerstop for both of my vehicles. With my Tahoe I got the kit for the 07+ tahoe with pads and went to the parts store and got new calipers and brackets. It stops like a champ now.
BTW, if you paint them, you void the warranty. I did that with a caliper i bought. They immediately started leaking. So i brought them back. They said "no can do". I had to take all the paint off before they would accept it back. That was AdvancedAuto.
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