Rusty Disk Rotor in Brand New Car?

[Sapphireho]

Worst brake design ever!

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Worst brake design ever!

REALLY! We should have stuck with the drum brakes. We couldn't see the rusty drums and didn't even try to see the thickness of the shoes.

We didn't worry about till we heard the brakes squealing or the car wouldn't stop.




humfrz

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Dake

I think some of y'all are being a bit obtuse. I can grasp the concept from an aesthetics point of view; we do so much else to make our cars look nice. People (not me) spend HOURS clay-barring, waxing, ceramic-coating. If you have a nice set of open wheels, I imagine it could be a bummer to see rusty disks behind them. It obviously does come off in a matter of seconds when driving, but still.

If that's something that really bothers the OP then install carbon-ceramic brakes.

i don't believe this is an option for these cars from any aftermarket

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by soundman98

i don't believe this is an option for these cars from any aftermarket

Could be custom built. Make a custom brake hat that fits the twins and find a comparable sized rotor/friction ring. I'm sure something could be found close to the same size for say, a Lotus. It's only like a $10k+ solution for.........aesthetic surface corrosion. Sounds like a fun DIY for the OP to pioneer

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by alone1i

Insulting people is really fun, aye?

i'm just a stupid goodfornothing millennial. i don't know any better.

[PetrolioBenzina]

Wait till OP hears a cricket.

[soundman98]

or grinds a syncro

[RayRay88]

"second gear is hard to get into"

It is bit heart breaking thou :-(

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by alone1i

I am just nut about it. I work for Apple and I saw that all brand new products from Apple feels so nice and satisfying when you buy it. (after that what happens, thats another story thou)

If you don't want rust on rotors on a new car, buy a high-end car like Audi where they have covers on the wheels for transporting to/from car transports.

Rust will develop on rotors anytime you have water on it and it is allowed to dry naturally (i.e. rotors are cold). If you don't want rust on your rotors, drive your car. It's as simple as that.

As for Apple, you're comparing anodized aluminum in plastic shrink wrap to exposed cast iron. A simple lesson in oxidation should suffice.

-alex

[ermax]

Originally Posted by alone1i

It is bit heart breaking thou :-(

This is obviously your first car. If the rotors are rusty it only proves on thing. The rotors got wet (rain, dew, car wash, sprinklers) and then dried and hasn’t moved since.

[ermax]

I always enjoy the extra bite the pads have at the end of the driveway after a wash. Hahaha

[korhun]

Originally Posted by ermax

I always enjoy the extra bite the pads have at the end of the driveway after a wash. Hahaha

I was thinking the same thing. I like it too. I open the windows to enjoy the first breaking sounds. And I kind of feel it in the pedal and that's cool.

[The Red One]

As others have said, nothing to worry about.

My Rusty brake rotor story…

Seems even a large dealer certified Mech can’t tell the surface rust from severe corrosion…

Car was bought mid April 2019 had come in off the boat to dealer’s lot end of March…

I just drove it cross country in August and needed a 20k KM service. My brother-in-law had washed/scraped off the bugs and whatnot that had accumulated on such a journey for me the night before so car sat wet overnight.

Got serviced at a Big Subaru dealer in Vancouver following morning where he gets his Forester serviced. When I picked it up Service rep was quite concerned about the rotor integrity as his tech had noted as per my invoice “Looks like car has been sitting for a while and had created pad transfer on all rotors we have cleaned as best we could possible noise vibration in future (customer to monitor)”

Thankfully I finally made it back home without and problems, the PP brakes don’t shake at all and still do a nice short metallic squeak coming to a slow stop after an energetic ride so all is good!

Back at my local dealer for the 30k Km service, no mention of ANY found issues. Side note: My dash cam recorded some swearwords as it got disconnected as the car rolled into the service bay… Always an adventure bringing a perfectly operating vehicle to a dealer…

[MJones_RB]

Could be worse. You could spend almost $100k on a fancy electric car and get something that looks like a rusty roof.