New Rotors are already rusted

[Schister66]

unless you're going to do some sort of racing or something, save your money. There's no reason to get aftermarket rotors unless you want to show off or you're using them for racing. My

[alphalanos]

if you actually want stronger brakes youre either going to have to get new rotors pads(minimal increase, depending on how your brakes are now) or larger diameter rotors, or a new booster and lines.

[Black Lotus]

Originally Posted by Quicksilver_28

Then I just have two questions for you...


Or can you just not afford zinc/cad rotors?

how do prices vary between rotors and coated rotors? Is everyone with nice brakes a poser? lol the answer is maybe since we're mostly not race car drivers, but doesn't mean we DON'T drive like real ones do. we just don't have the added insurance that it will work on our car.

There's different types of posers...in any case

"Or can you just not afford zinc/cad rotors? "
Fair questions-- yes I can afford coated rotors. The big rotors I have on my car came in a hard-to-get kit from England. They are AP Racing two piece units. The calipers are AP Racing 4 pots. Since these people only make serious hardware, none of their rotors come coated.
I purchased these because I had a real problem on my favorite twisty mountain road. After 45 miles, the stock rotors would overheat, turn funny colors, and the car wouldn't stop. So I got good brakes for it.
The car stops now.
"Is everyone with nice brakes a poser?"
Of course not.
But people who are anal about how their brakes LOOK, and the impression that these brakes make on other people-- are.
It's kind of a given, don't you think?

[Dyno247365]

Originally Posted by Black Lotus

"Or can you just not afford zinc/cad rotors? "
Fair questions-- yes I can afford coated rotors. The big rotors I have on my car came in a hard-to-get kit from England. They are AP Racing two piece units. The calipers are AP Racing 4 pots. Since these people only make serious hardware, none of their rotors come coated.
I purchased these because I had a real problem on my favorite twisty mountain road. After 45 miles, the stock rotors would overheat, turn funny colors, and the car wouldn't stop. So I got good brakes for it.
The car stops now.
"Is everyone with nice brakes a poser?"
Of course not.
But people who are anal about how their brakes LOOK, and the impression that these brakes make on other people-- are.
It's kind of a given, don't you think?

I'll save any flaming because that's an awesome name you got and my member name sucks. So just because I want brakes that never rust makes me a poser? we're not talking nice brakes, but even if brakes do work, rusted or not, I believe that rust-free rotors would work better.

But If I have nice rims which show my rotors in plain view, it'll be weird if they're the only orange-brownish part on my car, if that makes sense. Black socks with black shoes etc..I'll wear white shocks but it'll look stupid, and black socks with white shoes can look cool but they'll fall off your feet.....moving on. If you cannot see the rust when they're on the car, ...I'll still know they're rusting behind the wheel, so It could be preference.

Schister and Alpha- Alpha's right, I need bigger rotors and calipers since I will be seriously 'upping the performance aspect of the car' and that's as discreet as it gets. So schister i'm not racing but I will need better braking power on the road.

And now for another stupid question(if anyone has gotten this far) I noticed you said if you wash your car the brakes will rust which makes perfect sense. Does that mean I shouldn't wash my wheels anymore to get dirt off? Or is this another reason I let them rust?

[alphalanos]

No they just rust. It happens. The reason is that there is no more coating left on the rotor, which means that the bare metal is exposed to oxygen/water, which both cause rust. it wont do anything to your rotors. In fact, after I wash my car (rotors included) my car has noticably better stopping power for a while after, due to the rotors being 'clean' again.