ok, so ive been in vegas for the past 4 days, flew back in last night. this morning when my friends picked me up to go eat, i look at my TL and find this.....



what is that about? should i try and rinse it off before i drive? will it mess up my brake pads? or should i just not worry about it...

when i pointed it out to my friend, he said 'ive never seen that much rust on rotors before, ever, in my life!'

 

is this your first car? Geez normal once you stoponce or twice it wil be gone

 

This is completely normal dude. Don't worry about it.

 

no its not my first car. ive seen rust on it before, but just not this much. ive had several typs of rotors and not even close to this much rust has been on em.

ive had slotted rotors the longest and they had less half the rust thats on this at most. never kept stock rotors very long

 

Very normal. All (or almost all) iron disc brake rotors will get a light coating of rust on them when they are not used for a few days, especially in a humid environment.

 

You can remove it easily with just about anything....you ever think about painting your calipers?

 

yeah, i saw that on my car this morning after the rain...and so i came to this website..and did a search..on the rust..and everyone said it was normal...so i just didn't worry about it..

 

well, isnt our brake/discs that hav rust, arnt they somewhat rust colored anyway? lik somewhat bronzeish?

 

thought about painting the calipers.... but what color. i have WDP

and i wouldant really paint it unless i got rims. doesnt look right doing it with stock rims. i would also need a drop too....

 

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it is normal, just drive it, the rust will disappear

 

no need to get nasty. you are just repeating what others have already said. genius

 

I've only had one other car with disks where the rotors didn't show rust: a 2000 SVT Contour. Ford SVT used some kind of coating or impregated the rotors with something that kept this from happening.

With my TL, my rear rotors don't show rust (like after washing or after having driven in rain that left it in my garage for a few days), but the fronts do.

 

ayethetiense, it looks like the wheels are wet. Did you wash your car just before taking this picture? The reason I ask is my rotors will "flash rust" in the length of time it takes for me to wash and dry my car. But all my previous and current vehicles with disc brakes do that. And the fact that your car sat for four days, probably outside in a relatively humid environment, will contribute to this. The rotors are simply cast iron and cast iron will rust. Nothing to worry about at all.

 

its been raining here. i would expect to see some rust but just not that much. and both of the rotors look like that, front and back sets.

 

Yeah i had that too just recently I asked my Father in law about it he told me "Yeah thats normal but if you really dont like seeing it they make plastic covers you can have painted to cover it up so when the're rusted you cant tell"