I've noticed that most rx-8's pictured here have rusty *** rotors with nice clean wheels. I just don't understand that so heres something you all should invest in!

Not sure what it's called but it looks clean and you don't need to worrie about people hating on you for having nice wheels and rusty *** rotors



It's that little blue piece.. i love it

 

its called...are you ready for this..................PAINT!!!

 

.............lol

 

Lmfao

 

excuse me i suffer from a mild case of mental rotardation.. does that not look like a piece of plastic to you shielding it from the elements?

 

nope

 

it is plastic. someone posted about this months ago. they're selling plastic shields for the brake rotor centers in japan. the thread was asking why it's not sold here in the US. but why not paint it instead? plastic would make it look cheap...

 

I may be stupid but would plastic not just melt after a drive? Every time I change brakes on anything I always wish i would have just waited a few extra min before touching them.

 

tru this was posted months ago and yes it is a Japanese product, I do believe however it is a sheet metal piece

 

oops, my mistake. haha, makes sense it's sheet metal.

 

Also, OP forgot that the 8 pictured is the concept car which was never driven = no rust lol

 

doesnt the project mu rotor look like that???

 

You must be thinking about the caliper.. No I speak of the rotor my good sir.. Rust usually accumulates where it covers.. paint looks tacky!

 

they can be bought where?

 

paint works fine. rather just get a set of two piece rotors. looks even better.

 

^^^ agreed two piece FTMFW

 

Compared to plastic..............ROFL

 

Once again where can u buy them?

 

So its not rotartastic?

 

not really,

but if you like i can get a photo for you.

and what is this stuff you guys call, paint???

beers

 

Clean, tacky paint or rusty and look like ****....hmmmm which to choose

 

I just got my rotor hubs cleaned and silver powder coated at the dealer two days ago for free. If you're still covered under powertrain warranty, you can get it done at your dealer at free of charge.

My car is 04 and has 44k miles......

Here's something you can show to your dealer, if they refuse to do it...

Mazda Repair Information



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RUST ON BRAKE ROTOR HUBS

Applicable Models

Model Starting S/N Ending S/N

2001 PROTEGE 00000000 ZZZZZZZZ

2002 PROTEGE 00000000 ZZZZZZZZ

2003 PROTEGE 00000000 ZZZZZZZZ

2004 RX8 00000000 ZZZZZZZZ

1999 MIATA 00000000 ZZZZZZZZ

2000 MIATA 00000000 ZZZZZZZZ

2001 MIATA 00000000 ZZZZZZZZ

2002 MIATA 00000000 ZZZZZZZZ

2003 MIATA 00000000 ZZZZZZZZ

2004 MIATA 00000000 ZZZZZZZZ

1999 MILLENIA 00000000 ZZZZZZZZ

2000 MILLENIA 00000000 ZZZZZZZZ

2001 MILLENIA 00000000 ZZZZZZZZ

2002 MILLENIA 00000000 ZZZZZZZZ

2003 MILLENIA 00000000 ZZZZZZZZ



0003559 Dealer Repair Information

Rust can be seen on the brake rotor hub area when looking between the wheel spokes. The rust is most visible on vehicles equipped with 17" chrome wheels. 1. Remove rust from hub(s) by sanding. 2. Clean/prep hub surface for primer. 3. Mask off brake rotor area. 4. Apply primer around entire hub area. 5. Once primer dries, apply a heat type silver paint to the affected area to repair the vehicle. Note: Replace the rotor(s) only if the affected area cannot be repaired enough to satisfy the customer.


04s only thou, I think

 

this looks like something from one of those ricers who paint their brake drums different "performance" colors.

ex: "geeh, i didn't know brembo made drum brakes!"

 

Aw the good ole Mazda Rusty Rotor Mod

I ordered new rotors and used black caliper paint (Duplicolor) to paint the rotor hubs and it is holding up great!!!

 

I used the mighty power of my warranty. NEATO!