RitchieRich

Hey so my car for awhile now has had rusty rear rotors and it kills me to look at it I dont know why its doing that though is it becuase the brake pad isnt touching that spot on the rotor ? Its killing me though and I was just wondering what you guys thought about the rust (also my front rotors are completley fine and applying the brakes does not work to take it off on the rear ones ) Any and all help is appreciated ! :D

RX8Soldier

iTrader: (24)

rusty OEM rotors is normal.
Unless it's bad...

EDIT: opps I typed that fast lol
I mean, unless the rust is eating through the rotor

RitchieRich

ill just take a few pics of it and you can tell me what you think

9krpmrx8

iTrader: (46)

It's a common issue that has been discussed a billion times. Some people were able to get them fixed at the dealer. But basically any rust remover and caliper paint would work to cover the rust. But honestly that's a bit of work. Most just take the opportunity to upgrade.

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ght=rotor+pros

Oh, and in the future, try and learn to use the search function rather than creating new threads on topics that have been created a bunch of times before. If you look at the bottom of the page you will see a "similar threads" section and you can see a glimpse of how many times your question has been asked.

RitchieRich

These are some pictures I just took the other side looks the exact same

pdxhak

iTrader: (2)

I believe the dealer fix was paint as well. Forgot which year but on new RX-8s the rotor hubs were painted silver as a work around only.

RitchieRich

Yeah but its not the rotor hub thats rusting

Jedi54

iTrader: (7)

year and mileage of car?
OEM rotors?
OEM pads?

9krpmrx8

iTrader: (46)

Metal rescue.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1972543/metal_rescue/

RitchieRich

its a 2004 with 87000kms
and as far as i can tell yes to both
although i am the second owner
so i could be wrong

9krpmrx8

iTrader: (46)

Well, they don't stay pristine forever, especially if you live in a cold/wet/salty climate. Gotta pay to play.

RX8Soldier

iTrader: (24)

Imma go paint my calipers and hubs now

9krpmrx8

iTrader: (46)

If they still have a lot of life left then let them sit in Metal Rescue, then paint and clear and they will look good as new.

monchie

Can you use WD-40 or rust-o-leum to take the rust off, just curious.