taylorscock

It drives me crazy to see th 8 all shined up, wheels looking great and tires have a showroom shine...all to see the little bit of rust on the brakes. Sticks out like a sore thumb. And idea how to get rid of that ?
Thanks!!

early 30's crisis

Drive it to get it off the rotors.
If there is some elsewhere that remains, try a Mr Clean Magic eraser (works very well on rust) or if its bad, some Nevr-Dull.

tiggerlee

Rusty brake rotors are a common issue on the 8. I had mine repainted at the dealership. You can just remove the wheels and clean/prime and paint them with some high temp paint.

Like this.

He||hammer

iTrader: (8)

I'm in the process of doing mine, taking wheels off and taking steel wool to the rotor hubs then i've got a silver caliper paint kit to repaint them with, then i'll be posting some pics

Krasnog

Do a search here for rusty rotors, and you'll find tons of posts on it. Dealership can paint it for you, or you can just do it yourself (probably doing mine tomorrow).

987HYS

iTrader: (1)

i painted the calipers black on my BB and while i was at it, i painted the inside of the rotor as well. it looks great and it helps with the rust problem. hope this helps

r0tor

iTrader: (1)

after a couple thousand miles brake dust will build up and cover it

PhotoMunkey

Replace the rotors with 2006 rotors... these come with the centers finished in a medium-dark grey.

techserv

How much did the new rotors cost you?

MP3Guy

Those are brake calipers. I hope no one paints their rotors!!!!

tiggerlee

Look again. He painted the center part of the ROTOR which is where the rust is particularly noticeable on the 8.

lone_wolf025

Its funny you say that...I've seen it done.

pdxhak

iTrader: (2)

The rusted rotor hubs drove me nuts. I painted the hubs and calipers black which really cleaned up the look of the car.