kput

After driving in some water/rain/blah blah etc, I'll come back to my car after a bit, and my brake rotors will be covered in rust.
Of course it goes away when I use the brakes, but it's just unattractive to walk out to.

Is there anything I can do (Aside from getting new rotors), to keep them from getting rusty when wet?

HenryinFlorida

yes, keep your car parked in the garage

kput

Should I walk to work when it's raining then?
Or just park inside the store itself? I'm sure that would go over well with my managers.

MustangFirstCar

Nothing you can do, unfortunately. Short of finding some way to cover it up and magic the rain away from the wheels while its driving, nothing at all.

BoomTown96

m not sure if you know or not that its completely normal for disc brakes to rust. Best thing to do in my opinion is to drive the car. Some people will use oil on show car rotors but that of course affects your ability to brake. Most people just deal with it, as anyone worthy of judging your car wont think twice about it. As far as the non-friction portions of your rotor, you can look into high-temp paints.

2005Redfire6

Meh I know exactly what you are talking about mainly it happens to me after I wash it and looks terrible! But... like said before there really isn't much if anything you can do about it.

boss hoss

yup.. i get it too.

BlackBetty

That's just cast iron for you! I washed my car the other day (like the third time this year...eek) and it wasn't two minutes after getting the rotors wet before they had rusted. Last time I replaced my front rotors I did get some that have the paint on the non-braking surfaces and that seems to be holding up reasonably well.

JimC

Nothing you can do about it - even without rain, just a high humidity day - will cause rust spots to show up. It isn't limited to Mustangs or unique to them, you will see it on virtually any disc brake rotor.

Nuke

You can buy ST ST rotors. They look pretty but I hear they don't hold up well under hard braking due to not being able to dissipate heat as well.

As far as the rust, it disappears after the first application of the brakes anyway.