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ascarbo27

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every time i wash a car and i clean the rims. the brakes rotar what ever that silver thing is , always comes out rusted looking. i have tried cleaning it and i use the chemical guys DeconPro and it works great but is that causing the rusted look? i do have hard water idk if that matters but all info i can give i will give.
 
I let it go for too long once and it pitted the S8's rotors so badly I had to have 'em turned. For some reason the rotors on the S8 are just very sensitive/vulnerable to severe rusting and while it hasn't been a problem on the other vehicles I'm now kinda paranoid about it.

That Hyde's is good, but it's not foolproof; it *is* Accumulator-proof, but I have to put some effort into it or some areas still rust badly. Spray, wipe up mess, rotate wheel to expose area under brakepads, repeat...
 
Accumulator said:
I let it go for too long once and it pitted the S8s rotors so badly I had to have em turned. For some reason the rotors on the S8 are just very sensitive/vulnerable to severe rusting and while it hasnt been a problem on the other vehicles Im now kinda paranoid about it.

That Hydes is good, but its not foolproof; it *is* Accumulator-proof, but I have to put some effort into it or some areas still rust badly. Spray, wipe up mess, rotate wheel to expose area under brakepads, repeat...
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Your S8 rotor experience is one lesson for show/classic/garage queen cars that are cleaned up (washed/detailed) at the end of a driving season before going into storage/hibernation should be driven a little and the brakes applied heartily a few times to remove any remaining wash water from pads and rotors. May seem kind of self-defeating to wash a car and then drive it before doing into storage, BUT frozen/seized pad and rotor caused by rust are no fun to deal with when that car comes out of storage next driving season, either. I suppose you could use compressed air or even a hair dryer with the wheel rim-and-tire removed to dry it out if you did not want to drive the vehicle after wash/detailing it. Sounds like a lot of work. Just saying..............
 
That is the quick solution to the rusted rotor look...drive it and knock the rust off. I see the rusted rotor look on most used car lots. Never have noticed this on new cars though.
 
yea i did a 13 mercedes c class with the slotted rotors and when she came to get it first thing we noticed was the rims. plus the slots in the rotors were filled with rust. idk im going to try hydes syrum like pa said
 
Some show, not necessarily go...... Unless of course youre gonna crawl under car and do the insides of rotors.....

I hate the look too, so I drive it a few feet.
 
Lonnie said:
Your S8 rotor experience is one lesson for show/classic/garage queen cars that are cleaned up (washed/detailed) at the end of a driving season before going into storage/hibernation should be driven a little and the brakes applied heartily a few times to remove any remaining wash water from pads and rotors............
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Exactly, and I generally do that even when I use the Hydes.

The S8 was one of those "depth of winter" situations and I flipped the coin- just pulled it forward/back in the shop until the rotors looked OK and thought that was sufficient. I got the pitting from moisture trapped under the brakepads....play stupid games, win stupid prizes :o

Ronkh said:
...... Unless of course youre gonna crawl under car and do the insides of rotors.....
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Well, I cant imagine washing a vehicle and *NOT* crawling under it to clean something anyhow (not that I do that for the rotors). I mean..if the hood is dirty I figure the undercarriage is dirty too, always seems that way on my vehicles.
 
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