mrspindlelegs
CEG'er
As part of my big CSVT overhaul / upgrade project, the brakes must also be addressed.
One of the things that has always pissed me off with my CSVT is that due to driving it minimally combined with parking it outside, rust builds-up significantly all over the rotors. Obviously, the pads will scrub the rust off where they press against the face of the rotors. However, the pads will not remove the mounds of rust that lie just to each side of the friction track. The result is that these rust mounds will rub against the side of the pad and make a constant mild grinding noise while driving; that's what pisses me off. There are two things I can do to suppress / eliminate this from reoccurring:
1. Park the car indoors as much as possible in a low humidity environment to slow down the rust formation. I will be doing this from now on (dehumidifier is in the garage).
2. Get rotors that are zinc-plated (or cadmium although that is not a very environmentally friendly route to take).
Option #2 is the quandary. Pretty much most drilled, slotted and drilled + slotted rotors have zinc or cadmium plating on them whether they are swap-in equivalents for CSVTs or FSVTs or the big brake kit offerings from Baer, Brembo and Wilwood. I definitely don't want drilled rotors since that is nothing more than "showy glitz" plus they are highly prone to stress cracking. Slotted is acceptable but I would prefer just blanks since there is no worthy gains with slotted rotors. Unfortunately, it seems that nobody makes plated high quality blank rotors. So the questions are:
Have I missed a source that does sell high quality front and back blank plated rotors?
Has anybody ever gone out and had new blank rotors zinc-plated (or other equivalent surface treatment). If yes, where did you go to do this? What thickness coating should be specified?
An internet search suggests that Brake Warehouse might perform this service but I need to call them to discuss this further.
Any help is appreciated. I didn't find anything addressing this in the active Brake forum (haven't searched the archives yet).
One of the things that has always pissed me off with my CSVT is that due to driving it minimally combined with parking it outside, rust builds-up significantly all over the rotors. Obviously, the pads will scrub the rust off where they press against the face of the rotors. However, the pads will not remove the mounds of rust that lie just to each side of the friction track. The result is that these rust mounds will rub against the side of the pad and make a constant mild grinding noise while driving; that's what pisses me off. There are two things I can do to suppress / eliminate this from reoccurring:
1. Park the car indoors as much as possible in a low humidity environment to slow down the rust formation. I will be doing this from now on (dehumidifier is in the garage).
2. Get rotors that are zinc-plated (or cadmium although that is not a very environmentally friendly route to take).
Option #2 is the quandary. Pretty much most drilled, slotted and drilled + slotted rotors have zinc or cadmium plating on them whether they are swap-in equivalents for CSVTs or FSVTs or the big brake kit offerings from Baer, Brembo and Wilwood. I definitely don't want drilled rotors since that is nothing more than "showy glitz" plus they are highly prone to stress cracking. Slotted is acceptable but I would prefer just blanks since there is no worthy gains with slotted rotors. Unfortunately, it seems that nobody makes plated high quality blank rotors. So the questions are:
Have I missed a source that does sell high quality front and back blank plated rotors?
Has anybody ever gone out and had new blank rotors zinc-plated (or other equivalent surface treatment). If yes, where did you go to do this? What thickness coating should be specified?
An internet search suggests that Brake Warehouse might perform this service but I need to call them to discuss this further.
Any help is appreciated. I didn't find anything addressing this in the active Brake forum (haven't searched the archives yet).
