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As of today, I am the owner of a silver '99 Contour SVT. The car has only 23,000 miles on it. The front two rotors appear to have some kind of oxidation on them. They are kind of a yellowish color. I haven't noticed any problems in functionality, but I was wondering what caused this and if ther is anything that should be done about it? Is this a common thing?
Steve Khoe
1999 Contour SVT - "Juliet"
Silver/Midnight Blue
"Have you driven a Four-D, lately?"
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Maybe you have some aged dacromat coating that is discoloring. The dacromat finish when new is nearly silver in color. On the SVT, the front and rear rotors ans well as front and rear calipers are dacromat treated. There should be no discoloration on the face of the rotor though since the dacromate would have worn off from normal braking within two or three thousand miles.
If the discoloration is on the face of the rotor then I don't know why unless it is something from the pads.
Congratulations on your newly aquired SVT.
Jim Johnson
98 SVT
Jim Johnson
98 SVT
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I got some new eurorotors cadmium plated after seeing the OEM rotors rot to pieces in 50K miles. Hopefully the cadmium plate will hold up in the road salt...
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Marco Tatta
98.5 SE MTX, Duratec
EGR block, fog light fix, custom shift boot
Marco Tatta
98.5 SE MTX, Duratec
EGR block, fog light
fix, custom shift boot, monsterflow intake, Ecotek valve
Quasi dual cardoctor exhaust.
Hacksaw short shift, Momo race "s" carbon knob, ghetto rear strut bar, 16 inch cougar wheels with 225/50/16 kumho 712s
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Ya know, I was going to ask this very question myself today. I bought my '98 Contour SVT back in December (my first SVT). Every time it rains, my rotors get a layer of rust on them. Then when I drive and hit the brakes, the rust dust gets all over my wheels and makes them look almost gold in color. I spent over an hour on Saturday cleaning the rust discoloration off my wheels, then an unforecast rain shower went through on Sunday. Now I have friggin rust dust discoloration all over my wheels again! Grrrr!
Any thoughts? Cheap rotors?
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'98 E0 Contour SVT #2663,
SilverFrost/CD/Moonroof
Bone Stock...for now.
-Rob- '98 E0 Contour SVT #897, T-Red. FOR SALE: '98 E0 CSVT #2663 SilverFrost; stock & in very good condition. $7,800
KKM & BAT Intake Pipe, DIY cool air intake, Resonator deleted, TH fix; short shifter, rear spoiler, hood struts, fog mod, pre-98 sails, dings removed, A4 side-markers, clear head-light corners, T-red chrome front & back. Aussie Bar waiting for installation.
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