well i just got a big brake kit in for my audi. Unfortunately the front rotors were in weather so theres a nice film of rust. Tried hitting it with a wire wheel as you can see but it wont get the entire layer off and i dont know if bead blasting would work either. so i think a quick resurface would be best. Anyone know any cheap places in the Clearwater'ish area?


EDIT: I went ahead and hit both rotors with the wire wheel and took a better pic so you can see the film of rust still on the rotors. Think itll come off with some heavy braking?

 

man put em on and hit the brakes, knock that shit off quick

 

the wire brush looks like its doing a pretty good job but like ^ said you put them on and the first time u hit the brakes it will come right off

 

actually the wire brush just got the orange rust off. Theres still a nice layer of rust the brush cant get off. The rotors sat in weather for over a month.

 

i would wire brush the rest of the rotor and then put them on and hit the brakes

 

Just be extremely careful if you do that, car probably wont stop for shit till you get that off and get them warmed up

 

it shouldnt cost much to get them resurfaced my boss charges 10 bucks a rotor but im in south tampa

 

Little update on first post

 

just do like orion said and start slow with a long runoff, you don't want to hit them in traffic and not stop

 

Should be fine to install them and drive for a while to get the rust off. Just take it easy until they look good.