I hate how every time it rains or I wash my car, by rotors look rusty. After I take it out for a drive, it goes away, but it still ticks me off. I have s2r's so you can see everything. Is there something I can do, or should I just upgrade them?

 

As far as I know, all rotors do that. It wears right off after like ten seconds of driving. Just don't pull your parking brake up too hard when it's going to rain. I did that once and didn't drive for two days and I couldn't get my car to move until like 3 tries of letting the clutch out because it got stuck.

 

Nothing you can do about it on stock rotors. Aftermarket ones (Power Slot, Stoptech, et. al) have a cadmium plating on them that prohibits rust from forming anywhere on the rotor. Do a search and you'll see a lot of people have them. They look fantastic behind the wheels.

 

Have them cadmium plated.

 

I have Powerslut rotors just for that reason...I hated the rust on OEM rotors.

Before


After

 

Nothing can be done about the braking surfaces. As for the venting fins and the hubs, you can paint them with high temp paint to keep those parts from rusting.
I use to get this:


Then I painted them. Then I switched to cross drilled and slotted with coating:

 

has anyone had such good results with Brembo rotors? they're $145 per pair and I think that's a good price.

also, does anyone know if it's better to get drilled/slotted, slotted, drilled, or vented?