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dahbeeed · 07-06-2008, 02:17 AM

so after a month without washing my car, i washed it the s13 today and while i was cleaning my wheels i noticed my brake rotors are all yellow! and i mean completely yellow! looks almost as if they were spray painted that color. now i changed my pads last november, my rotors in december, and i did apply some brake quiet to the pad shims but not the contact surface (just incase anybody asks) my brakes work fine, other than that i dont know why they would have all turned yellow. has this happened to anyone else and why?

thanks.

SoguRacing · 07-06-2008, 02:18 AM

are you sure it's not rust? my rotors oxidize when i wash my car. it's normal. do they stay yellow after you drive your car around for a while?

lil240sx95 · 07-06-2008, 02:18 AM

have you driven it since you washed it? that usually comes off after you drive it. unless its something else

dahbeeed · 07-06-2008, 02:21 AM

i drove it but it home but it was too dark to tell if it was still on there...it didnt look like rust at all...just really yellow looking rotors...ill check in the morning.

5t341tH · 07-06-2008, 02:25 AM

wow serious? its probably rust man. i get it all the time. ur pads will scrub it clean again no worries

norbac · 07-06-2008, 10:38 AM

thats just rust, drive and brake, should go away

07-06-2008, 02:17 AM	#1
dahbeeed Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bay Area - Sunnyvale Posts: 235 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	yellow brake rotors?? so after a month without washing my car, i washed it the s13 today and while i was cleaning my wheels i noticed my brake rotors are all yellow! and i mean completely yellow! looks almost as if they were spray painted that color. now i changed my pads last november, my rotors in december, and i did apply some brake quiet to the pad shims but not the contact surface (just incase anybody asks) my brakes work fine, other than that i dont know why they would have all turned yellow. has this happened to anyone else and why? thanks.

07-06-2008, 02:18 AM	#2
SoguRacing Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: (714) Age: 39 Posts: 2,967 Trader Rating: (23) Rides Gallery: SoguRacing Feedback Score: 23 reviews	are you sure it's not rust? my rotors oxidize when i wash my car. it's normal. do they stay yellow after you drive your car around for a while? __________________ Pre Tune Checkup! Compression,LeakDown,Vacuum Test $80. Cams Install: $180

07-06-2008, 02:25 AM	#5
5t341tH Post Whore! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: socal (Huntington Beach) Age: 36 Posts: 2,787 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	wow serious? its probably rust man. i get it all the time. ur pads will scrub it clean again no worries __________________ lexus baby

07-06-2008, 02:21 AM	#4
dahbeeed Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bay Area - Sunnyvale Posts: 235 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	i drove it but it home but it was too dark to tell if it was still on there...it didnt look like rust at all...just really yellow looking rotors...ill check in the morning.

07-06-2008, 10:38 AM	#6
norbac Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: a nice place Posts: 165 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	thats just rust, drive and brake, should go away