Hello all, I currently have very rusty rotors on my ss/tc. I know the brake pads are near the end, so I am looking to replace rotors and pads.

I have searched the subject a lot, but haven't seen enough answers to make me confident. I am looking for the rotor that will have the least amount of rust over time. I do daily the car in winter but she is kept in the garage. Here's my finalists.

R1 eline rotors - good price, and seem to have a better appearance overtime compared to the premium rotors. The premium rotors have the black, but supposedly the paint flakes off rather quickly?

Powerslot rotors - curious on thoughts of these compared to Elines. Seem similar to the Elines, and may be a tad similar.

I don't auto cross the car, so would rather have the better look of slotted rotors and price of ceramic pads.

Any advice would be appreciated!

 

lil beat to dead my friends stay with stock pads, me personally i would tell you go with R1 concept ppremium slotted rotors?

 

I'd just clean and paint whatever rotors you want

 

^^^^ This. my rotors still look rust free but i don't winter drive mine.

i would say take them off and paint them for sure.

 

Stock Brembo rotors here and they only have rust where the brake pad is and that goes away after one stop. Although they are on their first winter.

 

Powercoat them.
Obviously not on the pad surface.
Then nothing with rust.

 

I have powerslots on my car for 3 years now. Still no rust.

They coat the edges with black paint to prevent the usual rusty rotor look.

They've held up great so far.

 

I got R1 premiums. No rust here, whatevers not in contact with pad they paint.

Spend the cash on R1 Premiums, or Powerslots, or a can of G2 paint and paint stock rotors and youll fix your problem. do it right and do it once.

 

Good stuff guys, appreciate the input. Found some more info last night.

R1 concepts vendor rep here said that the Elines will in fact show less rust because of the the silver zinc on it. The premium rotors do not have the silver zinc coating, but does have the rust prevention black paint on the hub.

I'll probably do the elines and paint them when/if they start to rust. May do the premium because of the higher strength though.

 

i'd go with the premiums with the black paint man

 

If you don't get brake cleaner on the black paint, it will last longer.

When I replaced my rotors (with R1 premium rotors) I sprayed the first three pretty liberally with brake cleaner. Since I was almost out of brake cleaner, I sprayed the brake cleaner on a rag and wiped down the surface where the pads touch the rotor on the 4th one. That fourth one still looks okay after ~4 years. The black coating/paint on the other three wore away and rusted pretty quickly.