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Formula1 May 3, 2010 06:54 AM

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Hello,
My car has about 33,500 miles on it. I noticed that behind the wheels there is rust on all four wheels near the brakes. At least I think it's near the brakes. Please take a look at the attached pics and can someone tell me if I need to be concerend about this? Should anything be done to clean off the rust or should I not worry about it. Thanks.

pjinca May 3, 2010 06:58 AM

It is perfectly normal for this type of rust to occur. If it concerns you I would scrape it off with a wire brush and paint the calipers and center of the rotors with high-temp rust prevention paint (like Rustoleum). The same happens to the face of your rotors if you wash your car and leave it sitting for a couple of days you will see rust develop on the face of the rotors - harmless and unavoidable. :thumbsup:

Formula1 May 3, 2010 07:03 AM


Originally Posted by pjinca (Post 1165063)
It is perfectly normal for this type of rust to occur. If it concerns you I would scrape it off with a wire brush and paint the calipers and center of the rotors with high-temp rust prevention paint (like Rustoleum). The same happens to the face of your rotors if you wash your car and leave it sitting for a couple of days you will see rust develop on the face of the rotors - harmless and unavoidable. :thumbsup:

Gotcha...thanks for the help!


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