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YOUR RESEARCH996 rusty brake discs
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It's designed to be used on many different surfaces including brakes.
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Hi Ray, after a wash i tend to use an air blower on the wheels and brakes and always park in 1st with the hand brake off.
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Just make sure you clean it all off before using your brakes.
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Hello friends.
My 996 C4 was last used in October for a trip to London and since has been sitting in my home garage.
I noted that the brake discs all have some surface rust on them. What is the best way of keeping this from getting worse? Is it a case of leaving it and just driving the car once the rain stops?
Thanks
Park up with them dry, but seeing as they're made from cast iron and the car is in a cold environment, it's virtually impossible as condensation that forms on them will just make them oxidise.
As Alex say's. You can't stop it unless your car lives in a heated and insulated garage. Even then , if you finish a drive in the wet they'll still flash rust almost instantly.
Some enthusiastic braking will soon clean them up.
Thanks all! All useful information. The car was totally dry when i parked it up. My garage is wet and not heated. Its single skin, so would be difficult to heat. Perhaps I could insulate it....
This surface rust is due to the damp in the air. I once had a boxster 986S i parked up after washing and left it with handbrake on. When i came to drive it, the discs were so bad, they needed replacing. Not something i want to repeat.
Thanks Skoosh1970 - I will have to empty the garage of all the detritus i have collected. Its a UK double garage so should be plenty.
I will hire a skip to empty this spring and then plan to insulate over the summer. I will pop you a PM now.
