removing rust from rotors?

[soccerjunky]

i'm not talking about rust on the plate which goes away with some good braking but i have rust in a few hard places..first in the drilled holes and also where the hats meet the plates(2 piece rotors) .. is there any spray on product that works..i changed out the rims on the viper and they really show the rotors...

[solekeeper]

Good question, my mom's QX56 has rust on her hats as well

[Accumulator]

This is a lot easier to take care of preventatively, starting with new rotors.

And I don't think you'll ever be able to keep the holes 100% rust-free any how..

Same ol' same ol'...remove the rust using chemical and mechanical methods, then coat with something, in this case somethign heat-resistant.

I'd just get new rotors plated, but IME that can be kinda hit-or-miss (my last two sets didn't turn out Autopian-quality by a long shot).

Heh heh, most of the time I doubt it'll turn out as well as that Viper's rotors already are Hey, if it's driven it's not gonna be 100%.

The best approach I've heard of was having the rotors plated with electroless nickel by a custom-plating shop. A guy here did that on his show-quality Benz 500E (good enough that MB borrowed it for a display), but I never heard how it held up long-term.