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    How to clean up rotors

    Hey guys I forgot to post these pics in my last post about getting ready for corvette show.
    I just want to know the best and safest way to clean the yellowing on these rotors.
    also want to know if you think im getting carried away with myself for wanting to clean these rotors up? lol
    Its just that i am going to show and don't want to leave any stone un turned.
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    2018 Colorado ZR2

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    Re: How to clean up rotors

    Thanks for you reply. It definitely looks like something I need to get.
    I am wondering if i can use some iron x for now to get them clean for the show. I am not ready
    to make an order yet unless i can get it locally.

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    Re: How to clean up rotors

    Brake pads will clean that off the first time you use them.

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    Re: How to clean up rotors

    Ditto what Octpiston said....

    Do some very light braking on way to show---should be ok by then.

    Tom

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    Re: How to clean up rotors

    Quote Originally Posted by Octopiston View Post
    Brake pads will clean that off the first time you use them.
    Quote Originally Posted by TMQ View Post
    Ditto what Octpiston said....

    Do some very light braking on way to show---should be ok by then.

    Tom
    But then you will get rust colored dust on your clean wheels.

    After washing your wheels, blow dry your calipers and rotors for a rust free finish.

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    Re: How to clean up rotors

    Quote Originally Posted by Rsurfer View Post
    But then you will get rust colored dust on your clean wheels.

    After washing your wheels, blow dry your calipers and rotors for a rust free finish.
    At this point I would use a waterless wash to clean the wheels up once at the show.

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    Re: How to clean up rotors

    Quote Originally Posted by asalesagent912 View Post
    I am wondering if i can use some
    iron x for now to get them clean
    I wouldn't, unless I was going to
    pull the tire/wheel assemblies.

    And then...unless they are going
    to remain completely moisture free,
    (and also have a rust inhibitor applied
    on them until the Car Show): they're
    going to (surface)rust, right back up again.

    Quote Originally Posted by asalesagent912 View Post
    for the show.
    When exactly is this Car Show
    going to take place?

    Are you going to drive it the Show?
    If so...How far of a drive is it?


    Bob
    "Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk."
    ~Joaquin de Setanti

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    Re: How to clean up rotors

    Yep, a sign of not driving is all. They'll clean right up in 4 blocks of driving.

    I cannot tell you of how many regrets in my life, of owning classics, and they sadly wasted away in my garage collecting dust. I primped and pawed over them, just so somebody else could enjoy them.

    Life is short. Drive em like you stole them.

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    Re: How to clean up rotors

    Quote Originally Posted by FUNX650 View Post
    I wouldn't, unless I was going to
    pull the tire/wheel assemblies.

    And then...unless they are going
    to remain completely moisture free,
    (and also have a rust inhibitor applied
    on them until the Car Show): they're
    going to (surface)rust, right back up again.


    When exactly is this Car Show
    going to take place?

    Are you going to drive it the Show?
    If so...How far of a drive is it?


    Bob
    The show is June 10. I am driving to the show. its about 25 miles away.
    I am trying to get in the best shape now because a am going for hernia surgery may 31st.
    Not sure how much i can do after surgery.

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