Hello Guys,

About 3 weeks ago I had all my pads and disks replaced on my JCW. For a while they looks absolutely stunning - however, this quickly changed when they became covered in rust.

The previous disks I had on the car didn't do this, they always looked nice and silver - if unused you might get some light spotting on the braking surface but this disappears after driving.

With these new disks the entire thing is covered, the braking surface cleans when driving but the rest of the disk which has no friction put against it remains bright orange.

Through my R90s this just looks horrific.

Why would the new disks be doing this when the old ones didn't? Have I been short changed? or has some form of treatment been applied to the previous disks?

Thanks,

Robert

It has rained almost non-stop for the last 3 weeks. :)

I think you might find the original factory fitted discs were silver painted on the hub and disc edges of the discs, replacements are just all steel, hence once they clean the grease off them before fitting, they soon go rusty once rain gets on them.
Take the wheel off, clean up the disc and paint them like the originals were and they will be the same as the originals, watch no paint gets on the friction surfaces of course!