Zinc Coated Brake Rotors

Wherever the brake pad sweeps the rotor area the coating will be removed by the normal operation of the disc brake system.

Zinc coated brake rotors.

The cross drilled brake rotors are sold in pairs and come zinc coated in either black or silver to help prevent rusting and give you a performance race look. These rotors are guaranteed to fit original equipment manufacturer specs without modification and are machined balanced with a double disk smooth surface ground finish to reduce noise. Thermic black coated discs are being phased in. For a more in depth look at coated brake rotors check out the video below.

Outside these sources where castings or finished rotors have to be bought in to complement the range. Each performance brake rotor is immersed in different solution tanks during the coating process. The coating that remains will continue to protect the hub vanes on vented discs and rotor edges. Naturally companies started looking at ways to mitigate rusting of the rotors.

Numerous industries now actually make use of zinc electroplating in order to further enhance the potential of their products. The final result is a thick protective coating that will help prevent rusting and give you a great custom look. Rotor corrosion comparison test result is finally here. Brake rotors are regularly exposed to water salt and other corrosive elements.

One way was to apply a coating to prevent rust. This leaves you with a very ugly looking rotor. Wagner s budget brake rotors are coated for corrosion and rust. Premium brake rotors in the uk or europe.

However due to certain castings the zinc coating may not adhere to small areas of some rotors. After over 3 months of driving the vehicle outside doing a spray test with 5 nacl solution or 5 s. As stocks rotate you will no longer receive zinc coated discs you will receive black ones. An example of course is in the automotive industry.

As brake rotors are made of iron they naturally rust and when exposed to minerals such as salt the rusting oxidization tends to speed up.