My friend's got a car that sometimes sits for months at a time in the moist Pacific NW. The braking is lousy for the first few miles. Is there anything quick/easy to be done during storage to keep rust at bay so he can get that minty-fresh braking feeling right away, or is there really little more to be done than a little left-foot braking early on to machine off the rust?
Um, drive the car more often? 
I think you can buy rotors that are coated to help prevent rust, etc. but I would think that during use the coating would wear off and you'd be back to rusty rotors again.
Cosmoline should keep the rust away. But it might not help with the brakes being lousy for the first few (define few?) miles.
Stainless steel rotors? Are they available? Sounds like an idea.
it's just a fact of life... maybe drive around the block dragging the brakes? I would definatly NOT leave the handbrake on while the car is sitting. leave it in gear, chock the wheels, or something.. but you do not want the pads to weld them selves to the rotor through rust
Bag the wheels and put a bunch of those dessicant pkgs in there???
mad_machine wrote: it's just a fact of life... maybe drive around the block dragging the brakes?
did that with the belair yesterday. it sat all winter in the driveway because it's garage spot was taken by project van.
Rusty rotors are a fact of life, unfortunately. It's worse in seaside areas; you should hear some of the Mercedes that sit at beach houses for 6 months down here.
You could spray them down with light machine oil to stop the rust, but that would completely defeat the purpose of having them work well when you want to drive it.
switch to carbonfiber brake rotors they don't rust.
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Edit - fixed, sorry fingers can't spell some days.
Kia_racer wrote: switch to carbonfiber break rotors they don't rust. /thread
It's BRAKE.
Dammit.
Lunch brake.
Appleseed wrote: Lunch brake.
thank you... I needed a good belly laugh...
patgizz wrote:mad_machine wrote: it's just a fact of life... maybe drive around the block dragging the brakes?did that with the belair yesterday. it sat all winter in the driveway because it's garage spot was taken by project van.
You could just called me up. i would have gladly driven your belair around
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