Oh the car is 2006 ford focus zx4 ses.
Polymer coated brake rotors vs uncoated.
After the coating cures it ends up as a thin dry film approximately 8 micrometers thick and gives the rotor a metallic silver look.
Are the coated with a longer warranty worth the cost.
In fact the brake rotors often become these ugly little gremlins that you are forced to accept as part of your car.
Not all rotors are created equal.
Cars and trucks more than ten years old or later model vehicles with a closed wheel design do not require coating.
Brake rotors aren t exactly known to be the cleanest part of the car.
I need to replace the worn front brake rotors.
The uncoated cast rotor has a bare unprotected exterior which is prone to corrosion.
Tested to withstand 400 hours of salt spray equivalent to 18 southern michigan winter months coated brake rotors edges and vanes stay cleaner longer optimizing air flow and performance.
The specially formulated polymer coating is applied to the entire rotor offering total protection for optimal performance and longer life.
Some manufacturers use the same cheap brake rotor and paint a coating or even worse powder coat them.
But my car failed inspection today because of the brakes.
In turn the premium coated rotor has a special barrier layer along its entire exterior surface to protect the rotor from corrosion and to keep it clean.
I need new front brake pads and rotors.
This slows the corrosion process but barely.
I see some companies making electrocoated brake rotors where the center part where brake pads don t touch is coated painted with black stuff.
But the truth is not all brake rotors have to be hideous.
Same as the cheap brake rotors.
The brake rotors are sprayed with geomet 360 at the finishing line in order to protect it until it is installed on the vehicle.
There is a reason brake rotors develop rust and start looking like ancient archeological dig items after a few months but that s not something we have.
Geomet brake coating is the highest quality of brake rotor coating on the market today.
Or will the regular ones suit.
He said he could get me 1 year warranty normal uncoated for 100 though.
I live in boston where i need to worry about rusting things.
Even with coated brake rotors the quality varies.
