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May 21, 2003 | 11:46 AM

jivanivan

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and now the brakes look rusted. Is this right? How can I clean this, it looks orange now.

May 21, 2003 | 11:49 AM

elblue

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DRIVE IT!!!

May 21, 2003 | 11:49 AM

jsun

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Drive (and use the brakes)!

May 21, 2003 | 11:55 AM

Yank

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Drive it and drive it good...and soon your wheels will be dirty again...

May 21, 2003 | 11:58 AM

andrew

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Normal DRIVE IT FAST AND HARD.........

May 21, 2003 | 03:23 PM

Alex@tirerack

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Your 1st stop will clean the rust off. It tends to rust as its totaly naked cast iron. each time the pad passes its removes a microscopic layer. this prevents any of us from stopping the rust.

Alex

May 22, 2003 | 03:19 AM

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Yup, gotta drive it.

Last winter, I noticed that my brake calipers would "freeze" against the rotors if I had been driving in extremely salty and slushy conditions; that's how fast rust sets in on bare iron. I'd feel an initial "pop" when I started driving the car if I'd left it overnight that way. Once You've braked once or twice it's gone.

-CW