Zinc Coated Brake Rotors

As stocks rotate you will no longer receive zinc coated discs you will receive black ones.

Zinc coated brake rotors.

Wagner s budget brake rotors are coated for corrosion and rust. One way was to apply a coating to prevent rust. An example of course is in the automotive industry. Premium brake rotors in the uk or europe.

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. 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. Brake rotors are regularly exposed to water salt and other corrosive elements. Rotor corrosion comparison test result is finally here.

However due to certain castings the zinc coating may not adhere to small areas of some rotors. For a more in depth look at coated brake rotors check out the video below. Wherever the brake pad sweeps the rotor area the coating will be removed by the normal operation of the disc brake system. Naturally companies started looking at ways to mitigate rusting of the rotors.

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. This leaves you with a very ugly looking rotor. 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.

Numerous industries now actually make use of zinc electroplating in order to further enhance the potential of their products. These rotors are made from aluminum and have a zinc coating to protect against rust and extend their operating window. After over 3 months of driving the vehicle outside doing a spray test with 5 nacl solution or 5 s. Thermic black coated discs are being phased in.

The final result is a thick protective coating that will help prevent rusting and give you a great custom look.