How to treat this brake line bracket?

[scz4]

Evening all,

Noticed this when taking my wheels off. Passenger side is worse which I guess make sense. Car is only 3.5 years old, but it's a keeper so would like to prevent it getting worse.

Clean it up and a few licks of black metal hammarite perhaps? Think I may have some Underbody Seal stuff too. Don't think it justifies the likes of ACF-50?

[Lincsls1]

Yeah, I'd just give it a light rub down and then treat with something of your choice.
I'm sure a couple of coats of your Hammerite will do just fine.

[TwinKam]

The spring bridge is easily replaced, ideally when you next do a fluid change. The pipe nut not so... Regular applications of ACF50 or similar might help.

[Belle427]

Hammerite will help but its a rubbish product these days, better than nothing though.
Wire brush it all up to get rid of the loose, apply a rust converter product and paint, using a rust prevention product afterwards will help too or just apply some grease with a brush.

[Smint]

The caliper requires more immediate rubbing down and paint attention if my eyes don't deceive..

By all means give it a wire brushing and a lick of some paint, but if it were mine i'd give it a blast of ACF50 (there are alternatives) too so it can seep inside the nut threads, because presumably thats a coated steel brake pipe, a wipe of marine grease after ACF will help keep things corrosion free.

[paintman]

Belle427 said:

Hammerite will help but its a rubbish product these days, better than nothing though.
Wire brush it all up to get rid of the loose, apply a rust converter product and paint, using a rust prevention product afterwards will help too or just apply some grease with a brush.

^^^^That.

[trickywoo]

Acf 50 has a reputation way beyond its actual performance. Where something you want to protect is subject to water washing xcp rust blocker in aerosol form is much better.

A squirt on that bracket and anything similar every 6 months, or even once a year just before winter, will keep the corrosion to a minimum.

[Caddyshack]

Whatever you use…you need to remove as much rust as possible, get it back to shiny metal then use a rust converter such as kurust. Then seal it with a good paint like hammerite or something like a 2k or rust proofing primer then a colour to seal it and a lick of lacquer.