Protecting new disc rotors for an interim period

[sgtBerbatov]

So for one reason or another I've got to stop work on working on my car. On Sunday I had got to the stage of fitting brand new disc rotors, and re-fitting the calipers to the wheels. During this process I sprayed brake cleaner on the rotors to remove all of the protective chemicals that they came with from the factory.

The very next day I found out I would have to spend this week away from the car doing other things which I can't avoid, and after that I'm away for about 3 weeks. Even when I get back it'll be another week before I can work on the car again. All the while it's sat outside, jacked up, with the brand new discs on show to the good ol' British summer!

The question I have is what can I do to prevent them from rusting up? Is there a chemical I can put on there that will protect it from surface rust? And, if there isn't, how would I go about removing the rust from the rotors before I drive the car?

[sgtBerbatov]

That's fair enough. I just worried that because they hadn't been "run in" or used the rust would case a bedding in problem.

[sgtBerbatov]

227bhp said:

Hopefully the pads will still be retracted, if they aren't then back them off so they aren't touching.

The calipers haven't been fitted, it's just the rotors.

[sgtBerbatov]

227bhp said:

I'm stopping short of wiping your arse though, hopefully you can manage that?

And I'm stopping short of telling you where to go. Being nice costs nothing, sir.

I know full well a rotor will get rusty because it's bare metal. I didn't know, however, whether the rotors being brand new and subject to the rain - without being used - would cause a problem when bedding in when the car is eventually used. That's all I wanted to know, and whether I could protect them.

[sgtBerbatov]

227bhp said:

True and good knowledge doesn't come for free, let me have your address and I'll send you an invoice.

Give me yours first and I'll pay cash