Door Mirrors and washing your car ANNOYING!!

[Greenouse]

My Fix to this problem is to wash and rinse car.Quick spin round the block.Then towel off.... Sorted.

Exactly what I do. 

Me too, but the reason I do it is to get rid of the rust from the disc's  This really does my head in!!! (or am I the only one who likes my wheels to be clean on the inside?  :embarassed:)

[Top Cat]

My Fix to this problem is to wash and rinse car.Quick spin round the block.Then towel off.... Sorted.

Exactly what I do. 

Me too, but the reason I do it is to get rid of the rust from the disc's  This really does my head in!!! (or am I the only one who likes my wheels to be clean on the inside?  :embarassed:)

Me too i hate rusty disc's. 

[RedRobin]

....How do you get rusty discs? Do you mean the hubs?

[bobotheclown]

whenever my brake discs come into contact with a little bit of water they instantly rust up. A spin around the block gets rid of the rust but it is strange.

[SteveP]

whenever my brake discs come into contact with a little bit of water they instantly rust up. A spin around the block gets rid of the rust but it is strange.

Ditto, the disc face rusts up very quickly after contact with lots of water.

Plus the normal and ever growing amount of rust of the hubs. 

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Rusty disc faces - probably because you lot never let a jet wash get near your car.    The calipers/discs/pads can collect brake dust, which has microscopic metallic particles in it - hence a large metallic surface area.  This large metallic surface area then "faciltiates" the rapid rust build up - obviously being most evident on otherwise shiny disc faces, but also forming on the actual brake pads too.  Take a close look at the edges of the pads if you doubt me. 

Give your discs and calipers a thorough rinse with a jet wash (obviously being sensible about not being too close), and the rusty discs should be reduced.  Also, next time you remove your wheels, put a thin smear of anti-seize paste on the mounting face, and the centering hub of the wheel mount, and a smear on the wheel bolt threads and conical face - and this will massively prevent galvanic corrosion.   

[RedRobin]

....Ah TT, that goes some way to explain why my discs don't get rusty - I usually jet wash before handwashing and always jet wash the wheels a bit more strongly than the rest. Makes handwashing so much easier too.

[NewGolf]

Rusty disc faces - probably because you lot never let a jet wash get near your car.    The calipers/discs/pads can collect brake dust, which has microscopic metallic particles in it - hence a large metallic surface area.  This large metallic surface area then "faciltiates" the rapid rust build up - obviously being most evident on otherwise shiny disc faces, but also forming on the actual brake pads too.  Take a close look at the edges of the pads if you doubt me. 

Give your discs and calipers a thorough rinse with a jet wash (obviously being sensible about not being too close), and the rusty discs should be reduced.  Also, next time you remove your wheels, put a thin smear of anti-seize paste on the mounting face, and the centering hub of the wheel mount, and a smear on the wheel bolt threads and conical face - and this will massively prevent galvanic corrosion.   

Copper Slip ok?

[Top Cat]

TT you truly are:

  galvanic corrosion.  

[SteveP]

Thanks for tips T_T