All 4 discs look rusty

[Northy 8]

The brakes on my 172 aren't that good
I have noticed all 4 discs are pitted and even the disc surface is rusty
It s like there not fully bitting
Any ideas please
Not had the car long
Cheers

 

[Emma.]

Errr, change them.

 

[Owen_m]

Go for a drive and use the brakes abit. might only be surface rust if the cars been sitting about for a while!

 

[Northy 8]

Ha ha
Yes even after a spirted drive they look the same as if the pads is barely touching the contact surface,,
i could understand it if it was 1 but all 4

 

[Dan@SJM]

new brake time then.

 

[Northy 8]

I have decent knowledge on cars having competed in the mlrss in my evo 6rs
I accept like said after washing the car or leaving it for time it gets surface rust on the discs
This is nothing like and is proper rusty surface with no shine at all

 

[Alastair.]

More than likely its had a set of mickeywingwang brake discs fitted, cheap discs are s**t and will go rusty/pit quickly. Go buy some genuine discs and pads.

 

[Northy 8]

Worth a try as seems parts on these cars are so cheap,,

 

[MartinR]

Check the calipers are not sticking slightly too

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

They're only messing

Bear with this site mate its one of the better ones out there.

A lot of helpful knowledgable people and the mods sort the wallys out pretty quick.

Get a pic up of the discs it might help diagnose if there's a problem ...

 

[Northy 8]

Cheers mate will do
I guess u sell the pads and discs

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Ye I can help with those if needed.

If you pay the membership you can see all the different Traders section on here and the for sale sections etc. It will pay for itself ten fold over the coming year

 

[urquattrogus]

Go for a drive and ride the brakes, applying them whislt still acccelreating. Then have a look. If excessively thin or very badly pitted, consider replacing pads and discs

A bit of rust would never really worry me, even quite deep, it can easily be ground down if there is enough meat left on the disc.

 

[jesus]

Got rid of all the crap. Any further useless posts will result in points.