Polymer Coated Brake Rotors Vs Uncoated

Mechanic at first tried to sell me two coated rotors with a three year warranty for 156.

Polymer coated brake rotors vs uncoated.

Oh the car is 2006 ford focus zx4 ses. Consequently a special polymer coating is applied to brake rotors on late model vehicles to prevent this damage. The brake rotors are sprayed with geomet 360 at the finishing line in order to protect it until it is installed on the vehicle. Not all rotors are created equal.

The wheel design and model year of your car will determine whether coated or uncoated rotors are your best option. I see some companies making electrocoated brake rotors where the center part where brake pads don t touch is coated painted with black stuff. After the coating cures it ends up as a thin dry film approximately 8 micrometers thick and gives the rotor a metallic silver look. Cars and trucks more than ten years old or later model vehicles with a closed wheel design do not require coating.

This slows the corrosion process but barely. Or will the regular ones suit. He said he could get me 1 year warranty normal uncoated for 100 though. Some manufacturers use the same cheap brake rotor and paint a coating or even worse powder coat them.

Geomet brake coating is the highest quality of brake rotor coating on the market today. But my car failed inspection today because of the brakes. In turn the premium coated rotor has a special barrier layer along its entire exterior surface to protect the rotor from corrosion and to keep it clean. Tested to withstand 400 hours of salt spray equivalent to 18 southern michigan winter months coated brake rotors edges and vanes stay cleaner longer optimizing air flow and performance.

I need to replace the worn front brake rotors. In fact the brake rotors often become these ugly little gremlins that you are forced to accept as part of your car. The uncoated cast rotor has a bare unprotected exterior which is prone to corrosion. Even with coated brake rotors the quality varies.

Same as the cheap brake rotors. Are the coated with a longer warranty worth the cost. Brake rotors aren t exactly known to be the cleanest part of the car. I live in boston where i need to worry about rusting things.

There is a reason brake rotors develop rust and start looking like ancient archeological dig items after a few months but that s not something we have.