sonic Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 As most of you are aware , my faff is parked up this year having a bit of a re faff , it's been about 5 months off the road now and the discs are rusty as feck , now most likely hopefully this time next year she should be back on the road and most likey sporting new discs but what can I do to prevent this when I park up in the winter months , I have no garage , and I can't see my halfords car cover stopping anything other than bird shit on the body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilo Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 As most of you are aware , my faff is parked up this year having a bit of a re faff , it's been about 5 months off the road now and the discs are rusty as feck , now most likely hopefully this time next year she should be back on the road and most likey sporting new discs but what can I do to prevent this when I park up in the winter months , I have no garage , and I can't see my halfords car cover stopping anything other than bird shit on the body don't know about the disks , but be carful with those Halfords car covers. A mate of mine used one last winter and one frosty morning he pull it off and peeled all the lacquer off his car . the sheet had bonded to the lacquer with the frost . I was going to use one until he told me this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrGTFour Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 My GT-four is garaged but had a few cars sit around for months. I park in gear, hand brake off. They rust up, i start up and after a couple of laps round the block on and off the brakes its gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublet Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Don't think you can stop it, bar covering the discs with some corrosion inhibitor. Perhaps like vaseline. But that won't do them any favours if you want to reuse them at any point. As mentioned, just driving a small distance will clear any rust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princy Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 A bit of hassle but take the wheel off and put a carrier bag over the whole hub with a sachet of silica gel in should do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Boy 1 Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 To make it a real Faff, take the discs off and store them inside. Other than that, there isn't much you can do with cast iron or steel discs.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyRacer Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 If your discs are extremely clean and dry you could spray them with VP90 which is a moisture inhibiter barrier. It's primary use is for gun barrels and actions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsolentMinx Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 clingfilm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Few miles down the road with one foot on the accelerator and one foot on the brake will clean them up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic Posted March 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 A bit of hassle but take the wheel off and put a carrier bag over the whole hub with a sachet of silica gel in should do it That was one off my plans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ownleemee Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Plasti-Dip ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlasumm Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 even better get it sorted and drive the thing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakyParts Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 (edited) My suggestion would be to paint them. Contact surfaces included. Give them a couple of coats of hammerite then when you come to use the car again, either scrape off the contact area, or just take the car for a good blast to clean the surface up. As long as they're nice and clean to start with, with no chunks of rust that you're painting over, they shouldn't rust. Edited March 18, 2014 by FreakyParts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MYK Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Thats where the plastidip could be helpfull. sets like rubber and can be peeled off! Quite a few uses for it now I think about it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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