Personally, I can't determine from the photo if it's actually pitted or just surface rust. I suspect the latter. My rotors (VW OEM) start to pick up surface rust after as little as a day or two of inactivity. If I were you, I'd just drive it a few miles and look again. Then you'll know if they're actually pitted and in need of replacement. I would NOT just go after them with a hand-held grinder under any circumstances.
Rusted or pitted rotor. Opinions?
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Here's a pic of a rusted rotor on my 2003 Passat Wagon 1.8T AWM. This is the front driver's side rotor. I searched google for pictures of rusted and pitted rotors but I'm not really sure what mine qualify as and if I will have any problems in a few months when I get an inspection.
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Here's a closeup:
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It's worth noting that I've had the car up on blocks for a few weeks while I've worked through a water infiltration issue among other things. Anyway, I had to take the wheel off the front driver's side to get access to the transmission range sensor and I left it off for like several weeks, although I left the rotor on and covered it with a garbage bag.
So what do you guys think would you replace a rotor like this or leave it as is? Or would you resurface? I have a grinder and a flap disc but I don't know how precise one has to be when resurfacing.
Thanks
Here's a closeup:
It's worth noting that I've had the car up on blocks for a few weeks while I've worked through a water infiltration issue among other things. Anyway, I had to take the wheel off the front driver's side to get access to the transmission range sensor and I left it off for like several weeks, although I left the rotor on and covered it with a garbage bag.
So what do you guys think would you replace a rotor like this or leave it as is? Or would you resurface? I have a grinder and a flap disc but I don't know how precise one has to be when resurfacing.
Thanks
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