I have R1s w/ stock pads. same dust as stock rotors .The build up in the holes doesn't bother me cuz I think the holes look good black anyways

 

More than likely, you have a "transfer film" building up on the rotors, which is good, but also indicates that you're running low brake temps. I have the same pattern, a dark grey "haze" across the swept area of the rotors with the Centric pads, but I've only got maybe 30 miles on the car since they went on, and it's all been low-speed, low-stress, point-to-point driving (to and from the body shop, the alignment rack, etc.), and having open brake ducts doesn't help get the temps up, either. I think that once the initial machining on the rotors is worn off, the haze will disappear as well, as there will be no little "nooks and crannies" for the dust to cling to.

 

Thanks Dave, makes sense. But since they are cross-drilled/slotted, those nooks will always be there won;t they???

 

Yeah, the slots and holes will still collect dust, but I can't think of anything that will prevent that. Even a "super-low-dust" pad is going to deposit something there. If you're showing the car, or hitting cruise nights, just hose down the rotors before you head out, and the pads will wipe the surface rust away on the way... The "nooks and crannies" I was referring to were created by the machining pattern on the rotor, which will be worn away within a few hundred miles, so at least the rotor face itself will be clean...

 

Dave is right. Any pad is going to create dust regardless of brand. There is not a "NO DUST" pad on the market that I know of.
Scott

 

I understand that Scott, was just concerned about the haze on the rotors themselves. I bought these rotors because of their look, and to be honest, the film, or whatever it is, makes them look shabby I can deal with dust, we all do, but it's making the RotorPros look like I slotted the stock rotors...

 

I would just run them until the crosshatch machining is completely worn off, and see if you're still getting pad material deposits on the swept portion of the rotor. The coating on the rotors will keep them from rusting off the swept area, but the zinc coating will NOT withstand the abrasion and heat of direct pad contact. If, after they are all worn in, they just don't look "right" to you, then give the RotorPros people a call and see what they say... I don't know of a rotor out there that will keep the "shiny" look with use. I've seen some show-car rotors that are actually chromed (!), but the driving is usually limited to the distance between the parking spot at the show and the trailer it goes home in.

 

Thanks again Dave. One thing I realized as we are talking about this is I have been driving the car alot less with the weather so it is possible that I just need to wait until I get some miles on them to see how they clean up. I'm not trying to turn it into a show car by any means, but I did buy the rotors specifically because of the nice zinc plating and would hope I could keep at least some of the characteristics.

 

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Your just a bumpin *****...today aren't you?

 

Hey! I take offense to being called bumpin....