Rust on caliper

[Wayne Cox]

At 10:12 PM 10/7/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>will the rust on the surface of a caliper ruin the caliper in time?  Right
>now after days of rain in Houston, the calipers turned orange.  will the
>rust get to the piston

Nah, they'll be OK;  they'll just look crappy.   Remember, they have to
survive the weather up with the poor schmucks in the Rust Belt.  Cast iron
(the calipers) will rapidly develop surface rust, but it takes a long time
to penetrate.  The piston itself is either stainless steel or chrome plated.

    -Wayne    '91 NX2k - '93 NK2k - '92 SE-R (parts car?)