Zinc Plated doesn't look plated AT ALL.......
 

Hi everyone,

Bought a set of Power Stop drilled & slotted rotors from buybrakes.com for my 01' X5 3.0i. It said "Zinc plated" on the website, but when I received it, it doesn't look plated at all to me. Maybe I was wrong. Please help.

here's some pictures I took after I put them on. Thx!

I think it may be. If it rusts thenj its not lol

Why is the "hat" in multiple pieces instead of a solid single piece?

"Powerstop" and "buybrakes.com"
Does sound pretty sketchy

Drilled and slotted rotors on an SAV? What's the point?

A solid rotor is going to give you better braking performance on an every day driven vehicle.

There Are different zinc coatings available...not all have that distinctive gold hue.

You've got a point. lol.

Agree, different thickness according to the Spec. But pretty obvious machining grooves, which shouldn't appear under Zinc plating, I guess, unless the feed speed during the turning operation is super aggressive. :dunno:

It was mentioned in a brake discussion thread recently on the forum, and I saw JCL mentioned about buybrakes.com

Another funny thing is, since we were talking about Axxis pads very much in that thread, this brand is completely out of stock. lol. :D

I disagree. The "anti-corrosion" coating found on most brake rotors is no where near thick enough to fill the machine marks on the Hat. Something like a powder coating, (where the coat is many times thicker) would definitely fill em. It's tough to tell by from the pics....but I would venture to say that based on the color and sheen of those rotors....they would be consistent with a zinc coating of some sort.