Rusty Brake Discs

[R8Spyderman]

Even though I use a water deionizer to remove minerals from our hard water, within seconds of getting wet my discs immediately turn rusty. When I put the car away after washing and later go to back out, the brakes are so stuck to the rust that it takes a second and a little extra revs for them to release with a loud pop so the car can actually move. Once I've braked and removed the surface rust it gleams silver metal and stays that way until the next time I wash it. I thought perhaps the wheel cleaner I was using is very corrosive but yesterday I didn't use anything but water and never even got soap onto the discs and yet they began to rust virtually in seconds after getting wet.
What are my options? I don't need carbon ceramic discs but is there another material the discs are made of that won't rust like this and which won't break the bank the way carbon ceramics will? Should I spray WD-40 on the discs before wetting or will this just make the brakes possibly fail until the oil is removed when braking? I'd hate to try this method and find out the hard way that the brakes will fail!
Any suggestions or just suck it up and live with it?

[NVRL8R8]

Has happened to all my cars as well. Far as I know, just suck it up and live with it!

[R8Spyderman]

All my other cars get a little surface rust after washing but none have ever seized the rotors and rusted them stuck to the pads before! If this is the worst problem I ever have I'll be very grateful. Then again, I changed my brake pads to ceramic on the Corvette 5 years ago and it reduced brake dust a lot so I wonder if it will also prevent the pads from getting rusted stuck to the rotors.

[NVRL8R8]

All my other cars get a little surface rust after washing but none have ever seized the rotors and rusted them stuck to the pads before! If this is the worst problem I ever have I'll be very grateful. Then again, I changed my brake pads to ceramic on the Corvette 5 years ago and it reduced brake dust a lot so I wonder if it will also prevent the pads from getting rusted stuck to the rotors.

Musta missed that part! Hmmm........ don't think that's normal.

[harrison]

There is nothing wrong with your car or the calipers.The DISKS/ROTORS are made of a high iron content. Don't put the car away wet. Drive her and warm the brakes to dry things. All of us with the non carbon ceramic brakes could experience the lockup syndrome you experienced. (maybe the carbon ceramics do it too??) It has to be the disks that are responsible because I've had it happen with stock pads,hi-perf.,and full race pads...Until I stopped putting her away WET.

[rmicroys]

Same thing happens here on all my VAG products. Something about VW/Audi/Porsche. I never wash my car without driving it around the block at least. If I wash and park any of my cars they need a bit of extra help to get moving and scrub off the brakes.

[R8Spyderman]

I guess it's no big deal, then and I'll just live with it. Thanks for the advice, folks!

[desperado]

Not just VAG parts get rustly, as my Brembo upgrade rotors also look like junkyard parts after washing the car.

[RS4Cab]

I guess it's no big deal, then and I'll just live with it. Thanks for the advice, folks!

Living right near the Ocean also makes it worse, I do and if I don't drive a couple seconds after washing i have to give it some gas to get them unseized

[R8Spyderman]

Living right near the Ocean also makes it worse, I do and if I don't drive a couple seconds after washing i have to give it some gas to get them unseized

Roger that: I have a salt water mangrove canal in my backyard and the Gulf of Mexico 200 yards across the street so salt is definitely in the air and is the enemy!

BTW, please everyone overlook my stupidity in titling this thread about calipers when it is actually about the discs, not the calipers!