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The 4/32" sounds fishy. This "rust" thing stinks. Rear brake "rust" was a problem for me after the law was changed to require "full contact". Mine had developed bands (as many others have seen) that were interpreted as not being "full contact" so no one would pass them. I think they were quite OK but I had to get new ones to pass inspection. Front brakes are still original at 221k miles! Sometimes I shift to N and brake hard to try and keep off any rust - don't know how much it will help. Look at your rotors and see if there are any bands that look different from other areas. If I see these bands again, I plan to sand the rotors with a random orbital sander then go out and do a bunch of panic stops to make them look better! I'm sure one brake job negates ALL the savings from regenerative braking. Be sure tires get rotated or you can get some nasty noise later on from cupping. I got asked once if I was running snow tires! My Michelin dealer rotates for free every 5k miles.