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Aussie Dubbin Fahrvergnugen

895 posts · joined Jul 2008 ·

#831070
Hi Guys as the title suggests, how do you go about painting unused rotors? You do you get most of it but not the area that the pad hits??? The rotors are cross drilled, it will probably be black or silver, but just to neaten it up and stop that rused look.

Cheers

Can you just paint the whole thing and then just let the pads do the work? Or will this foul the Pads?
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5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#831076
just tape the working surface up

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#831085
You would probably be fine to just keep paint on the friction surface to a minimum but that said I taped mine up too, not that much work to do.

vwjon Fahrvergnugen

914 posts · joined Jul 2006 ·

#831090
heres a tip that will sound CRAZY at first but works very welll with a little practice, brush the gripping surface with grease, paint the whole lot, then wipe off the excess grease, the rotors are now also protected against rust so they should stay in good condition while your project hits the road, or if you need to use the rotors straight away, a quick spray with disc cleaner / brake cleaner will remove all of the grease and not harm the paint, the first time you use the brakes will clean the discs up as well!
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1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#831093
Hi

Don't use heatproof paint. I use White Knight epoxy enamel in Silver.

Steve

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#831141
Aussie Dubbin wrote:Hi Guys as the title suggests, how do you go about painting unused rotors? You do you get most of it but not the area that the pad hits??? The rotors are cross drilled, it will probably be black or silver, but just to neaten it up and stop that rused look.

Cheers

Can you just paint the whole thing and then just let the pads do the work? Or will this foul the Pads?

I always just paint the rotors... never tape anything up

the pads soon take it off....

LEE

PS: I've never raced so My rotors never get too hot...
never had any paint blister etc... usually use VHT paint...
but its not shiny... Epoxy paint is nice looking...
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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#831149
My Brakes have had a decent work out, front discs are down to 7.9mm 😂 and the Gloss black bunnings polykote i put about 5 years ago still looks as good as when it went on.

They get hot but not that hot.