Guest

The dreaded rusting rotors :U , I didn't paint'em before I installed them. Is this the best fix or is there something else like covers.

Thanx
Mark

STL94LT1

Rotors? who paints their rotors? Are you sure you don't mean your calipers?

SlowJoe

Hopefully he means the part closest to the center :lol: .
I used high temp paint from the local auto parts store, used the same on my calipers (both were looking pretty nasty), and it has held up great.

Guest

Thanks Slow, hey where did you get that spoiler? :cool: I've never seen one like that on a vette. How bout some more pics of it.

I painted my calipers, it's the rotors that are rusting everytime I wash the car, I don't drive in rain if I can avoid it.

Corvette0096

It don't rain here.. Super ram is on. Thanks for the help. I did what you said and got a dremmel tool worked nice..Hey the guy that made your chip from here?

Guest

That's big time :bs


No, It's Jason Norris, he's in PA, he's got the 396 on here. He's still tweakin mine, but I must admit his chip was pretty close, runs like a :reddevil.

I'll ask him about it and give'em your email.

I was down at 4th plain last night, cops flyin in to kill the Sat unofficial drags, I bolted. Was just there to see how ricer an event it was, not to race.

Mark

Corvette0096

Lol. I was there. I did see a vette turn around just before the turn..

Guest

What were you driving? I didn't see any vettes. Did they leave or run later?

Give me a call sometime, I guess we need to cool it here before they move it to the Off Top area.

ANyway, I painted my front rotors today with Primer and VHT engine enamel, I did the easy ones first so I could cruz in this great weather.

Still want to hear from Slow on that spoiler though???? :(


[Modified by Mark84_L383, 5:45 PM 6/23/2002]

92TripleBlack

If you have them Zinc plated it should solve the problem. This is what Baer does. The plating will wear off the pad area but as long as you are braking the pads will clean off the rust. The rest will stay treated and rust free.

Chefskeez6

Um i think someone is terribly confused or do you drag your feet to stop your car? Yeah the rotor will rust in the areas the brake pads don't wear on but so what. Its not like your rotors last forever, i mean your gunna replace them every so often and if you drive your vette at all The wear from braking is going to end the life of your rotors long before the rust does. Maybe you have your parts confused, or i dunno maybe look into getting stainless rotors if them make them, i think they do? Either way i wouldn't worry about you rotors rusting.

The Dingo

To each their own but despite the fact that I drive my car fairly hard I still like it to look purty - that means no rusty brake rotors, clean suspension arms, etc... :) Believe it or not it (painted/detailed rotors) does have an effect on the cars overall appearance - even if you don''t have open spoke wheels.

I pulled my rotors off and cleaned the centers and vents off with a wire brush, masked the braking surface off and painted them with silver high temp brake paint. Been like that for since February with lots of miles since and they still look good. :)

IMO, if you already have the rotors on you car, painting them would be the most economical option.


[Modified by Red 90 L98 Coupe, 6:54 PM 6/24/2002]

92TripleBlack

SlowJoe

Sorry about that. I haven't been back to this topic in a while. I'll do some digging and see what other pics I have.

Ok, I just sent an email w/ a couple pics to the email address in your profile.
Joe


[Modified by SlowJoe, 5:58 PM 6/24/2002]