Those rusty rotors
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Those rusty rotors
My beautiful '01 was a daily driver for someone before I bought it and it has very ugly looking rusty rotors.
I was thinking about pulling them off and painting them or getting them powder coated. Does anyone know of a shop in Fort Worth that will powder coat?
When painting rotors & calipers, what kind of paint do you use - high temp enamel or just the 99 cent cans?
Also, what color should the rotors & calipers be on a non-Z06, plain Jane C5?
TIA!
I was thinking about pulling them off and painting them or getting them powder coated. Does anyone know of a shop in Fort Worth that will powder coat?
When painting rotors & calipers, what kind of paint do you use - high temp enamel or just the 99 cent cans?
Also, what color should the rotors & calipers be on a non-Z06, plain Jane C5?
TIA!
Burning Brakes
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From: Reno Nevada
Re: Those rusty rotors (C501)
I bought Drilled and Slotted Rotors from GMPartsDirect.com.
Loved them, but they rusted almost instantly. So, I bought a pint of
Rust-O-lium Gloss Black and a pack of small foam "brushes". I left the rotor on the car, burshed on the black paint. Unless you look REAL close you cannot see the brush marks, the rotors look GREAT.
The stock rotors are painted with something, so mine didn't rust.
ART
Loved them, but they rusted almost instantly. So, I bought a pint of
Rust-O-lium Gloss Black and a pack of small foam "brushes". I left the rotor on the car, burshed on the black paint. Unless you look REAL close you cannot see the brush marks, the rotors look GREAT.
The stock rotors are painted with something, so mine didn't rust.
ART
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Re: Those rusty rotors (Arthur6)
I bought Drilled and Slotted Rotors from GMPartsDirect.com.
Loved them, but they rusted almost instantly. So, I bought a pint of
Rust-O-lium Gloss Black and a pack of small foam "brushes". I left the rotor on the car, burshed on the black paint. Unless you look REAL close you cannot see the brush marks, the rotors look GREAT.
The stock rotors are painted with something, so mine didn't rust.
ART
Loved them, but they rusted almost instantly. So, I bought a pint of
Rust-O-lium Gloss Black and a pack of small foam "brushes". I left the rotor on the car, burshed on the black paint. Unless you look REAL close you cannot see the brush marks, the rotors look GREAT.
The stock rotors are painted with something, so mine didn't rust.
ART
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Re: Those rusty rotors (Vet72man)
Paint the whole thing, the pads will knock off what doesn't need painted. :yesnod:
Removing the calipers only takes a few minutes and then you can paint the hats and vent portion of the rotors. If you get paint on the surface of the rotor, just use a razor blade to scrape it off after it dries. I removed my rotors, bead blasted them, primed and painted with high temp semi-gloss black and they still look brand new.
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Re: Those rusty rotors (C501)
I took mine off and then painted the whole thing with "cast blast". kinda gives the original look. Then I scraped the contact area off with a razor, turned out OK.
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Re: Those rusty rotors (MTWallet)
Uhh, if you do this you will have a HUGE mess on your hands. DO NOT paint the entire rotor and expect the pads to clean the surface for you. You will gum up the pads and ruin them.
Removing the calipers only takes a few minutes and then you can paint the hats and vent portion of the rotors. If you get paint on the surface of the rotor, just use a razor blade to scrape it off after it dries. I removed my rotors, bead blasted them, primed and painted with high temp semi-gloss black and they still look brand new.
:iagree:
This man did it right! You should definetely remove them from the car and glass bead them, prime and paint with high temp. They will look great!!
[Modified by DelMonteZO6, 1:28 AM 1/2/2004]
Removing the calipers only takes a few minutes and then you can paint the hats and vent portion of the rotors. If you get paint on the surface of the rotor, just use a razor blade to scrape it off after it dries. I removed my rotors, bead blasted them, primed and painted with high temp semi-gloss black and they still look brand new.
:iagree:
This man did it right! You should definetely remove them from the car and glass bead them, prime and paint with high temp. They will look great!!
[Modified by DelMonteZO6, 1:28 AM 1/2/2004]
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Re: Those rusty rotors (C501)
For my calipers, I used Folia Tec paint - hard as nails and looks great - dries to where you do not see any brush marks. Did mine in red.
