Painting Rotor vents

[quaidum]

when i was at the auto parts store i saw caliper paint and on the can it said calipers, rotors, and something else and i thought who the hell would spray paint their rotors thats how u brake but then my buddy told me that some people do that to keep their rotors from rusting. he told me that if u paint the whole thing than when u brake the pads will eat away the paint and leave the rest of it painted and pretty don't know if i would do it or not

[mndude07]

when i was at the auto parts store i saw caliper paint and on the can it said calipers, rotors, and something else and i thought who the hell would spray paint their rotors thats how u brake but then my buddy told me that some people do that to keep their rotors from rusting. he told me that if u paint the whole thing than when u brake the pads will eat away the paint and leave the rest of it painted and pretty don't know if i would do it or not

you're supposed to tape off the faces of the rotor really, so you don't get that paint clogged up in your pads, but yeah.

[evil_demon_01]

If you want to paint them, use a primer etch paint, then high temp over the top.
Just make sure you mask off the face of the rotor.

[F22HB]

pics

These are plated, the only difference is they don't rust, nothing special. I remember painting the civic rotor's vents and later on down the road the rust came back and it looked terrible again,lol. Platting ftw if you're buying new rotors.

[mndude07]

Yeah, I will always buy plated rotors, but the ones I have came with the TAS ROH prelude/v6 accord kit, and I'm not sure if they're plated or not, so I'm painting them just to be safe.

And yes, I taped off the faces lol.

I'll be putting all the new brake shit on in a few weeks here when I have my spring break, so I'll put up pics.

Also, you don't need a etching primer first, just rub the surface down good with a scotch-brite pad and then clean it off and you're all good. I used duplicolor black 1200F ceramic paint by the way.