i'm planning on painting the calipers and im thinkin about gettin new rotors cuz they seemed too rusty to me.... what u think?

 

leave them alone. dont touch the calipers either.

 

hey thanks for the reply... uumm painted calipers look nice y u say taht?

 

wired brushes!!!!! rotors are fine. probaly rain there recently aleast it looks like it

 

sand them down, wire brush should work fine....

 

ooo sand em...i hope that'll work

 

would u recommend sand blasting ? if u have access to that kind of stuff?

 

Unless the rotors are ineffective, leave them alone. It will probably look cool if you paint them black after getting rid of all the rust.

 

Wire brush/ steel wool, either one would work good. Add some WD40 to help what it can.

 

Humm do what the guy above said. A lot cheaper.

 

wheel acid will take that rust right off...ROTORS RUST........paint the rusted part of the rotor....masking tape is ur friend

 

Hey, why don't you try some CLR!!!

 

^ hahahah i haven't seen that commerical in a long time.

 

paint the calipers a fresh silver color. If you get new rotors Zinc plated rotors will not rust like the one you have. Stick with the rotors you have till they need replacing.

 

thanks for the info ... u n others... i was thinkin of painting them green... at least a green close to sagemist green.. rotors are like 1 month old ..they got rusted pretty fast

 

Pink, that seems like a cool color.

 

I would stay away from green, it's kind of ricey and black or silver is a lot cleaner looking.

 

ok i'll try both in photoshop tomorrow

 

I would stay away from wall edging as a lip, its kind of ricey....

 

I don't have to worry about that now.

 

Its good info for the future.....

 

So, you want to paint your rotors? Are you serious?


You might want to liberally coat the entire rotor with WD40 before you paint... you know, to avoid overspray. And don't worry about spraying it off with brake cleaner or anything... that will just ruin your new mad-tite-JDM-teh-hottness paintjob.... just drive up to about 100mph, and slam on the brakes... your brake pads will clean off anything on there.



/sarcasm

 

He wants to paint the hats on the rotors.
Brake cleaner hasnt hurt the paint on my setup.
Why spray WD40 on anything.?
Either use the brush on brake paint or remove the caliper and spray it with an engine enamel, then clear coat them. Remove the rotors and tape off everyting but the hats and paint them.

 

i wont paint the rotors...just the calipers

 

Than do it black.

 

yea thats waht im doing... i went to pep boys and they dont even have green color that i want.. so im goin for black

 

Red ain't bad

 

yea but when ur car is green...

 

There is a ludalip for a Civic. Don't worry I learned my lesson with the Maxima.

 

Wow... my sarcasm wasn't conveyed through the intArweb...


I was SARCASTICALLY telling him to spray WD40 all over the brake rotor, and then drive as fast as he could, and slam on the brakes... i.e., to wreck/crash.


I think that the whole idea sounds SUPER ricey, and should be avoided like a fat girl with AIDS.... you just don't want to do it... even if you're drunk.

 

i'd paint the whole thing black, all in one shot, this way your rotors dont look like *** next to shiny calipers, and one short trip will trip the paint off the rotor where it has to make contact. doesnt work as well in the rear since they dont work as hard as the front. there you would have to mask off the rotor.

 

Yup, my painted calipers look super ricey.

 

IF you decide to get new rotors....there are some AWESOME deals in the GB section.

 

Flava, you forgot the , it looks damn good.

 

I said that painted ROTORS look super ricey.


I LIKE painted calipers, especially your setup, Flava.

 

Don't forget to wear a dust mask.

 

With no shirt on......

 

on your forehead so you look cool

 

its fine, just brush it down and then paint it to ur liking...why waste money on aperfectly fine calipers

 

i am going to be painting my hats on my rotors and my calipers, it looks much better then the rusty look i have now, either black, silver or a dark silver, nothing that will stand out too much.