Rusty looking rotors...
03-02-2013, 10:12 AM
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these are drilled/slotted rotors. the slots/holes are supposed to help with heat/dust dispersion but theres a lot of debate about whether its as effective as everyone thinks. the slots are more common on big brake kit rotors, the holes are primarily what gets debated cause it can weaken the structure of the rotor and theres less metal overall to disperse heat. my personal experience is that these + new ceramic pads + new brake fluid + goodridge stainless steel brake lines is a phenomenal improvement on stock. next time i need new stuff im gonna grab the 370z BBK
03-03-2013, 05:36 PM
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I mean if it's going to keep coming back very frequently then no I won't bother with it. Man it looks so ugly though, makes me want to get some brake dust shields to just cover the whole area up behind the rim.
You think brake dust shields is an aight way to go to keep the area clean? Not trying to be particular but damnit that looks awful.
You think brake dust shields is an aight way to go to keep the area clean? Not trying to be particular but damnit that looks awful.
03-03-2013, 06:14 PM
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Yep i even painted the Stillen one it started looking bad after a little while. I just got the whole inside painted black..
03-04-2013, 12:47 AM
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So should I just paint the "hat" of the rotor? Is it a bad thing to just go ahead and paint the whole rotor (even the part that the brake pads touch)? b/c it looks like more than just the hat part is rusty. Also I have heard of people accidentally painting the brake pads when they meant to just paint the caliper, if anyone has advice on how to tackle this, or can guide me to some youtube videos for this project, Id be eternally grateful!
03-04-2013, 10:57 AM
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there are actually a ton of videos on youtube about it; how do you think I learned? 
id stick to just painting the surface where the pads don't touch, if you get a little in that area it's okay cause it'll burn off but i wouldnt get too much on that; not sure how that'd affect the brake pad (if at all) but better to play it safe
id stick to just painting the surface where the pads don't touch, if you get a little in that area it's okay cause it'll burn off but i wouldnt get too much on that; not sure how that'd affect the brake pad (if at all) but better to play it safe
03-04-2013, 11:56 AM
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haha yeah youtube is a life saver
I went out and checked out my rotors and they dont really look that bad, and it also looks like my hat is already black so I may not really need to do much (maybe just paint the calipers black); Ghozt did the dupli-color paint stick to the calipers pretty well or is it just better to use G2 if I am just doing the calipers?
I went out and checked out my rotors and they dont really look that bad, and it also looks like my hat is already black so I may not really need to do much (maybe just paint the calipers black); Ghozt did the dupli-color paint stick to the calipers pretty well or is it just better to use G2 if I am just doing the calipers?
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