MROTH

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I've got to get rid of this rust... what color do you guys think I should paint over it and is there any particular paint or method I should use other than some steel wool and high heat spray paint?

Feldman

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you are going to need more than steel wool to clean it enough for the pain to stay. I would keep it low key, i personally would go with black.

MROTH

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I was thinkin black also, just wanted yalls opinions... Think a low grit sandpaper will do the job?

Feldman

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you are going to need a steel brush or something similar you can hook to a drill and its going to take some time if you want the paint to stay. If it were me i would probably just pick up some of the cryo treated rotors that they have for sale at tirerack.com. you will have new rotors and they are already painted black...

MROTH

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I've only had those rotors on for about 6k miles.... I'm afraid if I don't paint them they will rust right back

Torgus

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#1 cryo rotors are a huge rip off.

#2 you're going to need a dremel/drill to get those clean. then paint them black. while you're there take off your brakes and paint them too.

nice 4th gen.

Kevlo911

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This is a nice color

MROTH

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ya i was thinkin about painting the calipers too! do i need to pull the brake pads out of the caliper or should they be ok?

i think black is the winning color...

thanks for the compliment.

Torgus

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you should take off the brake pad but people do it with them on for some reason. imo it looks horrible. if you look in my album you can se a pic with my old 19s done that way.

imo the easiest way is just to remove them all together. that's what i did. brake fluid should be changed every 3 years anyways and it's not hard to get them off. brake fluid is cheap also...

i'll post some examples of the two jobs:

done on the car(looks even worse in person)


off the car:


it might not be clear but the ones done off the car look 100x better. it's easier to do more coats and let them dry properly as well.

MROTH

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ya I can definitely see the difference... Thanks for all the advice!

Professor

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I got brembos, i dont have a rust issue.

MROTH

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i dont know why i do, i see in your sig that you have sport drilled rotors, mine are just brembo blanks....

Pearl93VE

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brembo blanks, wire brush + 18V drill, high heat spray paint, high heat clear coat.

I did mine off the car once, and on the car the 2nd time and it made no difference, I just wipe them with a damp cloth every time I wash the car and they stay black and nice looking; no rust problems.

Torgus

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fyi: BBS stands for Big Ballin Son