is it possible to paint my stock rotors black? if not then can i buy them in black instead of sliver?, and also does any one have pics of black rotors on a car?

thanksalott

 

Do you mean the rotor hat, or the rotor itself? I'm pretty sure you can't paint the rotor itself black, as the brake pad would remove any paint that would be applied to the metal anyway. And why would you want to?

 

you cant paint the caliper, but not the rotor.... why would you want to paint the rotor?

but if you meant the caliper, you can paint it any color you want.

 

Sure, you can paint the rotor. Scrub off any surface rust and use some 1200 degree ceramic paint (or other high temp paint) from the auto parts store. The pad will immediately wear off any paint on the contact surface of the rotor.

This is an important thing to do before installing drilled/slotted rotors to keep the holes/slots from rusting. The rust doesn't hurt anything but it looks like hell.

I painted my Rotora rotors for that reason.

 

^^I should have, now I have that nice rust line at the bottom edge of my rotors.

 

Didn't I recommend that you do that?

 

No...

If I ever need to take them off again I will do it.

 

mine are OEM rotors and they're rusted all around the edges, if i ever take them off should i scrub off the rust and paint them?

 

I meant to tell you. Sorry. It's easy to do next time you have a couple of hours with nothing to do.


That's what I would do.

 

i painted my rotors' slots and holes....now they are peeling and i see some rust....

 

Powder-coated mine red. Waste of money in my opinion.

 

anyone have close up pics of either not doing it or doing it for comparison?

 

bump... i was thinking of buying black slotted/drilled rotors from ocautosports, they come zinc coated but are they powdercoated/painted black? and does anyone know if the brake pad contact area will wear back to zinc?

 

How much did you paint them? Did you do one light coat, two coats? I am ordering some drilled/slotted and want to paint them prior to install.

 

I painted them just enough to cover them.