painting rotor hats..
06-05-2006, 11:42 PM
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painting rotor hats..
Hi All,
Some have mentioned painting the hat portion of the blank zimmerman rotors... Some have also mentioned making sure to not paint the part that contacts the hub or wheel.... and I imagine that includes the inside drum that the park brake touches... The new rotors are really pretty but I am inclined to just put them on and let them get the natural patina.... Rust that is....
especially since my current wheels do not show anything off... but the perfectionist in me likes things tidey if possible... The wife is away so I could bake some paint on in the oven....
Some say the OEM is actually just a painted zimmermann
I do have some silver high temp duplicolor engine paint that requires baking at 300 C to set it... THis may work well.. if I mask the rest off...
Comments or suggestions???
LO
Some have mentioned painting the hat portion of the blank zimmerman rotors... Some have also mentioned making sure to not paint the part that contacts the hub or wheel.... and I imagine that includes the inside drum that the park brake touches... The new rotors are really pretty but I am inclined to just put them on and let them get the natural patina.... Rust that is....
especially since my current wheels do not show anything off... but the perfectionist in me likes things tidey if possible... The wife is away so I could bake some paint on in the oven....
Some say the OEM is actually just a painted zimmermann
I do have some silver high temp duplicolor engine paint that requires baking at 300 C to set it... THis may work well.. if I mask the rest off...
Comments or suggestions???
LO
06-05-2006, 11:57 PM
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"Making a point not to paint the wheel or hub"- what a crock!
-TRY to keep the paint off of these surfaces, but for the past 7 years I have painted my brake calipers with spectacular successs and nothing amis has come from it....and I get paint on the disk every single time!
CHEAP paint- Krylon I think, from Home Depot/Lowes....just make sure you clean the calipers with dish detergent and a scrub brush or the equivalent before you paint.
300 degrees c or Zimmermans paint or whatever; use them if you wish, but Krylon makes it look just as good, at $3.79 per can....~
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-TRY to keep the paint off of these surfaces, but for the past 7 years I have painted my brake calipers with spectacular successs and nothing amis has come from it....and I get paint on the disk every single time!
CHEAP paint- Krylon I think, from Home Depot/Lowes....just make sure you clean the calipers with dish detergent and a scrub brush or the equivalent before you paint.
300 degrees c or Zimmermans paint or whatever; use them if you wish, but Krylon makes it look just as good, at $3.79 per can....~
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06-06-2006, 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Normy
-TRY to keep the paint off of these surfaces, but for the past 7 years I have painted my brake calipers with spectacular successs and nothing amis has come from it....
For regular use, it's probably not a big deal to get paint on the mating surfaces. If you drive the car hard or track it, avoid getting pant on the mating surfaces.
06-06-2006, 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by FlyingDog
You don't drive your car hard enough. For regular use, it's probably not a big deal to get paint on the mating surfaces. If you drive the car hard or track it, avoid getting pant on the mating surfaces.
For regular use, it's probably not a big deal to get paint on the mating surfaces. If you drive the car hard or track it, avoid getting pant on the mating surfaces.N!
The long and short is that if they had been affected by heat, then they would have at my SITM in 2002 when I ran the Blue Ridge parkway.
06-06-2006, 02:20 AM
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The first time I put my cast hole Zimmerman rotors on the rear, I left them as is. I really regretted that decision.
Took them off a few months later after they rusted like crazy, cleaned them, painted them with VHT Flat Aluminum and then VHT Clear hi-temp paints. They look great to this day, about four years later.
<-- click for bigger size
[more photos of complete Big Red front / Zimmerman rear brake upgrade]
[photos of car after completion]
Took them off a few months later after they rusted like crazy, cleaned them, painted them with VHT Flat Aluminum and then VHT Clear hi-temp paints. They look great to this day, about four years later.
<-- click for bigger size[more photos of complete Big Red front / Zimmerman rear brake upgrade]
[photos of car after completion]
06-06-2006, 02:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Ed Scherer
The first time I put my cast hole Zimmerman rotors on the rear, I left them as is. I really regretted that decision.
Took them off a few months later after they rusted like crazy, cleaned them, painted them with VHT Flat Aluminum and then VHT Clear hi-temp paints. They look great to this day, about four years later.
Took them off a few months later after they rusted like crazy, cleaned them, painted them with VHT Flat Aluminum and then VHT Clear hi-temp paints. They look great to this day, about four years later.
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06-06-2006, 02:35 AM
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Originally Posted by michaelathome
How did the next meal you cooked in there go? Were you braking for the restroom?
Strangely enough, this didn't faze my wife at all.
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06-06-2006, 03:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Normy
"Making a point not to paint the wheel or hub"- what a crock!
06-06-2006, 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by SharkSkin
It is based on sound principles. If you don't care that's fine, but that does not change the fact that there are a number of very good reasons to avoid getting paint on the friction surface and mating surfaces.
