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If you mean around the outside edge and on the rotor hat where a little surface rust occurs your best option is to put on aftermarket rotors that are plated. Most of the performance (slotted) rotors you'll find on the various sponsor's sites are going to be plated.
You could also take yours off, clean the rust off of them with a wire brush (a wire wheel attached to an angle grinder would make this quicker), and then spray paint them with some high temp clear coat paint or whatever color you prefer. Then take it somewhere safe and do a few hard stops with your old pads and you'll get the paint off the contact area, but the rest will still be painted. Then replace your pads with new ones and you're good to go.
Edit: Added the (important) part about then replacing your pads... I was in a hurry this morning!
what? i dont get it, why wouldnt you just mask off the places that you dont want paint on?
Originally Posted by Millenion LTD,May 15 2008, 02:10 AM
what? i dont get it, why wouldnt you just mask off the places that you dont want paint on?
You can do it that way too... cut a ring out of thin cardboard using a compass. Sometimes there is a small area of the rotor's surface that doesn't get swept by the pad though, so if you don't get it just right you will still get a ring of rust on the face. It would be minimal though.
Plated rotors like Wanabe has is really the best option... although personally I would stay away from drilled. That's a debate for a different forum though
[QUOTE=Mother,May 15 2008, 03:36 AM]You can do it that way too... cut a ring out of thin cardboard using a compass. Sometimes there is a small area of the rotor's surface that doesn't get swept by the pad though, so if you don't get it just right you will still get a ring of rust on the face.
Not to get too far off topic, but where did you get your rotors? I have been trying to find a good set. I've been looking for the slotted ones though. But I can't really find any retailers that sell them.
05-14-2008, 09:14 PM
