Rust on rotor!?!?!?

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twopu

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I just got my rear rotors replaced and the rain rusted the center hub. What can I do to deal with this problem? I was thinking of using some high temp paint to paint the center hub since the brakes don't come in contact with it. Has anyone done this and if so what paint did you use? Where?
 
twopu, yep, the only option is to use a high temp paint. The cast iron will rust with in minutes without a coating. You should be able to get suitable paint from any Auto store. Good luck.
 
Yeah, I sanded the area clean of rust and applied 3 coats of Duplicolor caliper paint. I did this on all four rotors.
 
my rotors, after I painted the calipers. :

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a friend on another forum who painted the calipers , then did the inside of the rotors:

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She used "plasticote universal black" engine enamel #203 for this. She's done some road racing and really heated these babies up, with no problems.



You can check out some more pics on my web page: click on "calipers"

 
Tremclad rust paint - comes in many colors and holds up very well. I've had my rotors painted silver for 3-4 years now and no problems.
 
Hey all first post for me, all the way from Australia.



I painted mine with VHT brake paint (am re-doing with 2pak though as it lasts better) to match the wheel colour and the calipers in 2 pak blueprint to highlight them. Calipers still look great and Its been raced on the track with street/track pads (read:lots of heat)
 

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Illusion said:
Yeah, I sanded the area clean of rust and applied 3 coats of Duplicolor caliper paint. I did this on all four rotors.
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Same here .. works fine .. you can do 3 coats one right after another if you flash the previous coat with a hair dryer ..
 
Sylox said:
Hey all first post for me, all the way from Australia.



I painted mine with VHT brake paint (am re-doing with 2pak though as it lasts better) to match the wheel colour and the calipers in 2 pak blueprint to highlight them. Calipers still look great and Its been raced on the track with street/track pads (read:lots of heat)
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What is 2pak?
 
This sounds like a really good idea....I am gonna do this! My rear Hub is rusted to crap and doesnt look very good through my 5 spokes.
 
When I got my new rotors, I went and had them zinc plated. A bit more expensive than paint, but they look great, and hold up very well! This can only be done when the rotors are brand new though.
 
Sylox said:
Its a 2 part polyurethane paint. A the paint + the hardner :bigups
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I used G2 Caliper Paint on the calipers. It's also a two part system, paint and hardener. I used plain old Duplicolor Caliper Paint on the rotors.
 
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