Blackbirdws6

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Well I have these pretty wheels and rusty rotors which I want to get cleaned up. What is the best solution to getting these looking better besides replacing the rotors? I am thinking of a brush wheel attached to a cordless drill and then paint them up but again...any advice would be great. Thanks

-brian

staringback05

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sand them....then use some caliper cleaner...it breaks down corrision pretty well and wont hurt anything....then just paint them

landstuhltaylor

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+1 for sanding. i knew a redneck who would use muratic acid for that kind of thing, but id be scared to do it.

SSammyP

drive the car? that usually gets the rust off lol

staringback05

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i think he actually means the middle part of the rotor....not the rotor itself

SSammyP

ohhh alright than

noxiouSS

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+1 just brake from like 100mph to 0 real fast

staringback05

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^^^ yea and the tree he hits will knock the rust off just as fast

MavZ28

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anybody have pics of the middle part of the rotors painted?

1meantransam

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lol thats what i was thinking to

Blackbirdws6

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Haha I guess I should have been more explicit in my post. I am referring to the center of the disc. I'll sand them and paint them silver. Hopefully it won't look like crap. Do all discs do this or are there others I could buy in the future that will hold up better?

-Brian

BitViper

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Yeah..they all do it

JD_AMG

Thats what you'll have to do, I did the same the rust would drive me crazy. I got caliper paint from autozone, and used brake kleener + wire brush/sandpaper. Make sure you clean them very well and use many light coats, I had to redo mine because I used like 3 heavy coats and they rusted back over on some spots (the paint didnt chip though).

aznspeed

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Look at the middle part of the rotor. Is this what you are referring too?

Luster

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When I swap winter/summer rims on my Grand Prix (former), I always sand and spray paint the rotors and shocks... (twice a year)... I use Aluminum Silver Rust-o-leum...

If you stay ahead of it, the rust never gets too bad.



You can see a piece of the hub in this picture...



Not the best pic, but the best I can do right now.....

staringback05

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its not really hard to do actually

Blackbirdws6

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cool, I have some caliper paint left so I'll just use that and give them a sanding. I didn't imagine this to be hard but sometimes its good to get a little reassurance before you go ahead and do something.

Thanks guys.

-brian

camaroextra

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i just painted that part all sloppy and let the pads take the paint off of the stopping surface.