Painted my rotor hats...what do you think?
09-13-2008, 11:42 PM
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Painted my rotor hats...what do you think? I was next to a Porsche a couple of weeks ago, and I saw these awesome looking calpers and rotors. I already had red calipers, and I has just gotten my new CD&S rotors so I thought I'd touch them up a bit. I think it goes well with my cars scheme.
*EDIT*: New pics are updated on page 2!
What do you guys think?
*EDIT*: New pics are updated on page 2!
What do you guys think?
Last edited by Sommer86; 12-11-2008 at 02:46 PM.
09-14-2008, 02:14 PM
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i would've went with black so the red calipers would stand out more, but it still looks pretty good man, what's the red i see on the top back of the rotors? did you tape it good enough? or is it simply reflection off the new rotors?
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09-15-2008, 12:45 PM
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Thanks for the replies fellas. As for the red hats, it actually really makes the calipers stand out in the day light, and since the wheels are completely black, the rotors look like they're floating in black "space", it's a pretty cool effect.
As for the over spray, there isn't any, lol. The entire rotor was masked off, and i dont know what that bright red overspray looking "spot" is in that pic above the caliper....weird. The other overspray looking shots are from the flash. In the first 2 pics it was from before I finished painting the rotors
And the rotors were painted on the hats, and the outer edge of the rotor. It's actually a pretty clean job....it's just too bad you can see any of it with the wheel on.
And the rotors were painted on the hats, and the outer edge of the rotor. It's actually a pretty clean job....it's just too bad you can see any of it with the wheel on.
09-15-2008, 01:04 PM
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As for the over spray, there isn't any, lol. The entire rotor was masked off, and i dont know what that bright red overspray looking "spot" is in that pic above the caliper....weird. The other overspray looking shots are from the flash. In the first 2 pics it was from before I finished painting the rotors
Definitely overspray, cause the inner sides of the rotors aren't masked off with blue painters tape. See the bright silver at the bottom of the rotor in the pic?
Not calling you a liar, but just pointing out the obvious... This one shows the tape edge very good between the top two spokes:
That said, I still haven't done mine - and I've been meaning to for over a year now (even got the paint ready).
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09-15-2008, 02:17 PM
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lol......im not sure you get what they are saying........you have paint on edge of the back side of the rotor..... and dont say its just in the first two pics and you werent done. its in every pic, even when the wheels were mounted.
09-15-2008, 02:30 PM
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I sort of did the same thing but I wanted mine "painted" in the holes and slots so they wouldnt rust. So I had them powder coated and turned. I figured the powder coating should last longer than the paint.
I posted write up about it in the Appearence Section but here is a basic run down of what I did:
Here they are all black
On the lathe getting turned down enough to take the coating off the surface where the pads will touch:
And the finished product...best part no more rust!
I posted write up about it in the Appearence Section but here is a basic run down of what I did:
Here they are all black
On the lathe getting turned down enough to take the coating off the surface where the pads will touch:
And the finished product...best part no more rust!
09-15-2008, 02:38 PM
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Your powder coated rotors are the ****!!! I saw your post up, that why i posted mine up, lol.
I thought about it, but mines a daily driver, so it wasn't worth it to PC them. But just the masking, cutting to shape, and re masking and of the rotors took about 3 hours.
But again, yours look SWEET!!
I thought about it, but mines a daily driver, so it wasn't worth it to PC them. But just the masking, cutting to shape, and re masking and of the rotors took about 3 hours.
But again, yours look SWEET!!
09-15-2008, 02:46 PM
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Your powder coated rotors are the ****!!! I saw your post up, that why i posted mine up, lol.
I thought about it, but mines a daily driver, so it wasn't worth it to PC them. But just the masking, cutting to shape, and re masking and of the rotors took about 3 hours.
But again, yours look SWEET!!
I thought about it, but mines a daily driver, so it wasn't worth it to PC them. But just the masking, cutting to shape, and re masking and of the rotors took about 3 hours.
But again, yours look SWEET!!