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It surprises me how many people I have talked to that dont mask off the rotor faces and paint the entire assembly on the vehicle. Their thought is when you hit the brakes it will take the paint off the surface of the rotor. On thing is you inbed that paint into your pads on the first clamp. To each his own I guess.
 
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But he has Toyo open country tire on it.. so it is on off-road truck.
 
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Im sure the brake pads are not going to like that!
 
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Livewire Fabworks said:
It surprises me how many people I have talked to that dont mask off the rotor faces and paint the entire assembly on the vehicle. Their thought is when you hit the brakes it will take the paint off the surface of the rotor. On thing is you inbred that paint into your pads on the first clamp. To each his own I guess.
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There are a whole lot of OEM rotors out there that come fully coated with something or other...and let the pads clean off the swept area. I typically try to avoid it if I'm painting rotors, but I've painted the whole things plenty of time with no ill effects. It looks like shit for a bit as the paint gets smeared around, but after a week, the rotor surfaces and pad surfaces are clean and work fine.

Zinc plating on the other hand can cause some issue if you bed them in hot....gotta take it easy and abrade the zinc off of the iron rotor before you create too much heat, otherwise the zinc will melt and sluff off into the pads...I've seen this cause noise issues and one time actually ended up with a ball of zinc embedded in the pad that tore a big groove in the rotor.
 
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lbhsbz said:
There are a whole lot of OEM rotors out there that come fully coated with something or other...and let the pads clean off the swept area. I typically try to avoid it if I'm painting rotors, but I've painted the whole things plenty of time with no ill effects. It looks like shit for a bit as the paint gets smeared around, but after a week, the rotor surfaces and pad surfaces are clean and work fine.

Zinc plating on the other hand can cause some issue if you bed them in hot....gotta take it easy and abrade the zinc off of the iron rotor before you create too much heat, otherwise the zinc will melt and sluff off into the pads...I've seen this cause noise issues and one time actually ended up with a ball of zinc embedded in the pad that tore a big groove in the rotor.
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Livewire Fabworks said:
I believe Willwood uses an EDP coating not a traditional caliper paint you buy over the counter at a parts store. EDP is not as soft and gummy as over the parts store paints. It actually strips off much easier but I hear what you guys are saying. Still would not do it on my vehicle. Personal choice.
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Do you mean to tell me that Willwood doesn't buy cheap rattle can parts store paint to coat their parts? :D
 
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Livewire Fabworks said:
I believe Willwood uses an EDP coating not a traditional caliper paint you buy over the counter at a parts store. EDP is not as soft and gummy as over the parts store paints. It actually strips off much easier but I hear what you guys are saying. Still would not do it on my vehicle. Personal choice.
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I have seen colored rotors since I can remember. I always thought it was just a marketing thing as the paint comes off in a few miles. I remember some companies would powder coat them any color you wanted before shipping for an extra cost. A quick google search comes up with many choices for both cheap and high dollar companies.

Duralast:
https://www.autozone.com/brakes-and...VCsZkCh1NCADDEAQYASABEgLYyPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

EBC:
https://www.carid.com/ebc-brakes/st...MIxJKivI6h5QIVCsZkCh1NCADDEAQYAiABEgL0L_D_BwE

Hawk:
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/...MIxJKivI6h5QIVCsZkCh1NCADDEAQYBSABEgLYv_D_BwE

willwood:
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/...MIxJKivI6h5QIVCsZkCh1NCADDEAQYCiABEgLOEvD_BwE

eline:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/COMPLETE...MIxJKivI6h5QIVCsZkCh1NCADDEAQYBiABEgIh4fD_BwE

pbr:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Full-Kit...MIk-ziiY-h5QIVFqvsCh0fpg_NEAkYBSABEgLcEvD_BwE

dfc:
https://www.amazon.com/Brake-Rotors...t=&hvlocphy=9030938&hvtargid=pla-814636787006
 
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Even if it all comes off fairly quickly, I bet that first stop sign is fairly exciting........
 
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The wholsale reps have been pushing their new lines the past year up here. The are some electro static coated stuff. They say you burn them in first drive and they're good. Beats having to brake clean the smutz off of them. Out of the box and on the car. I think in this case it's just for anti-corrosion in transit. Put on about 5 pair this year, seem fine. Small number compared to a real shop enviornment though.
 
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Waterjunky said:
Even if it all comes off fairly quickly, I bet that first stop sign is fairly exciting........
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The Wildwood stuff comes off way before that. Just moving the car around the shop gets the majority of it off. By the time the car hits the street, it's long gone.

But, you are somewhat correct! The first few stops with any new pads and rotors are far from what they will be once they are broken in (seated). I never give a customer a car back, until have put a few stops (miles) on it. And I tell them brake easy for the first 200mi.

As far as putting rattle can paint on a rotor...

Yeah, no. :p
 
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