How to Paint Brake Rotors | THE PROPER WAY 

This looks great. Can you show us the correct way to paint a windshield next😂😂😂😂

I wouldn't paint the friction surface,. I wouldn't want the chemicals from the paints leeching into my brake pads. If you do decide to do this- I'd at least suggest buying some new brake pads and then switching out the old pads once you've used them the clear the paint off of the friction surface you've painted. Just my two cents.

Man this is a nice way for your wrecked car to look nice at the scrapyard after brake failure.

Another trick to get the rust out of the veins of the rotor is to douse it in vinegar or better yet, set it in a tub of vinegar and let it sit for 12+ hours, then spray it down with a hose or brake cleaner, this will help remove hard to get at rust.

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Painted rotors how wonderful. Should I paint my pads to?

New subscriber ! The attention to detail in your videos are amazing. Idk how u have the time to make and edit the videos, and do everything else you in the videos!

We need to see the end product on the car =)

A+ for starting the job by using the e-brake and wheel chocks.

FYI- use CHLORINATED brake cleaner (Brakleen RED can) *not* non-chlorinated (Brakleen GREEN can). The non-chlorinated will leave a film that will ruin the paint. *CHLORINATED dries completely dry.*

Subscribed! Got some nice black rims for my car, but now i need to paint my very rusted rotors. Thank you for the video

Two things people should not play with, the tires of your car and the brakes, I will like to see your vehicle after hitting the breaks for the first time after this process.

Super cool video! Great tips!

While I'm sure I'll be labeled a "Karen" or some other nonsense, this is a terrible idea. You should never paint the friction surfaces of your rotors. Paint contains chemicals that can stick around long after the paint is removed and ultimately change the friction levels. Painting the hat and cooling fins is fine. Just avoid painting the friction surfaces.

You were doing so good cleaning! I’ll take your advice until that point brother. Hope you and your car are safe❤

Bud, your primer is not designated high-temp. The primer will be the first layer to undergo heating from the hot rotor and all the paint coats are bonded to the primer. Are there high-temp primers available and shouldn't you be using one?

Also a good coating of anti seize compound on the mating surfaces and the lugs will make life better for the future.

I couldn't imagine thick coats of burnt paint would be good for your pads.

Ummm...fyi I live in Ohio so anytime I take anything off to repair anything I paint it. Painting The hub surface, the veins, the wheel surface of the rotor hey thumbs up. What you never want to do ever as long as you live is paint The rotor surface that comes in contact with the brake pads. Paints are petroleum based and will break down the resin in your brake pads and that is the best case scenario. Worst case is they seal your pants and you lose a friction surface. Friction is what makes the brake pads work. So whatever you do people do not paint your brother surface that comes in contact with your brake pads.

Really is there anyone in the uk that thinks this should not be taken down as it’s just rediculous 🤔😉👍🏻

So I came across your vid nice. I have a pair (set of rotors 4). If I paint the with the rust pimer and the gloss black won't the paint come off where the caliber meets the rotor when you push on the brakes?

i have a new set of zimmerman formula f, z-coated rotors & just finished painting the first rotor. i wanted to see what others were doing and this video is one showing the closest to my process, except I'll share my observations/experience. z-coat, at least on the zimmermans, comes off with brake clean, alcohol (barely), acetone, and paint thinner. it doesnt come off with water or foaming window cleaner. While i'm not keen on painting the friction surfaces (i taped mine just like your new one) the z-coated ones say in the installation guide, no need to remove the coating from the friction surface, rather do 5-10 short moderate braking operations to remove the coating layer. presumably one can donthe same with paint. I also tape my friction surface because vht flameproof is $15/can. i use vht flameproof for my rotors and my calipers, and it's very durable, albeit not as flashy colors like some of the others like duplicolor. i do use primer, vht primer. personally i'd be concerned about the rustoleum scorching off when hot. i don't paint the inside of the hat where the hub touches, although when looking at the inside of the rusty rotor i might be compelled. I don't spray it standing up. injust find round things, like coffee cans, to set them on. a round plastic lid from a grocery store package of fruit salad made an excellent cover to mask off the back of the silver hat while spraying the outer edge of the disk. also, i made a last minute descision before priming, since the new rotors have an aluminum hat, I opted for spraying the exposed aluminum with vht clear. anyway, hope this helps someone or inspires some additional ideas or discussion. cheers.

Wow! Beautiful!

....is the primer High temp?

Buddy questions. I want to fix my porsche boxster rotor hat paint to match the glossy silver rims. What paints can I use? I also would rather not take off the bracke calipers which are already red and look good. The rotors not so much. Likely would sand everything up to where the brake pads hit the rotor. The vein parts may just try and clean rust off. What do you think. Any help appreciated.

Tape off the contact surface, don’t be lazy people. Imagine finishing up, buttoning it up and having to rush out only need 100% of your braking power and getting hurt because you compromised the pads with contamination. Great video… tape it off

As some others have stated......definitely do not paint the friction surfaces! I painted the rotors on one of my cars......taped off the front ones, (which was tedious & sucked) so then I watched a video before doing the back ones that said "You don't have to tape them off, the pads will clean the friction surfaces" so I didn't bother taping off the rear ones. HUGE mistake! Paint all gummed up in everything making brakes stick, etc, etc. Horror show! Do yourself a favor & don't be lazy.......tape them off!

Great job👏👏👏

Hi nice video! Do you also use high tempereture primer?

So you used high heat paint over regular primer?

Thank you for the video.

i would avoid the contact area with the brakes tho... what you said about not worrying especially after applying 10 coats of paints... if it was just 1 yea sure but you did around 3 coats each type of paint ... so that is around 1-2 mm thick paint in there that will basically skid ur brakes like u don't have any brakes at all... i would mask the contact area like u did for the brand new ones.

So I didn't sand or use primer on my new rotors, I did brake clean them. I used VHT paint, I probably didn't need to prep it like that right? Used about 4 coats

Why bother with high heat paint if your using regular primer?

Good Job 👍 Looks Good 👍

Is there a way to break in painted mine and the paint is melting not peeling thanks for any help

I installed totors without treating them and the centeres now look rusty! lol they still work perfectly fine, but they are an eye sore for me. lol

You need to break free the lug nuts while the tire is on the ground unless you have an impact wrench.

Thank you!

Painting the entire rotor is a terrible idea. Imagine the first time you apply the breaks and this contaminates you pads. Do you really want to jeopardize the part of your vehicle that allows you to stop? Just tape off the breaking surface like he did on the new example.

Did you have to compress the brake piston to get the caliper back onto the disc when you reinstalled brakes ?

His video style gives Chris Fix vibes.

Isn't the part of the brake resting on the floor worthy of painting too?

If you tape the caliper, can you also paint the rotor while still on the car? I know there are certain parts to tape up and wasnt sure if it makes it more difficult if they are still on the car

So if the new rotors are cast iron should we sand the part where the pad touches the rotor?

Voice sounds like Chris Fix

New sub I just found your channel nicely done. Your style vids remind me of Chris Fix vids.

Sweet video!! Quick question. So only paint the whole rotor if it’s a cast iron rotor? If it’s the zinc stainless steel rotor you just paint the hat?

Funny I’m using the same flameproof paint for rotors with 2000°F to completely make sure they can handle the heat

Forgive me my phone is starting to really irritate me when I'm talking. I meant to ask you if okay to spray paint the brake rotors. Do they have to be smooth in order to break properly

What the what!!???? If knew this sooner!!

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Ot doesn't matter how heat resistant your paint is if your primer isn't.

Why not paint the brake pads too? Then you can hang them on the wall as a nice look pretty. I would never paint the braking surface of my rotors, and drums.

I saw a lot of comments concern about painting the surface that contacts with the brake pad. Brake pad wear out every time you brake, then how can it affect the pad ! I did order a pairs of brake disk from Mercedes dealer ship, guess what the whole brake disk are painted.

Your voice sounds like chris fix lol. Florida Florida too.

I would have liked to see the finished product after you had hit the brakes hard :) anyway thanks

Using Eastwood Rust Remover / Inhibitor is the best way to remove the rust.

How would BBQ high heat paint work ?

Hey I have a quick question I was hoping you could answer for me! I painted my cast iron rotors (not the braking faces) and I used Rustoleum’s filler primer as a base. Unfortunately, I just realized I got the wrong one and this specific one is rated for 200 F. I only did 1 light coat followed by 1 VHT (900 F) and 2 Duplicolor metal cast (500 F). I am contemplating stripping the paint off and repainting from scratch, but I wanted to see if you thought it’d be fine to leave on before going through the work of restarting. Thanks!

Rusty Rotors, the owner of the car, plowed in to a manure truck on the way home when he hit the brakes for the first time....RIP Rusty.

How is this a good idea for the brake pads

Do you know if I can also paint the drums in the same way - as far as painting the surface where the shoes meet the drums? Great vid, new sub!

Do we just ignore the wetness behind the rotor? Is the caliper leaking? It doesn't look like splattered grease. Maybe it's excess penetrating spray for the screws retaining the rotors. Also make sure you thoroughly coat the braking surface and use the new pads to clear off the paint. Using the old pads would contaminate them.

bought new rotor with paint on surface brake area, mt mechanic told me that he will remove it coz the paint coat will rub on the brake pad and it might scratch the rotor...so its better to make it plain and safe

I fitted brand new discs pads and calipers all round on my Accord. Didn't use the car and the discs are all rusty. I'm going to apply a couple of light coats of the rust inhibitor primer to the entire discs but then only use the top coat on the edges and the hats. I'm sure the new pads will be fine with just the primer but I can't imagine the high heat paint on the disc surfaces is safe!!

Should have taken a torch and heated them up to get the moisture out of the casting and then painted them

Regular primer with heat paint don't go together, but it works fine. Also, I guarantee you regular rustoleum paint works best. Heat paint is ceramic and chip real quick. It don't last. Too brittle.

This is like ChrisFix's unheard cousin

Yes man

This guy is like Chris Fix, but Dollar Tree Version.😅

Nice video, but why would you not use high temp primer like you did with the high temp paint? You're creating a weak layer with the primer. If/when it fails the paint will flake right off. The primer is the first contact point of the rotor when it gets up to speed. Also, I saw here and in other videos you used hand sanitizer with aloe. I know this isn't auto body paint but that WILL act as a slight release agent for your paint. Regular iso-propyl alcohol is better. I liked your overall process though, other than those two items.

I paid $10 and had my rotors sandblasted. Got all the hard to get to spots.

That's the toyota highlander that you gonna flip?

why not masking the friction surface... less paint to do, proper braking

Stainless steel?

Paint the friction surface?!? Great way to foul your pads forever

just count your time without family or work plus material ... and (?) yes, buy new brake rotors if your old ones are rusty, choose painted from factory and you can save money and time for your family

You do know that the vht paint you’re using requires a baking process, it will not properly adhere without it.

wtf? paint whole disc? is this safe? will breaks work normaly?

Don't do this, you need a new Brake Pad would take care of Rotor Polish Surface Rotor often because require a Metal to Metal pad. if you do this cover with paint, it would catch fire. (Print isn't Metal-proof) you can Paint ONLY Center and Outline!

Wow, that nice new paint on that friction surface must be great for breaking power, I wonder why they don't do that from the factory.. You make really nice videos and I would appriciate if you would make a video about jetting the carb and aftermarket distributors on your e92 bimmer, those mods should make lots more power for little money.

And what about the back of the rotors, It dont rust there?

how to paint brake rotors THE PROPER WAY - immediately paints friction surface of rotor

can tell u right now the paint wont come off when u applie the brakes it gums it up done did it before

Yo Buddy!

Thats pretty smart man

shooken this.....

Is it actually okay to spray paint the brake rotors. Don't they have two-piece mood in order to have a functional breaking

Never paint the rotor…. This was a miss leading video to ppl

Do not paint the potion that touches the pad. Bad news.

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No professional would ever paint the friction surface. I wouldn't even paint the rust; I would just remove it in a solution and take them to a rotor refinishing service who can renew the friction surface.

Do not paint the friction surfaces ever. . Try making an emergency hard stop with painted rotors and see how that works out for you. The pads will eventually clean the rotor, but guess where does the paint transfer to? The pads! Duh !

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First I thought I was watching a ChrisFix video. Is tape really expensive where you live? You should not paint the surface where the pads make contact.

I thought this was a April fools video at first

Is this Chris Fix speaking?

And now your pads are fucked...don't do this.. my pads got gunked to shit after this video

Hey I used this method now my endless brake pads are loaded with paint , Can you spot me $650 so I can replace my pads . Cheers.