ULTIMATE CAR MOD: RED ROTORS!

Shawn

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bahahaha holy sh|t! I wonder what'll happen when he tries to break.
 

atom

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He should have painted the rotor blue and then painted the brake pad white to get a USA theme goin on.
 

tigerbait

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that's great

you know what's sad? He probably just finished painting those brakes, took a long, hard look, and then said to himself, "My car looks awesome."

:disgust:
 

Jeff7181

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Aug 21, 2002
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He wanted them to look like an F1 car when the rotors glow cause they get really hot under braking.
 

Rent

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On a Corrado SLC too... WHY WHY WHY do the morons always have the rare cars :| :|
 

Ronstang

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It actually won't hurt anything and the paint on the braking surface will last about 10 feet. Leave the guy alone. I'm sure the ones beating on him the most have done even dumber things. I always paint/powder coat all my rotors on restored/project cars, albeit I run them on the brake lathe afterwards to clean up the braking surface.
 

TechnoKid

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As long as the paint doesn't get inbetween the pad and the rotor, maybe it will be ok. The brake pad should "scrape" the paint off the rotor, but probably not.

But yeah, he's definately one too many loose bolts in the head.
 

halik

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Originally posted by: TechnoKid
As long as the paint doesn't get inbetween the pad and the rotor, maybe it will be ok. The brake pad should "scrape" the paint off the rotor, but probably not.

But yeah, he's definately one too many loose bolts in the head.

HAHA no.... thats not at all what will happen....

First off the car wont brake for sh!t for about a minute and then it will catch on fire. I've had painted rotors on my talon (800 degree thermal paint mind you) and the passanger side smouldered off when deceleration on an off ramp.
 

Jeff7181

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Originally posted by: halik
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
As long as the paint doesn't get inbetween the pad and the rotor, maybe it will be ok. The brake pad should "scrape" the paint off the rotor, but probably not.

But yeah, he's definately one too many loose bolts in the head.

HAHA no.... thats not at all what will happen....

First off the car wont brake for sh!t for about a minute and then it will catch on fire. I've had painted rotors on my talon (800 degree thermal paint mind you) and the passanger side smouldered off when deceleration on an off ramp.

Haha... you're as dumb as the red rotor guy :D


:beer: just messin with ya :)
 

grrl

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Originally posted by: Ronstang
It actually won't hurt anything and the paint on the braking surface will last about 10 feet.

I'd think the paint would gum up a bit either on the pads or the rotors.

 

Ronstang

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Originally posted by: grrl
Originally posted by: Ronstang
It actually won't hurt anything and the paint on the braking surface will last about 10 feet.

I'd think the paint would gum up a bit either on the pads or the rotors.
I have never done it, I use the brake lathe to remove the paint, but I have witnessed it and it did not hurt anything. The paint was gone after a few minutes and the smell was gone after a while.
 

Ikonomi

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Haha, someone in that VWV thread mentioned the guy who Armor-Alled his tire treads (since it looked so nice and shiny on the walls). I was just thinking that those two should hook up. :D