Has anybody ever painted their "wheel hubs" The part that you see when the wheel is on. Mine is rusted and I wanted to paint it. Has anybody ever done this before, and are there any pics.

I wanted to know if there was a write up or something, I just could not find anything.

 

Cobalt Friction sells brake rotors that are painted.

are you talking about that?

I would guess that you couldn't paint any of that cast iron stuff...rust is just too great to get a decent coat on.

 

I think I know what you're referring to. I painted the rusty rotor hats and the calipers on my 2001 Type R using Eastwood Co.'s high temperature silver (brushable) and Folia Tec's silver caliper paint. Just prep the rusty surface with a brass wire brush and brake cleaner.



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i think he's talking about the part behind acura centercaps.

 

those are the cleanest CW type-r wheels i have ever seen

 

wow that looks really clean

 

man that looks great!

 

Wow those are spot less!

Good work

 

That is exactly what i am talking about!! Thanks man, I am going to make that one of my weekend projects. Was your car out of comission/and how long to let it dry?

Good work! How well is it holding up now?!?

 

they look great !!
not a bad idea to have a nice clean look ....

 

Thanks for the positive comments, guys.

It took me the better part of a day to jack the car up, scrub and prep the brakes and wheelwells, and paint. The Folia Tec paint on the calipers takes at least 24hr to dry, and the second coat of Eastwood Co high temp paint on the rotors can be applied 24hr apart. I didn't drive the car for 5 days (It's not a daily driver).

Good luck.
Dean

 

Those look like spoon rotors

Looks like a weekend project

 

damn, that came out beautiful...I keep putting off doin this to mine.

 

damn that looks pretty damn good.. how long after u painted those did you take those after pics??

 

Dean, really great cleanup job on your rotors and calipers ! Can the Eastwood paint and Folia Tec be found at any auto parts store ? Did you remove the calipers when you painted them ?

 

nice work..... where can i get the eastwoods and folia tec?

 

would that be safe if the paint cracks between the lugnuts?? cause if it does crack couldn't it possibly loosen the lugnut and there goes your wheel.

 

Couple of links for the painting supplies:

http://www.eastwoodco.com/

http://www.extremeredline.com/brake/...iper_paint.htm

LillGragun,
I wouldn't paint the cracks between the lugnuts. Nobody sees that part anyway.

Dean

 

damn that eastwood's stuff is expensive.....