Paddy78 Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Obviously I'm not talking about the outer part which comes into contact with the pads, but rather the inner part / hub. My discs have started to look pretty nasty and have surface rust after a hard salty winter. Can I paint the inner part safely to tidy them up a bit and protect them from further corrosion? I assume that the paint would need to be capable of handling very high temps, would something like black manifold paint be OK to use? Has anyone tried this before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Mcgoo Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 I'v done it on most of my other cars without any issues, not done the zed yet. High temp paint would probably be best, but I must say that I have used Hammerite in the past and that stayed on fine. Depends if you go on track/heavy brake a lot really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 (edited) Did mine with silver Hammerite as the DBA's came with black hubs and would have looked odd... You can just about see them in this pic Edited March 9, 2013 by spursmaddave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob63 Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Obviously I'm not talking about the outer part which comes into contact with the pads, but rather the inner part / hub. My discs have started to look pretty nasty and have surface rust after a hard salty winter. Can I paint the inner part safely to tidy them up a bit and protect them from further corrosion? I assume that the paint would need to be capable of handling very high temps, would something like black manifold paint be OK to use? Has anyone tried this before? Unless you're doing track days, as even with 'spirited' driving the hubs don't get that hot, you can get away with this; remove all traces of scale/rust/paint etc, coat with halfords (or similar) VHT paint, thin layers-colour of your choice, when dried apply moderate heat-pop in the oven or use hot air gun so as to cure the paint, then for a more durable finish apply a coat of acrylic paint. Yes, ordinary rattle can paint I've used this technique on the hubs of my 350 and more recently my 370, as well as numerous other cars and plenty of bike engine casings etc. With the 350/370 I've used satin black acrylic as I've fitted black 20mm spacers and this just continues the theme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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