Painting the discs.. - Saab 9000 Bulletin Board - Saabnet.com
The banner above is an advertisment - if it asks you to download software, please ignore.
Site News -
[General |
Members |
C900 |
9000 |
NG900 & OG93 |
93 |
95 |
NG95 |
99 |
Sonett |
Vintage Models |
Clubs |
Other Cars |
FAQs |
Gifts |
Member Photo Galleries |
Member Directory |
Classifieds |
Manuals |
*Buddy Registry |
*Mileage Registry |
Polls |
What's New |
Raffle |
Photo of the Month |
Sponsors]
[Main 9000 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ |
Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ]
Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos
Painting the discs..
Posted by Gerhard (more from Gerhard) on Wed, 20 Dec 2000 10:12:37
Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup
I'm about to change my brakes.
I bought those well-finished cross-drilled and grooved rotors for my 85 9000T, for about 50$ a piece in my currency. I also bought new calipers (i don't want to bother with reconditioning of old ones), new pads and brake-lines.
Then i made stupid(?) thing, i took a can of engine-paint (that you use to paint engine-block and such, stands up to 150 deg. Celsius) and painted top of rotors with it. Mind you, not the fricion-area but just ventilation holes on the top of rotors (they always get so rusty after a while) and the area near the hub. Some drops of paint also reached friction-area.
Now i wonder few things:
1. Will all this excess paint unbalance the rotors.
2. Rotors get very hot, and i pruposefully bought cross-drilled "sport" ones to be able to drive hard. Will the paint start burning when i start peeling the road hard? (it will certainly get burned).
3. I have nice alu-wheels that aid cooling the rotors, but now there is a paint between them and rotors. (There is no paint on other side of rotors).
4. Will paint rests contaminate brakepads?
So should i buy lot's of paint.dissolver and try to clean it up or not?
I understand i should use manifold paint instead, but i was so keen on doing "something" before i start working on brakes...
Thank you.
Posts in this Thread:
Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup
Post a Followup
No Site Registration is Required to Post - Site Membership is optional (Member Features List), but helps to keep the site online
for all Saabers. If the site helps you, please consider helping the site by becoming a member.
StateOfNine.com
|
SaabClub.com
|
Jak Stoll Performance
|
M Car Covers
|
Ad Available
|
Random Saabnet.com Member Gallery Photos (Click Image)
This is a moderated bulletin board - Posting is a privilege, not a right.
Unsolicited commercial postings are not allowed (no spam). Please, no For Sale or Wanted postings, SERIOUSLY.
Classifieds are to be listed in The Saab Network Classifieds pages.
This is a problem solving forum for over 250,000 Saab owners, so expect to see
problems discussed here even though our cars are generally very reliable. This is not an anything goes
type of forum. Saabnet.com has been a moderated forum since 1988. For usage guidelines, see the
Saabnet.com Mission and Purpose Page. Please remember that you are
not anonymous. Site Contact | Site Donations | Other Sites by SP -
Poverty2Prosperity.org | Run Club Menlo Park | ScreenBot
Site Members do not see red text instructions, bottom of the page anchor ads, or box ads.
Click here to see all
the Site Membership Benefits!