# Picard v. Painted Rotors **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [June 18, 2009, 4:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/picard-v-painted-rotors/69329 "2009-06-18T04:58:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![copperlegend](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/copperlegend/32/7445_2.png) [@copperlegend](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/copperlegend)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 4:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/picard-v-painted-rotors/69329/1 "2009-06-18T04:58:59Z")
I searched and didn’t find this posted yet, apologies for the repost if it is… > **[You're Doing It Wrong: Painted Rotors Edition](https://jalopnik.com/5293868/youre-doing-it-wrong-painted-rotors-edition/)** > > Every now and then we come across something so foul, so disturbingly stupid, so "WTF were you thinking," that we begin to question the legitimacy of our love of cars. This epic DIY failure is one of these moments. :picard::picard::picard: ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 5:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/picard-v-painted-rotors/69329/2 "2009-06-18T05:12:25Z")
VW fail was so much better ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/picard-v-painted-rotors/69329/3 "2009-06-18T05:22:15Z")
:shrug: …i powdercoated mine. for real…but just the hat, not the wear surface. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 5:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/picard-v-painted-rotors/69329/4 "2009-06-18T05:45:01Z")
🖕 ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/picard-v-painted-rotors/69329/5 "2009-06-18T05:59:43Z")
Which is better… the fact that he painted them like that, or that they went on a vette with a rim design that doesn’t even let you see the rotor. He had to do something to show up the guy with the thunderbird with mismatched rims though. That’s a whole parking lot of fail. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/picard-v-painted-rotors/69329/6 "2009-06-18T06:01:17Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Which is better… the fact that he painted them like that, or that they went on a vette with a rim design that doesn’t even let you see the rotor. Fucking LOL I didn’t even notice that. Double 🖕 ---
**Author:** ![Geoff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geoff/32/6104_2.png) [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 6:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/picard-v-painted-rotors/69329/7 "2009-06-18T06:04:27Z")
these internet car follies are getting less and less believable ---
**Author:** ![DeusExMachina](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deusexmachina/32/5036_2.png) [@DeusExMachina](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeusExMachina)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/picard-v-painted-rotors/69329/8 "2009-06-18T06:22:10Z")
I paint my rotors…black, and the paint comes off the wear surface the first time you apply the brakes. Prevents the hat from rusting. ---
**Author:** ![pirite](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pirite/32/5308_2.png) [@pirite](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pirite)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 6:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/picard-v-painted-rotors/69329/9 "2009-06-18T06:38:48Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > they went on a vette with a rim design that doesn’t even let you see the rotor. first thing i noticed. ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/picard-v-painted-rotors/69329/10 "2009-06-18T06:40:19Z")
> [@DeusExMachina](#): > > I paint my rotors…black, and the paint comes off the wear surface the first time you apply the brakes. > > Prevents the hat from rusting. I was going to say, it will just burn the paint off where the pads make contact. Who cares. ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/picard-v-painted-rotors/69329/11 "2009-06-18T07:13:04Z")
the only negative that i’d be concerned about, besides the laziness to mask is the pads getting gummed up w/ carbonized paint and not functioning properly. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/picard-v-painted-rotors/69329/12 "2009-06-18T07:32:40Z")
I do not think it’s a good idea to let the pads wear off the coating… However… these lotus rotors are zinc phosphate coated, but i doubt it’s more than a couple mils thick vs a whole bunch of paint. ![http://sector111.com/images/products/performance/brake_bits/discnoir/discnoir_large.jpg](http://sector111.com/images/products/performance/brake_bits/discnoir/discnoir_large.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/picard-v-painted-rotors/69329/13 "2009-06-18T07:37:19Z")
Theres a guy with a honda 1000r for sale on here, his rotors look like they were painted red at one point. lol ---
**Author:** ![DeusExMachina](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deusexmachina/32/5036_2.png) [@DeusExMachina](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeusExMachina)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/picard-v-painted-rotors/69329/14 "2009-06-18T07:43:10Z")
> [@LAFENGAS](#): > > the only negative that i’d be concerned about, besides the laziness to mask is the pads getting gummed up w/ carbonized paint and not functioning properly. It burns off and wears off immediately. The first couple stops are slow (as they usually are with new pads) but its absolutely no problem. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/picard-v-painted-rotors/69329/15 "2009-06-18T07:45:25Z")
wouldn’t the rotors get hot and peel the paint off anyways? edit: on the parts that don’t make pad contact ---
**Author:** ![DeusExMachina](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deusexmachina/32/5036_2.png) [@DeusExMachina](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeusExMachina)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/picard-v-painted-rotors/69329/16 "2009-06-18T09:00:14Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > wouldn’t the rotors get hot and peel the paint off anyways? > > edit: on the parts that don’t make pad contact Grill paint is rated at 1200\*F.