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I was cleaning the rims the other day and I noticed that the centre hub part and the outside edge of the rotors are painted a glossy grey colour. Has GM always done this? I have never seen this before.
Barry
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By the way, saw a cool tip on dream car garage - to keep your rotors nice, give them a quick cleaning with a steel brush or whatever, then take some high temp paint, spray it on steel wool and then work that into the surfaces where the pads don't touch - the outer edge, center hub, etc., and the surfaces will stay rust free.
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I painted my Rotors when I installed my chrome ZR1's because even though there was just a little bit of rust on the edges of the rotors it stood out like a sore thumb when the nice shiny wheels were installed. Eventually the grey paint on the stock rotors will allow rust to appear, I just used a 3M paint stripper on a drill and cleaned up the rotors and then squirted the rotors with some paint, they turned out great. I am glad to see I am not the only freak who has thought of doing this. Dave
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