Ive heared of black rotors I believe zinc coated?
I'm not able to find it from power slot and a few other popular brands
anyone know where I can find them? Slotted or drilled or both.

 

never heard of em, might be cool looking though

 

ya thats what I'm thinking, they must be found

 

my friend has a set on his impala, bought them off ebay cross drilled and slotted. looks pretty sick

 

who makes them?

 

he just bought them off ebay, donno the brand.

 

Was it an actual name brand company?

edit* : just saw post above

 

yeah there was a brand, but i dont remember

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/EBC-R...spagenameZWDVW

here they are for a focus, cept his are cross drilled, and slotted

 

word, thanks
atleas thats a lead ^^

 

i know brembo and stoptech makes them but pretty sure they don't make any for the cobalt.

 

get red they are sexy

 

Im pretty sure that's just a coating. It will wear off anywhere the pad makes contact within like 20 miles......

 

chris, what the hell do u know... stop talking like u know about brakes... jk



just keep spray painting them

 

The black doesn't wear off?

 

uhh no, his hasnt worn off.......

 

I'd like to know what kind of material these rotors are made of then. They aren't too expensive, so obviously it isn't some kind of special material. The rotors we use at work are just regular steel rotors with a zinc wash coating on them, which wears of REALLY fast, but keeps the vanes from rusting and such. I'd be interested to know what these are coated/made with. I don't think powdercoating could hold up with the heat from the brakes either?

 

Zinc coated metal is galvanized metal. If it's just a zinc coating it'll wear off very quickly.

I don't know of any metal that's black except "black iron", but even that's really brown from the oxidation on it's surface.

I'd be interested in knowing what material is used if it truly does stay "black". Any metal that's smooth is shiny. It's difficult to make a smooth metal surface look "black" without a coating. And there is no coating I know of that would handle the rigors of brake pads.

 

on his, you can see where the pad touches, but its still black, i donno what his were made of, but they truly do look awesome.

 

I think Stoptech makes them...dont quote me on that tho. Some one on here gave me the info. Their site doesnt have them or at least i couldnt find them. There not solid black like those other one tho. These ones are Solid black on the inside part but the outside is more of a gun metal. I think they look sick and am trying get them also

Heres a pic but you cant see them too well

 

http://replacement.autopartswarehous...20Disc&dp=true

 

Glock firearms has been doing stuff "like" this for years. They ultra high pressure gas permeate metal with a substance called tenifer. Then they ultra high pressure stamp whatever's left on the surface down into the metal. It makes the barrel of the gun slightly below diamonds on the hardness scale, and it will never, ever wear off, rub off, or come out of the metal.
Granted their process is focused on strengthening a metal. But I'm sure the same concept could be applied to a coloring agent.
If you're buying a good brand, I don't think they would sell you some cheap ass painted rotors, bad rep ruins business.