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Brake Rotor Tidy Up So today was the day i tackled my brake rotors, I've been meaning to do it for while and since VWRoc had the weekend off updating it was time to try and tidy them up. I'm going to be honest, i didn't really have a plan going into this so i apologise to any professional paint-slingers that may view this! If you listen to this while viewing the pictures it may help.. This is what they looked like at the start, i know its a pretty pointless exercise and i could buy new ones but its not something I've not tried before and who knows it may have even lead to a career change.. Jacked it up, got the wheel off, and set about on the pointless exercise to try and tidy them up ready for the summer. Note; i only needed to tidy up the rear rotors as the front ones are new on. Then i attempted to sand them down the best i could, 20 minutes in and there were thoughts about maybe i should have just bought some new ones.. however i powered on and prepped them up. If you haven't clicked that link yet, there's still time.. Okay so all prepped up, tape everywhere, thoughts of going to VW and apologising for ruining their brake rotor and a can of spray paint, we are off! Okay so I've applied the paint, advisory, if you ever do use spray paint be careful, i nearly ended up adding some extra details as you can easily get carried away. Left the paint for a few minutes and then rubbed around the rotor, not really sure why, seemed to work out though. I sanded down certain areas when finished because 1) i didn't want them to look brand new and 2) i got carried away.. Onto the home straight, by this time I've lost all sense of time and i don't know when the last time i ate was. Wheels back on and time to inspect the damage workmanship. Yeah i apologise once again as i probably should tidied up the alloys for the big shot. Anyway that's it, we made it, thank you for taking the time for having a look and im sorry if i raised any blood pressures. I think im going to stick to my design job
