Can you powder coat brake rotors?

[gregvhen]

Im talkin about the actual pad contact part, the outer disc, can that be powder coated and still work the same, or will that decrease stopping power significantly?

I wanna get the whole thing powder coated to stop the rust, and the little circle peices that hold the two metal parts together are really rusty so i want them covered too. how much flex is in powercoating, cause i know that rotors are two peices becasue of metal shrinkage amoung the two parts?

Also can you powder coat the rear sprocket or is the coat too thick?

[ineedanap]

no, you can't powdercoat an entire brake disk.  You might be able to do a nitride coating and it will just wear off where the brake contact surface is, but protect the rest. 

Why not just get some newer rust free rotors off of an from here or ebay.  There's lots of 06-08 stuff available.  You'll probably move on to another bike before they rust.  There's also aftermarket rotors as well.  They usually have stainless and aluminum component and don't rust. (unless you get iron racing rotors)

You can anodiize an aluminum sprocket, but I can't imagine powdercoating a steel one would be worth the cost.  The powdercoating will definately not hold up to the abuse of the chain.

That's my 2 cents. 

[kappa2006]

No, you can't powdercoat the contact surface of the rotor.  I would only powdercoat the inner section of the rotor.  The bushings that seperate the inner and outer section of the brake rotor shouldn't be coated either.  

Not 100% sure on the sprocket, but i'm going to guess and say the teeth shouldn't be coated since they're designed for a specific chain size.  

[gregvhen]

no, you can't powdercoat an entire brake disk.  You might be able to do a nitride coating and it will just wear off where the brake contact surface is, but protect the rest. 

Why not just get some newer rust free rotors off of an from here or ebay.  There's lots of 06-08 stuff available.  You'll probably move on to another bike before they rust.  There's also aftermarket rotors as well.  They usually have stainless and aluminum component and don't rust. (unless you get iron racing rotors)

You can anodiize an aluminum sprocket, but I can't imagine powdercoating a steel one would be worth the cost.  The powdercoating will definately not hold up to the abuse of the chain.

That's my 2 cents. 

I could buy a new rotor i know, buuuuut the tend to be more then id like to spend. since the rust isnt that bad right now. I was wonderin bout powder coat cause im strong beleiver in "preventing not replacing" - I coined that phrase