ExRedRacer

If you have the plain rotors on your C6, are the hubs gray, black or something else?

Just wonderin'.

MPA

Mine look to be gray in back, and black up front.

ExRedRacer

Hmm....

Did you buy the car with them like that, or are those replacements? I ask because I recently had my rotors replaced by my local Chevy dealer and they put black hubs in the front and grays on the rear just as you described. The service guy assured me that they were AC Delco genuine OEM equipment. I'd been using some after-market rotors and wanted to go back to original equipment.

Is it just me, or does anyone else think that the color of the hub of the rotors should match front and rear seeing how visible they are to even a casual observer?

HOXXOH

I drilled base rotors to match the same pattern as the larger J55 rotors and then zinc plated them. I assume you haven't driven the car much since they were installed, so they're still clean enough to plate without needing any extra prep. Not only will they both match, but you won't see future rust either.

MPA

I bought the car like that a month ago - I honestly had no idea what color they were until I went out and looked.

ExRedRacer

ttt

Anybody else buy a C6 with regular rotors?? What color are those front and rear hubs?

Wampa

2010 base all 4 gray here

cclive

Until they rust, they are the color of cast iron, which is grey, because that is what they are made of. I painted mine gloss black and it has held up very well. You'll never see a drilled rotor on a real race car...just for show on the street.

*Trip*

A very annoying mixture of gray and rust....my biggest flaw on the outside of my car....

even my little work ride 2011 Sorento and my wifes 2012 Sienna van both are perfect...no rust.....

AYello1

Battleship gray on my '07 coupe. Haven't started to rust yet.

HOXXOH

Not always never, unless you don't consider dragsters real race cars.

cclive

True...I was not thinking of drag racers.

HOXXOH

Weight, especially rotating, is of significant importance for drag racers.
As long as we can slow down enough to make the last turn at the end, the brakes are sufficient.

The holes account for about 1.25# total on stock rotors and that's in addition to the 15# difference between the J55 and JL9 base rotors. I also saved 7 oz. by using open end lugnuts. Removing my door handles and chicklets was more for aero than weight.

cclive

Interesting! And I guess that does mean that there is a different standard for what is considered to be 'enough braking'...that last turn being the key...LOL

61X

Most dirt latemodels also run drilled rotors.

Dave S

So get a can of hi-temp spray paint & paint the hubs whatever color you'd like!

cclive

OK, since it is going to be picked apart, I'll revise my post to say real race cars like LeMans, IndyCars, etc. I don't want my C6 to imitate a drag racer or a dirt track car. I'll leave that for the drag racers and dirt track guys.