The drums on my jeep are really rusty and I have black wheels so its pretty noticeable when you look at it. So I'm going to go ahead and paint them. My jeep has seen its fair share of offroad adventures so the paint has quite a few noticeable scratches on the paint. I'm just curious if it would look okay with the rotors painted red since the wheels are a nice shiny black color maybe it will draw more attention to the wheels and tires instead of my scratched up paint? I've heard that many people are not big into painting the drums flashy colors like that but I just wanted opinions on the topic. I already did one just to experiment with it and it turned out okay. I just want opinions so I know wether to finish the job or just go with black paint. Here's a pic of the one I already did. Let me know what you think, keep in mind my jeep is black.

 

Looks alright...but you should just ditch the drums and do a rear disc conversion

 

That'd be nice. How big of a job is that?

 

Well, if you have a C8.25 rear, you have to pull the diff cover to yank the C-clips so you can pull the axle shafts, remove the rear drums (4 bolts per side), obtain ZJ rear disc backing plates and calipers and wheel studs (Big David sells kits on here), use a dremel or die grinder and widen the holes on the backing plates to fit the 8.25 axle tube, bend the hard brake lines up a little bit to attach the caliper hoses to, install all new brake hardware, and good to go. That's the skinny of it...there's a few write-ups around that dig into more detail. It took me about 10 hours total to do. Totally worth it

 

I think it looks fine. And if you like it, thats what matters.

I agree here. And then just paint the calipers red.

 

Yeah I planned on painting the calipers as well. And I have a Dana 44 rear.

 

So do I.

Crown Vic parts are what we need.

 

Would disc brakes off a rubicon work?

 

Probably. But I can't say for sure.

I can't imagine they'd be any cheaper than Crown Vic stuff tho...

 

I'm also for the disc conversion. Drums suck!

 

Good point thanks for the input guys

 

If you have anything else that is red, then do the drums in red. I did my drums in black so they don't stand out.

 

For the sake of the next guy who might search and stumble across this thread...

What paint did you guys use? Hi temp engine paint?

Primer? Gloss?

 

There is paint available for calipers. It holds up really good. Just gets noticeable with brake dust.

 

What he said. Black caliber paint.
For future reference, use it since it was designed to handle high temperatures. Such as heat from braking!