Has anyone replaced the brake rotors yet?

Update!

My rear outer pads were getting low and needed to be replaced. I also had a slight vibration while braking but not in the steering wheel which points to the rear rotors being warped. I am a fairly aggressive driver and I just broke 100k miles. I've never had brakes last this long. Regenerative braking definitely helps increase brake pad life. I replaced my rear rotors and pads this past Saturday. I used Evolution Geomet coated rotors and their Z17 ceramic pads from Rockauto.com. I also painted the calipers and caliper brackets silver. I live in RI and rust is something you have to deal with. I hate looking at rust. I have HR-V wheels with snow tires on now and you can easily see the caliper through them. With the stock wheels and covers installed you can't really see the caliper. I figured while I was doing the brakes I mine as well spend the time to paint them. Besides looking good it helps to slow down the rust as well. It looks nice freshly painted with new rotors installed. It will rust again soon enough but I think the couple extra hours of work is worth it.

I still haven't replaced the front pads. I replaced the front rotors already as I mentioned earlier in this thread. I am going to replace the front pads fairly soon but I don't need to just yet. When I do I will paint the front calipers and brackets as well. I might replace the rotors again when I replace the pads since they are not very expensive. I could have them turned but that would probably cost more than replacing them nowadays. Plus the parts of the rotor that aren't touched by the pads are already starting to rust. That is the main reason why I might replace them again. Did I mention that I hate rust?

I attached a pic showing how it looks. Unfortunately it snowed last night so it is covered in salt. I will post a better pic after I go through the car wash.

 

I used a wire wheel on a drill and some wire brushes to clean the brackets and caliper the best I can. I put the brackets in a vice to do this. I didn't remove the calipers from the car. That would be ideal but that is a lot more work since it would require bleeding the brake lines. I do the best I can cleaning them and then tape off what I don't want to get paint on. I then clean them using brake cleaner and blow it off with compressed air. It would be best to then use sand paper and clean with mineral spirits or another type of degreaser but I am not looking for perfection. I do use brake caliper specific spray paint. I will post a pic of the can I used when I get home.
Search on Youtube. You will find a ton of videos about this. If I was building a show car I would definitely do a better job. For a daily driver I am happy with the results with the steps above.

 

I should mention that in order to replace the rear brake pads you have to deal with the electronic parking brake. The easiest solution is if you have access to a scan tool to put the rear brakes in "maintenance mode". When you put it in maintenance mode the electronic parking brake screws itself all the way in. Then you can compress the caliper piston easily using your typical brake tools or a pair of channel locks. There are other solutions that aren't quite as easy but can be done without a fancy scan tool. If you search on YT for changing Honda rear brake pads with an electronic parking brake you will find a ton of videos showing other options. The Clarity's rear brakes are similar to other Honda models with an electronic parking brake.

 

Here is a pic of the can of spray paint I used on my rear calipers and caliper brackets.