Yeah, I checked the how-to faq, but the link / pictures on painting calipers is down. I'm pretty sure I can properly work a paintbrush, but I know it's harder than this. I'm choosing to do them red, yet I know nothing of the sort of paint that should be used, or if anything should be applied over it. Thanks in advance guys.

 

i think u use the engine enamel paint that holds under very hot temp and u should clear coat it and use primer be4 hand..... i might be wrong but i think thats it .... good luck

 

any idea of the prior prep work that is required? ayone?

 

just buy the G2 caliper paint system...everything you need is in there: brush, laquer (clear coat), paint, and brake cleaner

 

just search on yahoo shopping for g2 caliper paint, and then choose the color and order it...your done...looks awesome on my buddy's Z!

 

just search on yahoo shopping for g2 caliper paint, and then choose the color and order it...your done...looks awesome on my buddy's Z! really high quality stuff!!

 

i feel like im being sold something here... anyone else reccomend this?

 

I painted my calipers and had no problem doing so. 2 cans of brake cleaner. a wire brush. either 500 or 1200 degree engine or high temp paint I used duplicolor brand. Just remove your calipers from the brake assembly, clean them well with brake cleaner using the wire brush on heavy dirt. Tape off everything that you dont want painted. Apply high temp paint following directions on can. Then top off with high temp clear coat. Let dry and put everything back together.

 

lets see some pics. . i also want to do this gloss black.

 

wisky i think the gloss black would b cool too, i keep forgetting to hop to this

 

I have had a pole up about this for a while, and I cannot decide between bright red like my car, or gloss black like you are talking about, Caesar. (btw you have some really cool pics of your car, man)

I would not recommend doing this with that brake painting kit that they are saying. It is supposed to be an inexpensive mod, and that kit is like $40 or so. You can use a brush around the house, but if not, at most you would be spending like $19(that is if you had to buy everything..........brush to clean, degreaser, masking tape, a newspaper, can of paint, can of clear coat). heck...add another $2 to the mix to buy yourself a nossle for the hose. ha ha ha.

Duplicolor has a good high temp paint at AutoZone. My friend just painted his over at my house on Sunday. I was not able to due to my arm being broken right now. It looks really good though. He has a black Subaru WRX, and he did the calipers bright red. From what I understand of the high temp paint, you don't have to use a clear coat. I am not sure about this, however.

You just want to get some engine degreaser(it will clean the white off of rice) and spray down(being sure not to inhale....stp makes a good one of these...it is purple), scrub with brush. (all of this is after taking wheel and caliper off of the rotor...make sure not to let the caliper hang from the hose, or you will have some nasty brake problems to come) Wash off, and let dry well. Then, tape off everything that you don't want to be painted...a.k.a. you car...ha ha.....Then, follow the instructions on the paint canister. (If you wanted to substitute using a paint brush for the spray paint, although it would take longer, I guess you could do that. What you would need is something to spray the paint onto and then paint it a little at a time onto the caliper.) You could probably and would probably want to put a few coats of paint on there. That Duplicolor stuff dries in a matter of like 15 min. The cool thing about that paint though is that it cures while using high heat stuff. So, when you get done painting and it drying, go run your car and let the calipers heat up a lot with the breaking. It can cure up to like 1200 degrees if you get it hot for a while. It will be way more than you need.

You are done. Then, sit back and enjoy everyone gawking at your calipers.

 

yea i use the dupi color. and it holds on great. Just chemicals like brake cleaner make it come off. I did not prior work i just painted them yellow and they came out awsome!

 

I think with the duplicolor, you don't have to prime them first. I don't know. I will ask my friend to read the can and get back to you.

 

@ Ceasar - That new sig pic is awesome!

I did mine with high temp engine paint...probably duplicolor. No clearcoat...I basically just wanted to keep them from rusting and looking ****ty. I just cleaned them with some acetone, wire brushed them, masked everything I saw that wasn't rotor (INCLUDING NEWSPAPER EXNTENDING OUT TO THE PAINT!!!) and sprayed them....3 coats.

I haven't had any problems with chipping, but they're getting pretty dull. I may buy the caliper paint kit this time if people like it. Clearcoat would be nice I suppose.

 

does anyone have pics of red calipers with the SE rims on? I'm interested to see what this looks like before i start.

 

Brembo Cross/Drilled Rotor with custom polished black brake caliper. I cleaned the caliper twice with brake cleaner, polished with dupli-color black base color, then 1 more coat of dupli-color real black. There's total of 4 coats.

method 1:
1. take off your stock wheels.
2. put some newspaper around the rotors and calipers, basically places you don't want the paint to get on.
3. spray and pray for 20 minutes.
4. after its dry, take pictures.
5. put stock wheels back on.

additional: use brake cleaner to clean the surface of the caliper to ensure the quality of the paint.

 

or u can follow motorvate.ca to remove the 14mm bolts on the caliper and the 17mm bolts on the torque member to take off the entire brake assembly. then paint it. either way will work...



not the best picture in the world, but when my 17s rolls, my caliper is more noticible (cuz caliper doesn't roll when the wheel roll ), and matches with my exterior really well. nice and clean (minus altezza)

 

g2 caliper paint is the way to go. I have had it done for 9 months now and when ever I clean the breaks the shine comes right back since the day I applied it. The investment is the prep work. I spent 2 hours cleaning (2 LARGE cans of brake cleaner) and masking useing 3m blue painting tape. Painting took 30 minutes with three coats at all four sides. A full day to dry and I was done.

 

omg, you guys are making this waaaaay harder than it needs to be. Buy some freakin spray paint, clean the calipers, use newspapers if you must to block overspray (i never did, came out fine), throw clearcoat if you must (i didnt, never had a problem in florida) and your all set...


You dont need a professional kit to paint calipers!

BTW, ive had mine glossy black (no real difference), silver-ish chrome (loved it but got old) and now im rockin body color calipers which look great. Keeps everything in line with my body color theme (intake, valve cover, mud flaps, etc)...


Eric

 

nah don't even need to do that, just use POR 15, no primer or clear coat needed, just make sure u clean it preaty good, i did my valve covers and my manifold, check out my web site. and POR 15 has its own clear coat.

 

http://www.machv.com/brakcalpaink.html

This is the brand I bought. I got it a little cheaper. I don't have any picture of my car yet. I will post some picture later on.
here some picture from the site.



mine is red.

 

Good choice

 

I agree with happyricefob...just spray paint the things and be done with it. It should not be a whole day project. Esp not any need to hand paint.

The first time you brake, you are going to have brake dust all over them anyway.

 

For those of you planning on doing this, don't forget to pick up some brake fluid to bleed the brakes after your done. This assumes, of course, that the calipers will be removed for painting.

 

I had not personally planned to take the calipers all the way off. I was just going to leave the hose plugged up and make sure it doesn't hang from that.