jdm71488

I painted my calipers id say about a month ago... and just recently (week or so ago) my brakes started to squeal really bad... now, im not that much of an idiot to paint until the caliper is covered, i masked off as much as i could and focused on just the caliper...

now, i had my car inspected by nissan this morning, and when i first got there, i told the mechanic what i was in for, (brakes) and he looked at me like i was so stupid little kid trying to be "fast and furious" because my calipers were painted...

turns out that he couldn't find anything wrong with them, they work fine (which they do) but it is "overly loud" when i stop everytime. but he said that is probably due to my calipers being painted.

the only part of the pads i might of hit would be some of the top, but there is nothing i can do about that when spraying...

has this happened to anyone?

f550maranello2

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it will happen if you spray too much and the pad is sticking to the caliper or if you get paint near the caliper and the pad where they meet

I30tMikeD

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I would think that if somehow your painted calipers were causing the problem then they would have done it from the start, not weeks later.

jdm71488

well ever since i had the car (feb 04) the calipers were painted black with regular spray paint... but this time i used dupicolor. i put on a bunch of coats so i see how i could've sprayed TOO much, but do you think it will go away over time?

xMastaMindx

that seems odd though even if he put 2 much after even a day of braking normally wouldnt the paint that got on the caliper where it grabs the roater rub off by then and be fine?

jdm71488

you know thats what i thought, by now it would be "normal" and that its probably just the pads or something... but not according to nissan... so screw it, if they squeal so what? ill just keep my music loud so at least i can't hear it!

Maxima99SE

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my calipers are painted and I don't have any squeak from them... do you have metallic/ semi-metallic pads? I had a hell of a time gettin my brake squeal gone.. now that I switched to organic pads, the sound is gone

jdm71488

what kind of pads do you have? and where did you get them, i couldn't find it on your site...

Tyrexx

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just change your pads, and put some goo on the back

Entropy

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I find it hard to believe that paint anywhere near there would cause a squealing noise. A squealing noise loud enough to hear over road noise, the radio, or the engine would have to be the result of vibration or rubbing violent enough to remove a substance that you could scratch with a mechanical pencil.

First, I would wash your car and get in there good with a pressure washer. Enough to blow out as much brake dust as possible. Might even want to pull your rims and clean the backs of them, just to get the crap off - for grins if anything. Break dust will cause some pretty irritating noises.

Second, I would pull the calipers again and grease everything. Pretty much anywhere the caliper and pad meet would benefit from some high temperature grease or pad putty.

Also, make sure you aren't hearing the wear indicator - don't trust the dealer for that. He probably never looked much farther than the paint. Actually, don't trust the dealer for anything... I was hesitant to let them do the alternator recall. $tealers are da debil (most of the time - with few exceptions).

If it was my car - I would clean and grease everything... cause I am **** like that. Pull the rims - clean em. Pull the calipers - hit em with a wire brush - clean em off - grease em up. I might even hit the rotors with a metal file or plain old concrete to rough up the surface a bit.

After all that, you shouldn't have any problems with squealing, and it shouldn't take you longer than an hour or so - depending on what you use to clean the inside of your rims.