I'm looking to paint my calipers the same gold color as the Infiniti G35"s calipers. My Max is a 6th gen and the color is Winter Frost (White). Need some opinions.

 

I think it'll look good.

 

+1

 

Go for it bro!

 

try it in Photoshop first.

 

when painting calipers, what needs to be covered?

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The calipers.

Heres a little how to...

 

lol sorry..i meant to ask what needs to be covered.

 

All i've ever done is cover the rotor with a white terry cloth towel.

Tuck the sides in to the caliper and be careful painting.

I've done the max, my pathfinder and a couple others this way with zero problems.

I also recommend high temp engine block paint.

The "brake" paint is way over priced and the block paint will hold up to higher temps.

 

well i'm purchasing new calipers because my rear driver side is seized, so i'm getting two new ones from ebay for $120 shipped....

i was thinking black, but i like that gunmetal you did on yours

 

red is perfect im thinkin of doing mine also. But only the little caliper not the whole disk

 

painting your disk will improve your braking power, studies have been conducted and proved that this works. but its only red paint that does it, no other paint on the calipers will improve braking

 

btw at autozone, strauss, n pep boys they sell the brake caliper paint package, it comes with the cleaner brush and paint for about 20 buks

 

its good idea painting the calipers. there are some colors I called them racing colors like red and yellow. I recommend you to paint the enginge cover as well

 

Paint them brake dust color so you dont see when they are nasty. w00t

 

I'm thinking black as well, to match the car. Anyone else have black calipers that could post a pic for me to see??

 

I would like to see black calipers as well ... damn, staying up at night coming up with ideas to do to the car, LOL

 

i have a white 5th gen w/ 6gen brakes...i did mine black

 

Looks good!

 

yea i'm really happy how they turned out

 

i lol'd a little

 

It's true, you can't argue with science.

 

 

I'll paint mine as soon as spring is there. I'll disassamble them and sandblast/clean/paint. They are quite rusty now because of the salt during winter, and just painting will not do the job... I'll do the rotors too because they look like rusted crap.

What color do you suggest? KC metal color is nice, black looks nice, or OEM silver?

 

Gold? Facepalm. Why do people think white and gold look good together? Paint them the same color you're using for accents. Red would look good on a white car. White would even be better.

 

Before I went BBK, I used a G2 Caliper paint kit that came with the cleaner and paint. Using painters tape covered rotors, clips, etc. and used an artist brush and painted without removing anything. Works best on jack-stands, both front then rear.

 

I know exactly what your saying, I don't get gold rims either. IMO that's rice as hell

 

I changed my pads and rotors this past Saturday, but I didn't have time to paint the calipers like I wanted to. Hopefully in the next few weeks I'll get it completed and post some pics.