I'm getting the 300zx calipers for my BBK and was wondering is it worth the extra $$$ to get them powdercoated over just painting them or just leave them as is?

Any pluses or minuses of powdercoating/painting them? (ie. traps heat in the calipers?)

TIA

 

I would just paint them. High temp paint designed for brakes works well enough. G2 works great for me after a year and others I know. Brush on is best.

never thought about the powder trapping heat. from those builder shows, they sure coat a lot.

 

To powdercoat, you have to disassemble the calipers. Unless you plan on rebuilding them, just buy a G2 / Folia-Tec kit. The VHT caliper paint sucks, IMHO.

 

on the G2. Hasnt chipped, cracked, peeled, or faded.

 

Paint??

 

G2 Paint will suffice Its not worth it to powdercoat them. I'm way overdue to paint my calipers.

 

another thing is that if you paint your calipers you can't use any brake cleaner or similar agents to clean it or else the paint will come off.

powdercoating is more resilient (sp?)

 

Just curious how much is powder coating?

 

im actually lookin for a 300zx brake upgrade. where are u gettin urs from ??

 

It wouldnt be very much probably around the same price if not a little less than a G2 kit. You just have to allow more time and find a local shop that will powdercoat.

 

I paid $32 shipped for a G2 kit. Even if powdercoating were the same or a little cheaper, you have to dissasemble the calipers, bring or ship them to the powdercoater, wait for them to finish, perhaps pay for return shipping, reassemble them, and then put them on the car. G2 kit, you can paint them on the car and because it is a lacquer, it won't be affected by brake cleaner. Like I said above, unless you plan to rebuild the calipers anyway, G2 or Folia-Tec is alot easier and comes out just as nice.

 

Oh yeah I agree the additional trouble it would take to have them powdercoated isnt worth unless you either work at a shop or you have a friend do it. I'll be going the g2 route shortly.

 

I'm getting the calipers from www.rockauto.com and I got the rotors from www.irotors.com.

 

Paint them. I painted mine with VHT...not a very good quality paint...but it works.