Hey guys, havn't been on the org in a couple days, seems to me like the 5th gen forum is alot faster, duh! lol, ok...

Okay so I went out to the store and I bought that engine enamel spray bottle by plasti-kote or sumthin that resists up to 500 degrees in some sort of ford blue. Well I'm gonna paint the calipers during the next week or so. Any tips, I thought of maybe using some break cleaner and then sanding them? U guys think it's better if I took the break off and painted it and then put it on? Any tips appreciated, thanks for the inspiration of painting them in the first place people!

 

I'm in the middle of doing mine right now. I'm fighting over whether I want to take the calibers off or not actually. The car has 43k on it, so I'm thinking of taking them off, flushing the brake fluid, and re-installing. Makes for a nicer paint job, no need to mask off the damn car and wheel wells, and I also have a glass-beader, so I can get a real clean prep done instead of brake clean and such.

Keep in mind, if you take the calibers off, you're looking at re-bleeding the brake system, and unless you get a do-it-yourself kit, you're going to need someone to help you with it. There's also a proper procedure to follow when doing the bleeding, so make sure you look into that.

Finally, if you do leave the calibers on the car. Mask off everything very well so no over-spray. Cleaning the calibers? Yeh, I'd say brake clean, wire brush, all that good stuff. Make sure you get some good cleaner afterwards to wipe everything that's going to be painted down with.

Remember, a few light coats, too - nothing heavy! Seems high-temp paint is lots thicker.

 

Doing mine this weekend. I left them on the car. BUT I did tape off the moveing parts (you will see when wheel is off) such as rubber grommets, bleeder valve, parking brake assembly, rotor.

I used old towels/rags to cover the area (read door, hood, quarter panel) because I am just ****. I then cleaned with brake cleaner and a tooth brush. Clean, clean some more and then clean again. I used a whole can of brake cleaner on 4 wheels. This prep work will make sure it all sticks correctly.

I then, as said earlier by Pat DiPersia, used very light coats to apply on the caliper. I think I used 4 coats per caliper to get full uniform coverage with a good color.

I thought this would be a quick job, but ended up taking all afternoon due to the cleaning necessary to get the paint to stick properly.

Good luck!

 

so you guys think one can is not enough?

 

Oh yeh, one should be fine. . .