Dean_Fuller

Can't sleep again...so here I am....again.

Has anyone ever painted their calipers while on the car? If so a procedure? How to clean well enough for paint to last? My brakes are very good but the blacks could use some fresh paint.

Rick3452

Dean, tonight at bedtime take 1 Advil PM, you will sleep......

Vlocity

I have painted mine on the car before with good results, but it is really very easy to just go ahead and remove them. I am runnig GTS fronts and 993 TT rears in place on my 85 928S.

Prep can be accomplished with some 220 sand paper or scotch pad and then use brake cleaner to rinse all of the grime off, let air dry then wipe down again before painting.

I used the 2 part epoxy system that the Tirerack sells. The secret I found was to use a very high quality fine bristle artist brush. Flowing the paint on warm calipers with the fine brush allowed the paint to smooth out and the end result was that they nearly look like they were sprayed.

On one particular cool day, I actually warmed up the caliper with a heat gun before starting.

Here's a picture of the 993 TT rear in place after a couple of track days, the paint is holding up really nice as are the inexpensive decals that I bought off e-bay.

Regards,

Ken

Richter12x2

With a brush it's easier to do on the car - with a rattlecan you'll spend more time masking off than actually painting, but it can be done. Either way, I recommend at least pulling the caliper off the rotor. Crazy enough, one of the best things I've ever found to remove grime and oil from any car part is plain old dish soap. Finish it up with brake cleaner as was said before to remove the soap residue.

For things not brakes, rubbing alcohol and water mixed 50/50 to degrease and prep for paint.

Vlocity: those look excellent!

tveltman

Tony has a nice write-up on his site on how to repaint the calipers. http://members.rennlist.com/v1uhoh/brakerf.htm I did basically what he did. Power washing really helped, I've been happy with the finish for the past 2 years. Definitely take them off the car, it will make it much easier.

Big Dave

I used brush-on paint with the calipers still on the car. Still holding up well years later.

http://members.rennlist.com/bigdave/Calipers.html

joejoe

I've done mine on car however I use an airbrush. For cleaning the cheap autozone carb cleaner works very well. If possible remove bolts and paint with calipers hanging and brake pads removed.