Race4S

I just noticed some small chipping of my brake calipers clear coat.

The red paint seems fine- just some areas of clear coat that flaked off.

As a quick solution can i used touch up paint clear coat to stop this?

Canyon56

Same happening with mine. Quick solution is whatever works for you and your aesthetic tolerance level. Real solution is a full caliper paint job. That's next on my agenda.

NickyP

My black calipers are doing the same thing, the clear is flaking off as well.

briefescape

Brake fluid spill ( bleeding the brakes )is the usual culprit for eating the clear coat . All that is needed is clean the calibers and use a spay can of clear coat and they will look like new again .

Cheers Guy

Quadcammer

I had the same issue all around. I sanded the chipping clear to smooth it out a bit and hit it with high temp clear. Looks much better. Maybe not perfect, but I don't have a show car.

cgfen

good advice.
consider sanding the affected areas with 1500 - 2000 grit sandpaper prior to re-coating with clear
or
try clear nail polish.

Craig

black ice

I did what quadcammer did. Cleaned the calipers, picked off as much of the chipping as possible, and coated with a VHT clear coat. The new clear coat will get under the existing clear coat and it will actually give you a pretty good finish (of course until you're twelve inches away).

dave

JPS

Just make sure high temp clear, not standard Krylon or whatever.

ble2011

Mines doing the same. I love this forum. I had no idea what to do about it until now. Thanks.

arjag

Had the same thing happen to my red calipers. I chipped off as much of the peeling clear coat as I could, masked the calipers and sprayed on 4-5 coats of high temp caliper clear coat. they look as good as new and after a year they are still looking good.

briefescape

Btw the best thing I used to clean the calibers was brake fluid because I figured it took some clear coat off might as well take the rest off and start fresh . It worked for me . Very simple to do take the wheel off take a rag soak with brake fluid and wash the caliber let it penetrate as long as you can then wash with soap n water wipe . Then stuff rags around the caliber for overspray and then just respray with clear coat . Mine came out great .

Cheers Guy

Quadcammer

just be careful with that brake cleaner around the letters.

I ended up using lacquer thinner or mineral spirits to clean the brake dust off.

briefescape

Right forgot to mention new Porsche logos on ebay for $5 for six logos ( two extras in case you screw up )

Cheers Guy