Ed MD

After I searched the archives regarding painting the brake calipers, I did it this weekend. I used Plasti-cote Brake caliper paint from Pep Boys and applied a Porsche brake caliper decal from Porsche decals. Total cost was $6+6+7 and the time to clean up the calipers. It looks great. Hopefully the pictures came through.
I also installed the 930S steering wheel, change the short shifter boot to black, and redid the back Porsche decal and added a 928S decal.
Ed M
'85 928S, 5-speed, Autoauthority chip, Avenger II, 17" Turbo Twists, 8"Euro H4s

Tony

I did mine about 3 yrs ago now, the same way, well, i did take them off the car. They still look great after daily driving and a few DE's.

The work is all in the prep.

A.R. Myers

Looks great. I'm thinking about doing it this summer. How can I get some of those decals you put on the calipers? Did you get them from Porsche directly?

ROG100

Hi Ed,
Did you remove the calipers before painting?
Roger

bcdavis

A quick look at the photo should help answer that question...

Lizard928

bcdavis, shhhhhh make him guess

Normy

Ed- I painted my dust shields as well....it adds to the whole picture when viewed through the wheels. I recommend this-

N!
'85 S2 5 Speed

ROG100

bcdavis,
What picture????

bcdavis

(rolls eyes)

ROG100

OK OK I get the prize for the stupid question of the day!!!

However I am about to paint mine and I am concerned with taking off the calipers. How easy is it to bleed the brakes once the caliper/calipers are back in place?

Ed MD

Email me for more pictures @ eemeier@aol.com, as I did tape up the area and did not remove anything but the wheel. The decals are at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2465042146
Ed M

bcdavis

I also painted mine without removing them.

It all depends on how obsessive you are.
Red calipers are for looks.
They won't make you stop any better.
So for me, I only care about what I can see.
I do not care if the inner surfaces are painted.
They will quickly be covered in brake dust anyhow.

Big Dave

Ditto on painting mine without removing them:

Flott Leben

Normy,

Do you have any pictures of your wheel with the calipers and dust shields painted? Interesting idea and I'm curious as to how it looks. Thanks.

Chris Lockhart

Here's a shot of my GT wheel/brake combo. I did mine about 3 years ago with ceramic based engine block paint (which is a pain to shoot, because it is very thin, and will run easily) while they were still installed on the car. I just masked everything off, scuffed the existing paint with sand paper, cleaned them off with laquer thinner, and shot about six coats of yellow. After drying, I went over the Porsche lettering with a few coats of red. They really look good on a guards red 928, because the yellow helps to break up all that red. I also painted the "hat" section of the cast hole rotors I bought, before installing them. With the Riva wheels I'm running, it really shows off those brakes!!!!!!!