Caliper Paint
10-12-2006, 07:56 PM
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Who ever said that you could paint them on the car was smokin' something and not sharing...
Either that or they used a case of brake kleen, or heaven forbid they painted over the dirt and grime...
There is some serious amount of crap on them, Wow!
Good thing I'm still waiting on rotors because this is going to take a while.
Either that or they used a case of brake kleen, or heaven forbid they painted over the dirt and grime...
There is some serious amount of crap on them, Wow!
Good thing I'm still waiting on rotors because this is going to take a while.
10-12-2006, 08:30 PM
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Maybe they were breathing too many paint fumes to notice... Somebody else painted their rotor hats, studs, and the friction surface of the rotor... takes all kinds. 
10-12-2006, 08:39 PM
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Shane.........I painted my calipers years ago, followed Tony Harkins instructions on his site, worked out fine..............still looking good today. I did it in the middle of our winter when true cabin fever had set in but it wasn't bad enough to contemplate painting them while still mounted on the car......yikes!
10-12-2006, 09:58 PM
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It's more work than it seems, lots of crevices to clean and scrape the old clear coat before painting. Then the masking takes some time. Then 4 to 5 coats (red then clear) a day or more apart...
10-12-2006, 10:01 PM
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As mentioned I did the project in winter; time didn't matter..............what did though was temp.................I brought the calipers in the house.............to cold outside; don't tell the wife.
10-12-2006, 10:50 PM
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The pads will scrape the paint off the important part of the disk. The rest of the disk is now rust protected. Sounds like a complete solution to me. Moroon calipers and rotors must look rich!
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10-12-2006, 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by dr bob
The pads will scrape the paint off the important part of the disk. The rest of the disk is now rust protected. Sounds like a complete solution to me. Moroon calipers and rotors must look rich!
I've been greasing my rotors, helps the pads last really long.
10-12-2006, 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by 928andRC51
It's more work than it seems, lots of crevices to clean and scrape the old clear coat before painting. Then the masking takes some time. Then 4 to 5 coats (red then clear) a day or more apart...
Clear?? Nobody said anything about clear...
The "Kit" I bought was from PP. It is a brush on paint...
Yellow paint, did not say anything about maroons...
10-13-2006, 02:54 AM
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Originally Posted by RyanPerrella
yeah hell who needs brake fluid, just run red paint through the system instead, then when you have a leak it bleeds!
10-13-2006, 03:19 AM
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Bob, you're right, it would scrape off... but especially with metallic paints, you're going to get some stuff under the pad on intial assembly that might stay imbedded in the pad for a while. I wouldn't be afraid of a bit of paint on the edges of the wear surface, but having paint over the whole surface just strikes me as a bad idea. Also, the mating surfaces on the rotor shouldn't be painted.
10-13-2006, 09:16 AM
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I just used cheap automotive touch-up paint on mine, and yes, I got a bunch of it on the disc itself. One drive around the block and a couple of stops and it is wiped off. As to preparation, take your wheel off and scrub the caliper using a brush and some simple-green or dish detergent. I masked it off and sprayed it on the car, not a problem at all. You don't need expensive paint either; the first time I did it 5 years ago I used cheap Krylon and it worked just fine.
There's no reason to make this simple job into a huge process!
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There's no reason to make this simple job into a huge process!
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