ibkevin

OK, tried the advice of a few and thought I'd repaint my calipers on the car... I have a strong hunch I wont be happy with the outcome. Surface prep will be poor, coating will be poor -- just not for me.

So what around the house/garage works as an airtight cap for the brake line? I looked through the Turbo WSM, but I didn't see it.

Yep, did a search.

Kyle Donley

Don't worry about capping the lines, just provide something for them to drip into. You are going to be bleeding the crap out of the brakes once it's back together anyway.

xsboost90

www.POR15.com - they have a caliper paint that is truely tough. I think i'll be doing mine with this stuff.

jerome951

I recently removed and rebuilt/repainted my calipers.

Wedge the brake pedal down with something (I used a hood prop rod against the front of the seat). This will keep fluid from leaking past the master cylinder and draining the reservoir. Very little fluid dripped out of mine when doing this.

Yes, you will have to bleed a lot when reinstalling the brakes. If possible, cap off the inlet hole of the caliper or you'll have fluid leaking out and contaminating your surface before painting (the normal bleed screw fits here).

Jeremy Himsel

I always use a vacuum cap just smaller then the line, or larger then the hole that I thread on or into the fitting and line and it works just fine. I have the "assorted" sizes box that you pick up from Autozone and there's always one that works.

ibkevin

Thanks Guys!

I ended up going with a couple of vac caps with zip ties, mainly to try from adding too much moisture to the system overnight while I painted the calipers. For the rears I'll get metric caps because prep time will be much longer painting the rotor hats.

Several 928'ers have had good results with regular 'ol caliper paint so that's what I went with. I'll post a pic later.