shellback

Is this common? Found the fronts like this:

skl2

Yep....That was happening to a few of mine, so I took them all off and apart last year to completely clean and repait. It was actually kind of a fun project.

timothymoffat

I think it's actually the clear coat peeling and yes, common as cars get older.

95carrera

Looks a lot like mine. How hard is it to pull these and powder coat them? I have seen the caliper paint and the decals on eBay, but thought powdered would be the way to go. The next decision would be color.

timothymoffat

https://rennlist.com/forums/993-foru...oject-cpp.html

EMBPilot

you really dont need to pull them off the car to repaint. its an option but you dont have to...

in this thread you can see xcusemi painting his calipers while still on the car, great photos.
https://rennlist.com/forums/993-turb...-pictures.html

TMc993

Or, you could go this route...https://rennlist.com/forums/993-foru...lear-coat.html

996scott

Try cleaning them up and then clear coat. If that doesn't work wou can reprint. It is amazing what new clear coat will do.

certz

+1 to this. I did mine over the winter last year. Bought all the rebuild kits from Sunset and had the calipers powder coated by a local place. I think it turned out great and was pretty easy - hardest part is getting the old pistons out.

fuch

quick take a pic in the table the wife's gone out!!

nice result....

95carrera

Good threads posted. I think Plan A would be the clear approach for me, then spray paint. I don't see how I can salvage my PORSCHE decals though. Maybe I need to look at it closer. Are the Ebay one's junk?

kjr914

I was just checking this on saving the decal. It will sand off easily with 1000 grit it appears, from my small test case on my now ORSCHE caliper.... I didn't actually sand off a letter, but on a small corner, i could see the white letter paint disappearing quickly. So I'm going to take a shot at just a gentle cleaning of the letters and try the clear-only route.

Search for "caliper decal" "caliper lettering", etc since there's been success and failure with the eBay route (various vendors)....different sizes and "off" font were some of the issues I recall.

certz

LOL. The really funny thing is these are for my wife's car, she helped and let me bake the clear in the oven!

I bought new decals from Andreas who had a sign shop make them - I think they are vinyl but I am not 100%.

skl2

Best part about redoing the calipers: last week we had a Thanksgiving lunch for staff and a girl from our tax dept came up to me and goes, "is that your black sports car that is always parked in the corner?" Me: "yep, but it wont be much longer with winter upon us." Her: "I love your red calipers" Me: <jaw drops>

kjr914

^^^Marriage material.