Caliper Paint Question?
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Caliper Paint Question?
Hello,
Is it a DIY job to paint 03 C2 calipers? My calipers are black with white porsche lettering. I'd like to paint them yellow. I know it takes special high temperature gloss paint. Has anyone did this themself? Any tips?
Thanks
Is it a DIY job to paint 03 C2 calipers? My calipers are black with white porsche lettering. I'd like to paint them yellow. I know it takes special high temperature gloss paint. Has anyone did this themself? Any tips?
Thanks
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What color is your car? I suspect you'll find more information herein if you do a thorough search. But why yellow? I would think that such a light color would show dust a lot more than the friendly black ones.
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The car is black with black rims. Black interior with yellow seatbelts. I thought it would be a nice match to the seat belts and would lighten up the darkness of the wheels.
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Here you go... make sure to do the top hats as well
https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...hlight=caliper
https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...hlight=caliper
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Racer
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I painted mine yellow....
more info here:
http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/9...-calipers.html
joel
more info here:
http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/9...-calipers.html
joel
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Okay, I see... I heard that brake fluid flushes should be done pretty frequently which worried me enough to pickup one of those pressurized brake fluid pumps. I suppose when I get to this mod (they're black now, but I do like the red) I'll remove them rather than get red paint all over my wheel wells... My ham hands have all the dexterity and finesse of a boxing glove...
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I agree Rudy, thats one of the things I have never liked about this mod. Dont get me wrong, I love the looks and many people have done really really nice jobs. It just bothers me that the whole caliper isn't painted AND the hardware sometimes is....
+1 for removal... the calipers come off in a snap, the line should not be a big deal.. how about the wires (I didn't see how those come off)
I took the calipers off for my suspension swap as I needed room and the lines were not long enough...
+1 for removal... the calipers come off in a snap, the line should not be a big deal.. how about the wires (I didn't see how those come off)
I took the calipers off for my suspension swap as I needed room and the lines were not long enough...
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I'm going to redo mine this summer sometime and will remove them this time around. The brake fluid needs to be changed anyway. It will be a much simpler and thorough job with the calipers off the car. Also the car won't need to completely masked for the clear coat spray.
