Painting Brake Calipers

[blx]

Have seen a few lines and other vehicles going around with their brake calipers painted and think it looks s**t hot.

I searched past posts and came up with this thread and am just wondering if any knows if the websites listed still exist somewhere or if someone knows where i can find more of a instruction set?

Has any one done this to their own line?

Cheers

[JezR31]

websites listed???

anyway predator painted his a while back and made this thread.

Painting Calipers - Predator

[T0nyGTSt]

In theory you can do it yourself.

I reckon it looks good in rice red or rice gold.

I would imagine the whole thing would not cost much at all.

The only problem is that your car needs to be laid up overnight for the calipers to dry.

T.

[benm]

...and don't get any over-spray on your rotors or pads otherwise they'll squeel forever !!

[Genesis®]

done mine and it looks great esp with white rims. you will have to get a rug on standby though to wipe away any excess on the rotors or else, like wat benm said, it will squeal and stain badly.

[Elithrar]

Put a clear coat over them the next night to get a nice 'shine' as well.

[GTRgeoff]

Then get a propane or butane torch and gently 'melt' the paint in if you use the hi temp paint as it will be lost to wheel cleaning agents and washing unless heat cured. You could also cover all the important stuff to stop overspray. Curing this way (similar to baking in a paint oven) brings on a glossier finish.

[SXCSKY]

hey this helped me

[CS_180]

just pick a day when u dont have to go anywhere and start early

should be dried not long after lunch..............

just make sure its heat proof opaint

[blx]

Skylineboy - Yes websites listed, If you go into that thread you listed you will find that all the website links listed are old and do not work!

Those are what i was after

Thanks for all the help guys

[T0nyGTSt]

Some paints are better if 'cured' in your normal household oven.

T.

[Roy]

It means stripping the caliper, which aint too big a deal if you are looking to get them rebuilt, but has anyone looked at getting them HPC coated...sure as hell would be more durable then paint, and have apparently helps reduce brake fluid temps...still i think it would be more fashion then performance for most of us

[predator]

yeah, read the guide - its been covered in "maintenance" a bit.

The "curing" is not necessary actually. Mine is pretty much as good as the day i did it 4 months ago and i've washed, scrubbed, etc. The high temp paint is very durable and can cope with high temps as experienced during braking. Do 10 coats, you'll be right

[sewid]

I did mine in gloss black and it looks great but doesnt stand out.

It is infact possible to paint the calipers while they are still on the vehicle. You just have to spend a long time preparing them and masking off various areas.

Use wire brushes, steel wool and brake cleaner in an aerosol can to clean the brakes properly before painting or the paint will flake off.

With respect to the NISSAN logo, i tried two ways to leave it silver. I tried masking it off and cutting very finely with a razor blade and then i tried just spraying the whole thing and cleaning off the NISSAN logo with thinners and a rag.

The thinners+rag method worked about a million times better and gave an outstanding result if you attack the NISSAN logo while the paint is still wet.

I used VHT Brake Caliper paint which i purchased at Autobarn.

[benm]

With respect to the NISSAN logo, i tried two ways to leave it silver. I tried masking it off and cutting very finely with a razor blade and then i tried just spraying the whole thing and cleaning off the NISSAN logo with thinners and a rag.

Try just painting it all and then use abit of sand paper to rub it back (after it has dried) thats how mine are done. I might re-do them again and put a gloss coat on em.

[sewid]

sanding is more work than dipping a rag in thinners

[blx]

Thanksk again for the info guys...

[Hawker180]

i did mine in blue...used special caliper paint...wack a couple of coats on and all set

blue looks cool on my white skyline

[Hawker180]

Oh and...mine says skyline in white...i painted the writing white first...then let it dry then got electrical tape and cut it out in the shape of the letters then sprayed the whole calipers blue....alot of effort cutting and stuff but well worth it

[Kaido_RR]

The owner before me did this 2 the brake calipers looks great matchs my rims

photos