Painted my calipers today

[abcent]

tought I'd post some pics of the finsihed job. Doin the rears tomorrow

took me about half a day to do the fronts, did 4 coats each side with "bright blue VHT caliper paint" and letters in white VHT engine paint.....

[trent_tr5]

hey looks awesome.

just wondering, did you remove the calipers for painting ?

[DentonR33]

Also howd u go about masking the nissan letters up so well?

looks mad!

[Blade]

Mine cam painted red

But usually u just paint the whole caliper and then scratch the paint off where the letters are...i remember reading that somewhere

[Goon]

you just cover up the rotors firsts with masking tape and paper, spray on a couple of coats of the paint then when its dry, sand the "nissan" and itll come up mint. however, in this case it looks like the letters are white? did you just apply that with a brush or..?

[abcent]

didn't remove the calipers, just the pads. Masked up the rotors an covered the rest of the surrounding areas with newspaper.

as for the letters, masking tape, very sharp scalpal, and a lot of time. after i sprayed the blue I removed the tape off the letters, then painted the NISSAN letter white by hand with a small model paint brush.

[T0nyGTSt]

I'm pretty sure there's a full guide to this on the maintenance forum.

That white car, dark BBS style rims, GT wing and blue calipers is a masterstroke. It looks the part!

I have a silver 33, bronze TE37 rims and I want to paint the calipers.

What colour do you reckon?

blue, gold or red?

Or silver?

Here's pics:

http://www.nitroware.net/~tony/r33tints1.jpg

http://www.nitroware.net/~tony/r33tints2.jpg

T.

[lwells]

blue, gold or red?

A shade of blue could look nice, but might grate if its too dark IMHO. Red is a no-no, gold will just make them hard to see as there will be no contrast again your Volks, so I would say silver would be sweet.

LW.

[Blade]

http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/blade/imgp0273.jpg

You can see the front red caliper on mine atm

[abcent]

I have a silver 33, bronze TE37 rims and I want to paint the calipers.

What colour do you reckon?

blue, gold or red?

Or silver?

dont reckon gold...clash with your awsome wheels. Silver would be ok but wouldnt stand out much.....I reckon blue would look good.....

but i think Maroon (same as on your GT badge) with white letters would look sweet as!!

[abcent]

Oh an thanks for the good words bout my car, much appretiated....looking round for a bonnet like yours though...come with the car? or buy it from somewhere?

[funkymonkey]

looks nuts.... btw calipers get hot as what model paint did you use? or did you use a modelling brush to apply heat resistant paint?

Did you use a primer, did you sand or buff the caliper back first?

[abcent]

looks nuts.... btw calipers get hot as what model paint did you use? or did you use a modelling brush to apply heat resistant paint?

Did you use a primer, did you sand or buff the caliper back first?

lol...yeah i know they got hot....just used a modelling brush, the paint is white engine block paint....up tp 550 degrees celcius i think?

didnt use primer, used metho and an old paint brush to clean the calipers VERY thoroughly, then used a bit more metho on a clean rag an wiped them down till no more dirt came off. I dont believe caliper or engine block spray pack paint requires primer, just be sure the surface is super clean.

[Elithrar]

Looks great; it has that nice factory look about it. Suits the car well

TonyGTSt, perhaps try a shade of orange (ala orange Brembo's)?

[1990 R31]

Looks great, well done.

[uneekwahn]

i've got a light silver series 2 r33 gts-t and am thinking of doing something similar .. i went through all the colors of the rainbow and more and digitally changed the calipers on a picture of my car ... blue is seriously the only color that looks good on a silver car in my opinion

[Black33]

looks great!

ps. anyone know if it's easy to take off the calipers to do this?

[abcent]

taking the calipers off isnt hard...just a few bolts and clips....even if yiu wanted to dissconnect them an paint them on the shelf isnt really difficult, just have to bleed the brakes and add a bit more brake fluid.

I just didnt see the point, its easy enough to do them on the car, and they come up quite well. So long as you put more time into your preperation than actual painting, should all be good.

jus look at mine

[Black33]

are rear ones as easy??

[abcent]

did the rears today...bout the same level of difficulty as the fronts really, pretty much the same thing. came out pretty well i think....