Ok my crappy single piston calipers up front are going bad and I decided to upgrade to the 4 pots. I work at Kragen and found out I can get the rebuilt 4 pots for only $30 each. So far here is what I got, I only got one and am waiting for the other to come in tomorrow as well as the pads. Then I am gonna get the brake hoses as well although I've heard you don't need them, but some say you do.

I decided to paint them blk and white to keep the blk scheme I got going on.







For the paint I used some Gloss Blk engine paint and some clear cloat. I did the white mazda part by hand which was hard to keep my hand steady while friends are surrounding me and yelling at me so I f*&( up. But yea lemme know what ya think of my first type of paint work.

 

I believe the clearcoat will heat up and get brake dust melted in... Hopefully that doesnt happen and everything works out for you. looks nice though!

 

haha damn, why our cars have to be soo simular, i just got my black 4pot installed too.

 

Looks great dude!

 

ooh man I guess I have an identical twin fc out there.

Yea the clear coat wont heat up and get stuff in there. It's suppose to withstand up to 500 degrees. So, I have no worries

 

Oh by the way I painted these while I was on the clock at work. It got really boring and I said hell I'm gonna paint my caliper

 

i see you have those ebay coilover kits. STIFF as hell, let me know how it goes...

 

^haha actually they're for my buddy's supra they've been sitting in my garage

 

calipers look good. that kit works...but its pretty stiff. ive heard complaints from other people about noise, but i havent had any. (maybe mine seem so stiff becuase i have the shocks set front and rear at 2 and 6) KYB AGX.

 

that's purty.
I painted my calipers, its all good...(for me)

 

It looks good, it looks better if you just paint it black and then sand the paint off the MAZDA, I just painted my rotor housings like that, looks sweet...

 

Those look sweetacular! $30 aye? is that with your Kragen discount?or is that regular price? I might swing over to kragen this time this week

 

OEM mazda 4 pot brake calipers are $30 a pair?! thats less then it takes to rebuild one correct?

 

Haha everyone is going to be jumping on this

 

At regular price at Kragen they are $37.99 and there is a $50 core charge. I had two extra single piston calipers sitting in my garage and used those as cores so I didn't have to pay the $50. I get a %25 discount so really I paid a lil less than $30 for each. I must say I'm very satisfied.

 

And those are stock replacement calipers or aftermarket? They look good by the way. I might have to swing by Kragen and pick a set up for myself. Got to love the military discount.

 

Those look really nice. I bet you could do those letters better though. Maybe if you just sanded them down for that brushed aluminum look?

 

They are stock but remanufactured. I'm cheap and for $30 a pop it seemed like a great deal.

Yea the letters could've been done better but while I was at work my buddies were messing with me the whole time and I messed up a little. I dont mind too much though cause when they're on the car you wont be able to notice as much.

Oh Darksider I can't PM you, but yea I live in AC and travel from Vallejo to Napa a lot with work and school. I go to the college in Napa.

 

nice deal man...

I painted a set up black a while ago...for the name though I just took some 400grit paper to the raised lettering when the paint was dry...

it knocks off the high spots, hit it with some autosol and you've got a shiny MAZDA name without the steady hand worry of painting it on...

good job though bro!

 

d00d I just did my rears this weekend... I need to order some new stuff for them to go back on but I am going red all the way around.

 

now, I know it is totally unnecessary, but can the 4 piston be retro'd on the rear also? Just to even out the appearance? Has anyone done this?

 

no it can't...

not without major modding....

 

HAHA I cleaned a full 13b for rebuild at work when I was working at Oreily's.

Yea the 4 pots on rear would take fabbing. I plan on trying or dual single caliper on the rear.

I cleared mine but only street drove the car and no issues at all.

 

I need to put these brakes on my car.. IF I go buy these calipers what do I need to do to get them to fit on my 4lug brakes? I have stainless lines right now. Do I need to buy hardlines? And arent the 5 lug 4-piston brakes have larger rotors???

I def need 4 pot calipers before I hit the track.

 

yea im doin this same trick as well and turning in my sucky na calipers for the core...painting my blue though