The normal autozone duplicolor caliper paint kit? I was thinking some extreamley high temputure engine paint(1400 degress) ? Whats do you guyz think?

-Thanks, Dustin

 

Best stuff i've used is the G2 Brake caliper 2 part paint. works incredibly good and comes in a couple different colors. find it on ebay...

 

I didn't use brake caliper paint because I wanted gloss black and the local shops only sold red and yellow. Red calipers only look good on a red car and yellow just looks frickin' awful. I used multiple coats each of engine enamel and clearcoat, which turned out to be cheaper anyway. It came out great and still looks that way many months later (when not covered in brake dust).

 

i got all new remans and i didnt paint them. i think its kinda pointless unless you have rims to show off the calipers.

 

If he didn't he probably wouldn't have asked the question...

 

I just used high temp. engine paint =P

 

Yea I have 18'' BSA Alloys With 225 rubber. Sorry, but like with Porshe Carreras, GT2,3s, Cayans, ect. red calipers make any body color look very fresh, with the proper wheel though. You have to sit back and visualize what looks best for your application, race, show, sleeper, j-spec, poser, ect.

The more I mess with this 7, the more I love it.

 

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How long ago were they painted and are there any signs of peeling?

-Thanks, Dustin

 

The engine enamel on my calipers is nearly 12 months old and there is no sign of peeling anywhere.

 

gloss black eh?

 

wow, i thought MY car was clean. nice.

 

Mine look shinier.

 

i used hugh temp paint..... did it 3 years ago... still shines!

 

I dont have any pics, but i used the 15 dollar autozone paint about a year ago, and it still shines when I clean the dust off, no peeling at all

 

I don’t know much about painting on metal, but do you guys put some kind of undercoating for adhesion? Or do you just spray several light coats?

 

several light coats...

most high temp caliper paints like this require no undercoat....just one step

 

I used engin enamel paint works perfect. I dont like the brush on kits. Whatever you do make sure you clear them or you will never get all the brake dust off of the paint.

As far as I know any automotive paint should work.

6months old

 

the brake caliper paint kits have some cleaner and a brush to remove the brake dust prior to painting.

 

one thing that CAN be done for small parts like calipers and brackets is the at home powder coating kits.....they work AMAZING, and aren't really that expensive - but it all comes down to prep (as with any coating application) if its cleaned and sanded (or blasted) well then you will not have issues.

A good friend of my dad and I has used this on several pieces of his dragcar...

the only downfall is you need an oven that you don't cook with - the old lady may not take lightly to having powdercoated lasagna - lol

 

Thats true they do.

I should mention I didnt fool with that, I just went out and brought new calipers. Much easier :-)

 

I used the Dupli-color 500c paint I only had a can of 260 for some reason. And the Dupli-Color Preformance wheel creal coat.

 

HA as far as wear goes on my G2 painted calipers on my celica they lasted everything. many 140 mph stops that left the rotors glowing red and the paint was fine.