Caliper painting

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Bob88

Discussion Starter · May 26, 2003

Getting ready to paint my calipers again. Right now they are silver, should I leave them that way or paint them the color of the car. Also, what kind of paint is everyone using, epoxy, engine paint??? Hows it holding up??? Thanks in advance for any info.

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Patrick

· #2 · May 26, 2003

Bob88con said:
Getting ready to paint my calipers again. Right now they are silver, should I leave them that way or paint them the color of the car. Also, what kind of paint is everyone using, epoxy, engine paint??? Hows it holding up??? Thanks in advance for any info.

Any high-temp paint will do it. For best adhesion, you are going to want to clean the hell out of those calipers and get all the brake-dust off of them. Brake cleaner works well for this.

And, I would mask off the caliper and spray-paint them using light coats. I would not brush it on.:thumbsup:

65Z01

· #3 · May 26, 2003

A high temp epoxy would be good.

After the wipe with brake cleaner and masking, follow up with a light wipe with laquer thinner.

The color depends on your car color and wheel finish.

vettn94

· #4 · May 28, 2003

Eastwood sells a brake caliper coating kit which does all 4.
www.eastwoodcompany.com
do a search for "Brake caliper coating"
I think it's around $47

ChiMan

· #5 · May 29, 2003

I used red high temp 1200 engine paint, till I get them powdercoated or go to C5 brakes

FiberglasMD

· #6 · May 31, 2003

I used High Heat aluminum on mine 2 years ago. Still look like I just painted them. I did the rotor hubs too.

MinnesotaWhite

· #7 · May 31, 2003

Used the $39 kit from MAD and probably wouldn't recommend it.

Colors are kinda washed...you brush it on...absolutely need multiple coats just so it will look good.

I used the red kit that is too orange for my taste.

Spray sounds like it would have been a better option...or take them off and powder coat them!

daniel Sahin

· #8 · Mar 2, 2005

im not sure if i should buy the paint because on west coast corvette they sell them at a very high price just wondering are those better quality calipers or are they the same but painted and if they are beter please explain

c5d

· #9 · Mar 2, 2005

daniel Sahin said:
im not sure if i should buy the paint because on west coast corvette they sell them at a very high price just wondering are those better quality calipers or are they the same but painted and if they are beter please explain

I believe the WCC calipers are pure stock (OEM), that have been painted.

Paint yourself and you'll learn how to change the rotors/pads and save a ton of $$$ at the same time.

Before you do any mods, I'd sugguest you spend some of your bucks over at Spring Mountain Advanced Driving School.

JAT
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njvettetom1

· #10 · Mar 2, 2005 (Edited)

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Man, I got a brush on caliper paint kit I think it was Duplicolor from my local auto parts store,which came with the brush ,paint and caliper cleaner . I did 2 coats of red and they still look great. I recommend the brush on type because there is very little masking to do. With spray paint you need to mask off the entire wheel well and you will still get overspray on some parts. I'm not saying it can't be done it's just a lot more work then the brush.If you use the brush on kit one tip, don't worry about getting a little paint on the corvette logo,after everything is dry just take a small pc of wet/dry sand paper and sand the letters back to a like new shine.

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brian Z06

· #11 · Mar 2, 2005

Corvette Garage has thier caliper paint on sale now.:thumbsup:

84 GRANDSPORT

· #12 · Mar 2, 2005

I painted mine out of the gun with a vaccume hvlp set up....same paint that is on my car...2 years & they still look good!:smokin:
Here is a pic!:thumbsup:
http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/4385/size/big/password//sort/2/cat/626

T.M.

· #13 · Mar 2, 2005

2 years ago i did mine with plain old rustolium red with a normal clear coat,plus i used a mascara brush and brushed it on,no brush strokes (don't tell wife) everyone thinks there powdercoated zo6 calipers.....daily driver..lots of weather..sorry,it's the closest pic i have of the calipers,i painted the letters black.

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slverc5

· #14 · Mar 5, 2005

I bought the brake caliper paint kit made by Duplicolor from a local auto parts store. Will do them this summer and will post pics soon as I'm done.

Jays Z06

· #15 · Mar 5, 2005

Isn't there stuff called Foliatech specifically for calipers?

I think I read it somewhere on another forum. Supposed to be good stuff.

-=Jeff=-

· #16 · Mar 5, 2005

I might try the caliper paint.. I need to to the rears in red..

to powder coat them I would have to rebuild them as well, which may not be a bad thing

Not Inspiron

· #17 · Mar 10, 2005

No offence but why would you want to paint the calipers? It does not do anything and the effort could be spent doing something that will make he car go faster. Just seems like something a ricer would do.

But my borther painted his with black spray paint for barbicues that can stand up to +1000 drgrees and it is working out well.

-=Jeff=-

· #18 · Mar 10, 2005

Inspiron said:
No offence but why would you want to paint the calipers? It does not do anything and the effort could be spent doing something that will make he car go faster. Just seems like something a ricer would do.

But my borther painted his with black spray paint for barbicues that can stand up to +1000 drgrees and it is working out well.

In my case i would like the rears to match the fronts..

rears are silver..

fronts are:

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Corz

· #19 · Mar 10, 2005

I used enamel based

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njvettetom1

· #20 · Mar 10, 2005

Inspiron said:
No offence but why would you want to paint the calipers? It does not do anything and the effort could be spent doing something that will make he car go faster. Just seems like something a ricer would do.

Does this look like a ricer to you? It's just another thing that us vette guys can do on a saturday afternoon to make the other mods we've done to personalize our cars look better like a new set of wheels. And about the effort thing, if you are a true vette guy you will enjoy working on your car. Even painting the calipers gives you the opportunity to get to know a little more about the car.

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