Brake Calipers

Will it hurt the brakes if i spray paint my calipers red?

No.. as a matter of fact I painted my calipers Racing Red, and I think I gained about 15 rwhp!!

just be careful what your spraying.. ABS sensors, caliper pistons, wheel studs, rotors, etc.. Dont like to be painted!

yeah i was going to tape off all that didnt need to be painted

Make sure you get the heat resistant paint up to 900 degrees I think.

I just got done doing it. They sell caliper paint at Advanced auto for $15. Don;t waste your money! I bought the cheap spray can($1.50) and did my drums on the rear and calipers on the front. I used the cheap paint and i friend bought the actual caliper paint. Both are doing great. No chipping or anything. BEFORE you paint, be sure to at least wire brush everything first. I happened to sand blast my drums. THen tape what needs to be taped off. If you get paint on the rotor, don't worry about it. THe first time you hit the brakes it will come off. (Do tape off the rotor though) Good Luck! Is looks great when done.

Here's a good write up on it
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http://www.superhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=129789

and lets not forget that it added 15 hp!

you also want to make sure that you clean em off before painting. get all the rust and stuff thats already on em....

How the hell dose that gain horsepower dude. I just don't see how its just paint.

Don't you know?!?!? The paint fills in the microscopic cracks. This makes the caliper smoother decreasing wind resistance. Also, the paint absorbs warm air from the pad which also reduces drag and increasing horsepower. This is almosta guarnteed 15 h.p. I thought everyone knew that. You know, they sell performance stickers for your car too. Depending on what part of the windshield you put them on, the more porformance gain. I don;t want to get into the details though.

yeah i saw a honda civic yesterday,
it was covered in stickers, i bet it
could take on a dodge viper....lol

what the hell kindof name is "civic" for a car anyways?!?! just dawned on me, it sucks...

powdercoat.... *sigh* ive had to clean up so many do it yourself jobs where people screwed up the brakes by spraying or worse brush painting their calipers, it looks sooooooo bad. if youre gonna do it, do it right, take them OFF the car, take everything off that you dont want colored, sandblast and clean them, then powdercoat and bake them, the finish will not heat and crack off, and it looks a million times better than a spray can. granted its more expencive, but its kinda like buying your fiance a plastic ring.

is the thought that counts!!!!!

Don't you know?!?!? The paint fills in the microscopic cracks. This makes the caliper smoother decreasing wind resistance. Also, the paint absorbs warm air from the pad which also reduces drag and increasing horsepower. This is almosta guarnteed 15 h.p. I thought everyone knew that. You know, they sell performance stickers for your car too. Depending on what part of the windshield you put them on, the more porformance gain. I don;t want to get into the details though.


That was exactly what I was gettin' at.. Too lazy to type it out though..

Oh yes yes.. If you want easy, cheap power, Decals are the way to go.. the right product and brand name decals, and the pinstripes and graphics

sorry for being the smartass, but come on, someone had to do it!

This Passat I know has NOS stickers, wow, that's a 100 shot from each!!!

wow, all that power from paint and stickers....and my dumbass wanted a blower.

shit imagine a blower and all them stickers!!!

just look at them cars in my sig!!! all them stickers, thats y they can pull wheelies!!

lol lol

damn right!!! my car is going to be covered in stickers top to bottom!! im even gonna put sticks all over the chasis

hey iroc89 when u said that u had to fix the do it ur self jobs did u mean like they broke something or just that the paint job sucked and u fixed that?

hey geno I got it.. Are you ready???

A blower... With Stickers on it??!?

and a billet aluminum flux capasitor....

z28 boy, what i mean is that the hack jobs ive seen, the stuff they use actually cause a coating on the rotors and get into the pads, causing squeeks, brake fade, warped rotors, pitted and corroded rotors, accelerated wear, and just plain ugly work. they always come in and try to get it fixed under warranty, cuz its OEM rotors and pads, but as soon as i see that paint, uh uh buddy boy. games over cuz even if you tape everything off, and you dont overspray, when the calipers heat up the stuff lets off vapors and other residues that get deposited everywhere, same principle as tire shine, ever see a white car with tire shine after its been driven a while??? get that nice grease smear down the car behind the wheel well, where the tire shine got thrown off by the spinning wheel.

What kind of tire shine will do that?

Well for the longest time, I thought i just had bad luck with drivin' over fresh pavement..

Turns out it was the tire shine.. Looked real pretty splattered all over my newly painted bright red Z28