painting brake calipers

[c_olive18]

i want to paint my brake calipers but i cant decide which color.
my grand prix is silver and has the polished aluminum rims. i have no other contrasting colors on my car. im thinking about re. what do you think?

[rubberman]

either red or yellow. That will look cool

[carnutcass]

Mine are red...blue looks good too.

[richtazz]

I think red would look best with the silver color

[BIG-L]

Red would look good and a set of Grand Prix Brake Caliper Graphics in brushed aluminum.

[tkhilliard]

i wanted to paint mine to. but i have that dark red metallic color. what could i do? i cant decide what looks good with red

[BIG-L]

i cant decide what looks good with red

If you look around you will find that alot of the new cars that have the powder coated calipers are done in red...The pic I posted are not mine,I just used it to show the decals on the calipers.Red would look good!

I used a kit called G2 in red.
It was almost a perfect match and the link below is the best price around for the kit,plus if you order it this month you can get 5 bucks off and it would be 34.95 and that includes shipping.


www.brakecaliperpaint.com

Get a $5.00 discount when you purchase any color Exclusive G2 Brake Caliper Paint Kit!
Simply enter the coupon code G2 during checkout to receive your instant $5.00 discount!

[KEVBK]

I used the duplicolor caliper paint. It takes the better part of a day. Aside from putting the car up on jack stands, each coat takes about 5 minutes to apply, and you must wait at least 15 minutes before applying the second coat, or you'll screw up the first coat. With the finish on the calipers being so rough, it took, on average, 4 coats per caliper to really cover it well. When you're all done, you're supposed to wait 2 hours before you even put the tires back on. I don't know if this is because of better ventalation w/o the tires on, or to give the paint time to set up so that brake dust from the rims doesn't get embedded into the paint. (Maybe both?)

Then you're supposed to wait 24 hours before driving. And with an average of 4 coats per caliper, it takes awhile before the paint truly hardens. For me, it took a week.

This was also a good opportunity to do a brake job if needed, and replace the rotors like I had to. What surprised me was rotors were only 25 a piece

[98whitegpgt]

mine are red, but it is a pain to keep them clean!!! I usually wash my car about once a week, and by the end of the week, my nice red paint has faded into blackish redish. I dont get into the brakes that much usually either, any ideas on how to keep them cleaner???

[kustomkid54]

With honey comb rims, (on 2 of mine) it doesn't matter what you done to them. You can't see them. But I like the rims when they are clean. That's about 15 mins a week.

[carnutcass]

I used the Duplicolor kit also.......and only $15!! Mine only required 3 coats per caliper and they look great. I did this over 6 months ago and thye still look great....no chips or fading.

Three positive points worth noting with this kit:
1) Inexpensive
2) Brush on (No risk of overspray)
3) Do not have to remove the caliper (No need to bleed the brakes)

[GTPWarrior]

Have you ever considered orange? It also looks very nice. Just an Idea!!!

[tkhilliard]

getting paint is no problem for me i paint for a living i get a discount. i just cant decide on a color, my wife thinks its dumb to paint them but i think it looks sharp. especially since its got those really open rims that look like the 5 spokes twist, so you can see everything real well.

[KEVBK]

make sure you get heat resistant paint

['93BlackGT]

Paint them red. Looks beautiful. I did mine with engine paint(plastikote) I put on 2 coats of rust coat primer (red oxide), followed by 4 coats of red paint for good coverage, followed again by 2 coats of clear coat (motomaster) shines REAL nice.

(I'd post a pic if I knew how)