Question for those who have painted their own calipers-

[Boxtaboy]

Originally Posted by Lil bastard

I did mine with the G2 system.

I removed the calipers, cleaned them with a Brass brush and lots of solvent (Brake Cleaner).

Then, I took a 2X4 and drilled 4 holes in it. Got some bolts from the hardware store which fit the Brake Line taps and mounted the calipers on it. This made it easy to paint both sides w/o having to set them down while wet.

The window for using this paint is really under 3 hrs. and mounting the calipers allowed me to put on 3 coats in that time before the epoxy became too hard to apply with a brush.

The G2 system is an epoxy paint and rather than dry, it cures. Depending upon temperature and humdity, this can take up to 24 hrs., though it dried to a tack in 1 hr. and to the touch in about 4. I suspect that you could do it and drive the car, very easily, in 4-5 hrs. back to your regular garage. Of course, you'd have to allow another hour for remounting and bleeding - a good time to change the fluid if it's more than 2 yrs. old.

Thanks. I was hoping it would be a faster job, but looks like it'll be a whole day thing for me. Appreciate the tips!

[jmatta]

Perhaps you could just buy red calipers and be done with it?

[Boxtaboy]

Originally Posted by jmatta

Perhaps you could just buy red calipers and be done with it?

Thanks, but my objective is to not even have to pull the calipers from the car, as I've heard some stories about people having trouble with the caliper bolts, and I don't want the car to be out of commission for any length of time.

Frankly, I don't care if the paint job on the calipers is perfect or not, just looking good at a distance is sufficient. This is why I bought the G2 kit. Plus, at $36 bucks for the G2 kit, and $8 bucks for the white Porsche decals, I'm guessing that it'll be cheaper than buying red calipers as well.