Painting brake calipers on non S models

hey i did mine also by myself...was sooo easy. i also bought porsche decals on ebay.....very nice upgrade....its going to look even sweeeter on the S cross drilled rotors.

oops sorry i didnt realize non S, mine is a non S also...painted calipers on the cross drilled rotors look even better....esspecially when the rotors are huge also.

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[RandallNeighbour]

Kronix, I have a couple of follow up questions...

Did you remove your calipers to do the painting?
Did you use a brush system or a spray? What brand?
How many coats did you put on?

hey

i did not remove the calipers, i taped everything up around them.

brush but i wish i had a spray system. but the brush was okay it ended up doing it smoothly.

i'm not sure the brand, some GT-3 paint Euro something. but mine is also alittle bit on the yellow side. sometimes they look dark and but sometimes they look yellow(in bright light). i kinda was looking for the orangy or carrera yellow paint colour. but they ended up looking pretty good. i am very satisfied.

3 coats, to get it really even. the brush kinda sucks, so the third coat really helps. looks good at the end. no powder coat ordeal. the paint is high grade and thick pasty...not bad.

hope this helps.

[socratic]

So how do you clean painted rotors? My non-S black ones...don't need cleaning...

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by socratic

So how do you clean painted rotors? My non-S black ones...don't need cleaning...

Hi,

You can use Brake Cleaner/Degreaser. I think you mean Calipers, not rotors, rotors aren't usually painted. Most Caliper paints are epoxies and will be immune to it, but it will remove the Brake Dust pretty well without hurting the paint. Hope this helps...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99