Painting brake calipers on non S models

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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

[RandallNeighbour]

Caliper Sticker question: Will the stickers from xenonmod.com fall off or peel off if I do not clearcoat my calipers after I've painted them red and applied my stickers?

Anyone on this board done the painting and caliper stickers from this ebay seller and NOT clear coated over them? How long have the stickers lasted? How do you clean your calipers to insure the stickers don't get scrubbed off?

I just can't imagine taking off my rims and masking off the whole wheel area AGAIN (and covering the whole car for that matter) just to clear coat spray the calipers to keep the stickers on.

But, I will if I must. I do not want to have to fiddle with the stickers in six months or whatever...

Hey i did not apply clear coat and i did buy the decals from xenonmod.com. i have had them on my calipers for 7000km now and they still look new. i have white decals. i have had my calipers covered in brake dust and just cleaned the rims n calipers no differently with a sponge/soap and spray gun. they are not coming off. brake dust has not got around them, causing the sides to go black...they are perfect after 7000km!!!

hope this helps

[jeffsquire]

Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

Caliper Sticker question: Will the stickers from xenonmod.com fall off or peel off if I do not clearcoat my calipers after I've painted them red and applied my stickers?

Anyone on this board done the painting and caliper stickers from this ebay seller and NOT clear coated over them? How long have the stickers lasted? How do you clean your calipers to insure the stickers don't get scrubbed off?

I just can't imagine taking off my rims and masking off the whole wheel area AGAIN (and covering the whole car for that matter) just to clear coat spray the calipers to keep the stickers on.

But, I will if I must. I do not want to have to fiddle with the stickers in six months or whatever...

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RandallNeighbor, I've been putting off this project for a while now. Our BOx has the standard black which is fading. Colored calipers add such a dimension. Please inform us how you progress and post pix after you're done. I'm curious how it turns out.